Maritime News & Articles

Next-Generation Optronics Suite for German-Norwegian Submarines

New Type 212 CD submarines being procured by Germany and Norway are to be equipped with HENSOLDT’s dual-mast visuals suite

Jan 19, 2022
US Navy Extends Critical Communications Sustainment Contract

Motorola Solutions will continue to support the U.S. Navy’s Land Mobile Radio (LMR) system to enable secure collaboration between Navy emergency services and other public safety agencies

Jan 19, 2022
US Navy Awards Combat Systems Modernization Contract

VTG will introduce the latest commercial-off-the-shelf technologies and open architecture designs into the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Combat System

Jan 18, 2022
US Navy LPD 29 Amphibious Transport Dock Launched

Launched by Huntington Ingalls Industries’ shipbuilding division, Richard M. McCool Jr. is the 13th Landing Platform Dock (LPD) in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships

Jan 17, 2022
Production Begins for Italy’s First Near Future Submarine

The U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) program responds to the need to secure adequate underwater spatial surveillance and control capacity, considering the future complex scenarios of underwater military operations

Jan 17, 2022
Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defense for Indian Navy

Ultra and Mahindra Defence Systems have been awarded the Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defense Suite (IADS) program to provide a powerful multi-sensor anti-submarine warfare capability for selected Indian Navy warships

Jan 14, 2022
Modernization of US Navy Destroyer

BAE Systems will perform underwater hull preservation work, support the Navy’s efforts to upgrade the USS Mitscher's Aegis combat system and its command and control equipment, and refurbish the living spaces for the crewmembers

Jan 10, 2022
New Partnership for Space-Based Maritime Intelligence

Horizon Technologies plans to take advantage of the Virgin Orbit mobile LauncherOne system’s unique ability to reach tailored orbits for at least five launches

Jan 04, 2022
Top 10 Most Read Articles of 2021

Despite global challenges, 2021 has been a year of innovation and expansion within the world of defense and security technology. Here is our round-up of the 10 most read articles on Defense Advancement this year:

Jan 01, 2022
Further Order on Swedish Heavyweight Torpedo System

Saab will carry out the order of pre-studies and engineering which incorporates subsystem prototypes for improvements of the current torpedo

Dec 30, 2021
Design Contract Awarded for US Navy NGLS Program

Austal USA will develop a new baseline design and perform specific trade studies for the Navy’s Next Generation Logistics Ship (NGLS)

Dec 23, 2021
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