QinetiQ has confirmed it has secured a new contract to provide the Royal Navy with advanced anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training services using the latest target simulation technology from Saab. The new contract will extend QinetiQ’s long-term partnership role at the MOD’s British Underwater Test and Evaluation Centre (BUTEC) at the Kyle of Lochalsh into the training environment.
The British Prime Minister announced on June 4th that the Royal Navy will ready the UK’s largest and most advanced warship ever to join allies in forming part of NATO’s major ‘Readiness Initiative’ when she becomes operational.
The Turkish shipyard TAIS recently won a US$2.3Bn contract with the Indian Navy for the delivery of five 45,000-ton fleet support ships, the company announced on May 31.
Aselsan will provide its Zargana torpedo countermeasures system for the Pakistan Navy’s Agosta 90B submarine mid-life upgrade program, the Turkish company stated on May 29.
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) announced the signing of a contract with Thales Canada (Thales) to provide Integrated Bridge and Navigation Systems (IBNS) for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new Joint Support Ships (JSS) program, being built by Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards (VSY) under the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS).
U.S. 2nd Fleet declared the command has achieved initial operational capability (IOC) May 29, less than one year after being established by senior military leaders.
Florent de Saint Victor looks at the emerging challenges that the two leading European navies share in common: From fleet and equipment renewal to attracting, training and retaining new sailors.
The Royal Norwegian Navy’s (RNoN) new multi-role logistics vessel KNM Maud was officially christened on May 21 and shown to the people of Bergen. « An important day for the Navy, » said the Chief of the RNoN, Rear Admiral Nils Andreas Stensønes.
Following an extensive worldwide competitive tender, Lockheed Martin Canada was selected in 2017 to be the combat systems integrator for the Chilean Navy’s three Type 23 frigates, leveraging its Canadian-developed combat management system, CMS 330.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event today at its Newport News Shipbuilding division to mark the start of advance construction for the Columbia-class submarine program, the US shipyard said on May 23, 2019.
