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Elbit Systems UK Demonstrated USV Capabilities in ASW Trials of the UK MOD
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD.
8 June 2020
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD.
The 49th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise, NATO’s premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, takes place in the Baltic Sea from June 7-16 2020.
MetOcean Telematics (MetOcean) will supply the Royal Navy with its new Maritime Acoustic Scoring and Simulation System (MASS).
Marine robotics company, Sonardyne International Ltd. has demonstrated technologies that will aid autonomous vehicle operations in challenging environments under a project funded by the UK’s national Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA).
The Royal Navy’s only icebreaker HMS Protector is undergoing a major overhaul on Teesside – including preparing the ship to carry unmanned survey devices.
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border protection, fishery and pollution patrols.
Underwater gliders that can rapidly send vital information that could give an extra edge to the Royal Navy’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations are being rigorously trialed in the North Atlantic.
The first extra-large autonomous test submarine will be developed for the Royal Navy following a new contract by the Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA). An initial £1 million contract has been awarded to Plymouth-based MSubs Ltd to build a test submarine that will be used to explore the potential capabilities of larger uncrewed underwater vehicles in the future.
The RAF’s new submarine-hunting Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) has touched down for the first time in the UK. The aircraft is the first of a new £3 billion programme, including the purchase of nine state-of-the-art Poseidon jets, which will improve the UK’s ability to track hostile targets below and above the waves.
Portsmouth Naval Base has undertaken a programme of infrastructure upgrades ahead of the arrival of the UK’s second Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy said on November 5.
