The Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën Frigate has received her SMART-L Multi Mission radar upgrade, providing enhanced Air and Missile Defense capability.
Thales announced it is opening a UK centre of excellence to develop its globally proven TACTICOS naval combat management system in support of the Royal Navy’s future Type 31 frigate programme.
According to an announcement published by the European Ted online platform, the UK MoD Maritime Combat Systems (MCS) Team awarded Thales UK a £64 million (US$84 million) contract for Astute-class submarine sensors support.
Boeing is awarded a US$326 million to develop, integrate and test Increment 3 capabilities into the P-8A aircraft for the US Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
Raytheon Company’s Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR) will soon undergo system-level testing at the Surface Combat Systems Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. The 6’ x 6’ rotating array will track a variety of aircraft through the end of 2019.
The Netherlands Defence Materiel Organisation (DMO) and Thales are developing the Above Water Warfare System (AWWS) for the Royal Netherlands Navy, the first implementation of which will take place on the next generation of its multi-purpose frigates.
Work for the integration of MBDA’s METEOR and SPEAR missiles onto the UK’s F-35 Fleet has begun. SPEAR will be the anti-ship weapon of choice for UK pilots in the absence of a true anti-ship missile.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) secured a $2,04 bn US Navy order for the advance purchase of materials for the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines, the US Department of Defense announced yesterday.
The French consortium Belgium Naval & Robotics (formed by Naval Group & ECA Group) won the Belgian-Dutch MCM Program, the Kern (Belgian Council of Ministers) confirmed today, beating the two other competitors, Damen and Sea Naval Solutions.
Babcock International successfully completed the refit of Royal Navy’s HMS Penzance minehunter vessel at our Rosyth site, the British shipyard said on March 13.
