French company Lacroix Defense is once again exhibiting at Sea Air Space, demonstrating its new generation, compact SYLENA range of decoy launching systems. Naval News took the opportunity of the event to sit down with Lacroix's Renaud Thetiot, regional manager.

Marine Crest Technology, a strategic technology partner to Malaysia’s T7 Global (a group specialized in Oil & Gas), was showcasing for the first time the “Vibrant 01” Combat Management System (CMS) at LIMA 2019. LIMA 2019 was the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held last month in Malaysia.

Naval News learned during LIMA 2019 that Kongsberg recently started the production of Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) for the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN). LIMA 2019 was the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace exhibition held last week in Malaysia.

French company Lacroix Defense is once again exhibiting at LIMA, demonstrating its new generation, compact SYLENA MK2 decoy launching system. Naval News took the opportunity of the event to sit down with Lacroix's Thomas Vermeersch, Sales and Marketing Director.

The US Navy announced completion of developmental testing for the AN/AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar system at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City Division, Feb. 26.

Construction on the future USS Canberra (LCS 30) began on Feb. 22 in Austal USA's module manufacturing facility. Dave Growden, native Australian, LCS Program Director and a 30-year member of Austal USA's team, had the honor of pushing the button to start the router that cut the first piece of aluminum, signalling start of construction for the 15th Independence-variant littoral combat ship.

The U.S. Navy issued its Request for Information (RFI) document for the future Large Surface Combatant (LSC). The LSC is set to replace the ageing Ticonderoga-class of guided missile cruisers.