Maritime News & Articles

Turkish Navy Receives Helicopter Underwater Escape Training Simulator

This new facility from Meteksan Defence will aid in training for escape and rescue from a helicopter crashing into the water

Oct 04, 2022
Collaboration to Develop Colombian Navy’s Next-Generation Frigates

COTECMAR and Damen will co-develop the Contractual Design for the program Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES)

Oct 03, 2022
12 Additional MH-60R SEAHAWK Helicopters for Royal Australian Navy

Procured via the US Government’s Foreign Military Sales agreement, the new aircraft will add a third ‘Romeo’ squadron of capability to the Royal Australian Navy’s Fleet Air Arm

Sep 30, 2022
Containerized Tethered Elevated Mast Prototypes for US Navy

Procured via the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems multiple award contract, General Dynamics Mission Systems’s Containerized Tethered Elevated Mast provides line-of-sight communication extension for surface ships

Sep 28, 2022
French Navy Receives First H160 Search & Rescue Helicopter

The H160 will gradually start operating from France’s Lanveoc-Poulmic naval air station in Brittany, Cherbourg airport in Normandy, and the naval air station in Hyères, Provence

Sep 28, 2022
Stabilized Directional Antennas for Small Platforms

IXI Electronic Warfare has reached critical milestone in the development of automated position-correcting control units for mobile communications and electronic warfare antenna arrays

Sep 22, 2022
Deployable Containerised Solutions to Support Royal NavyPODS Delivered

G3 Systems has delivered four deployable containerised solutions to support the Royal NavyPODS (Persistent Operational Deployable Systems) for heavy-lift drones in record time

Sep 21, 2022
Acceptance Trials Successfully Completed by the Future USNS Apalachicola

The first surface vessel constructed by Austal USA with autonomous capability, the Future USNS Apalachicola, has successfully passed rigorous tests by the US Navy, Austal USA, L3Harris and General Dynamics

Sep 20, 2022
Construction of 15th US Navy San Antonio-Class Amphibious Transport Dock Begins

The start of fabrication signifies that the first 100 tons of steel have been cut for the ship

Sep 16, 2022
Final Modernized Hamina-Class Missile Boat Delivered to Finnish Navy

The large-scale overhaul, carried out by Patria, ensures the capability to counter maritime threats, repel attacks at sea, protect sea lines, and monitor and secure territorial integrity

Sep 15, 2022
Multi-Purpose Almak Ship Aims to Strengthen European Naval Schools

Operated by NavOcéan, a joint venture created in 2012 by DCI Group and Piriou shipyard, the Almak is a 44-meter training ship designed for the at-sea training of foreign cadets

Sep 15, 2022
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