Maritime News & Articles

L3Harris to Produce & Sustain US Navy CEC System

The Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system is designed to enhance the Anti-Air Warfare capability of Navy ships and aircraft, and is a key element of the Navy’s integrated sensors and networked communications solution set

Jul 22, 2022
US Navy Deploys First Metal 3D Printer at Sea

The Xerox ElemX 3D metal printer has been installed on USS Essex (LHD 2) and at-sea trials have begun in the Pacific Rim

Jul 21, 2022
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

The experimental trials will test QinetiQ Target Systems’ Banshees in training and ISR scenarios, focusing on specific flight profiles and the optical recognition of assets to enable ‘friend or foe’ confirmation

Jul 21, 2022
Autonomous Robots & Crawlers for Naval, Military & Defense Missions

Bayonet Ocean Vehicles’ crawler robots can traverse both land and sea domains in challenging weather and sea state conditions to fulfil a range of amphibious and littoral warfare roles

Jul 20, 2022
Austal USA Begins Construction on First Steel Ship

The US Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11) will be the first steel ship to be built at Austal’s new 170,000 square foot enclosed steel production facility in Mobile, Alabama

Jul 15, 2022
Second Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Qatari MoD

This delivery is part of a €4 billion program that includes two OPVs, four corvettes and one landing platform dock

Jul 14, 2022
Amphibious Transport Dock LPD 28 Sets Sail to Commissioning Site 

HII's amphibious transport docks are deployed with a US Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious and expeditionary crisis response operations that range from deterrence and joint-force enablement to humanitarian assistance

Jul 13, 2022
100th Coyote Target Vehicle Launched Successfully

Northrop Grumman’s GQM-163A Coyote is a threat-representative target that the US Navy uses to prepare, train, and qualify systems and crews aboard naval vessels

Jul 11, 2022
Initial Contract Signed for Australian Naval Strike Missile Capability

Developed in Norway, KONGSBERG’s Naval Strike Missile is a fifth-generation, long-range, precision strike missile designed to defeat heavily protected maritime targets in contested environments

Jul 08, 2022
Approval in Principle Granted for AMA’s Littoral Maneuver Vessel

The Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA)’s Oboe is a state-of-the-art amphibious vessel capable of carrying a diverse range of combat and support vehicles in service with the Australian Army and its allies

Jul 06, 2022
Key Contracts Signed for Hellenic Navy Frigates Program

Naval Group has awarded contracts to four Hellenic companies as part of its Hellenic Industrial Participation plan for the defense and intervention frigates (FDI)

Jul 05, 2022
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