Maritime News & Articles

U.S. Coast Guard Orders Four More Fast Response Cutter Vessels

Bollinger Shipyards will build an additional four Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters for the U.S. Coast Guard for defense operations, maritime law enforcement, search and rescue, marine safety, and environment protection

Aug 27, 2021
Second OCEAN2020 Demonstration to Boost Pan-European Defense

OCEAN2020 is the largest European-funded defense research project for maritime surveillance and sees Leonardo coordinating a team of 43 partners from 15 countries comprising industry, research organisations and Ministries of Defense

Aug 26, 2021
BAAINBw Award Contract for German Navy Frigate Modernization

Saab will deliver new naval radars and fire control directors to the German Navy as well as a new combat management system to completely overhaul the system currently in use on the F123 frigates

Aug 24, 2021
New UUV Manufacturing and Assembly Center of Excellence

The center at General Dynamics Mission Systems, Taunton will provide manufacturing, assembly, integration and testing capabilities for the company’s Knifefish and Bluefin Robotics Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs)

Aug 23, 2021
Norway’s First P-8A Poseidon Conducts Maiden Flight

This first flight marks the next phase of the production cycle of this Boeing P-8A as it is moved to the Installation and Checkout facility, where mission systems will be installed and additional testing will take place

Aug 20, 2021
U.K. Royal Navy Tests Robot Survey Boat

During trials, the Otter Pro robot boat from RS Aqua was able to survey a 7,000 square meters area in just 40 minutes, collecting sonar imagery of several wrecks and sensing swim lines and seabed erosion caused by divers

Aug 20, 2021
U.S. Navy Awards Prime Position on SeaPort Next Generation Contract

NCI Information Systems has won a prime position contract to continue to support the U.S. Navy with artificial intelligence and technologies to ensure its systems, platforms and assets are secure and state-of-the-art

Aug 17, 2021
RAF’s P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft Drops First Torpedo

The Poseidon aircraft successfully dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo during a training flight that simulated an attack on a submarine

Aug 13, 2021
U.S. Navy Awards Undersea Training Range Contract

L3Harris will upgrade and replace previously installed systems at three U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Training Ranges to enable ships, submarines and aircraft to track targets on the surface and subsurface for anti-submarine warfare training

Aug 10, 2021
Serco Acquires Clemaco for Support and Maintenance of Belgian Navy Ships

Clemaco has been acquired by Serco Group in a move that will allow Serco to expand its existing defense services in Europe and specifically with the Belgian Navy

Aug 06, 2021
New Remote Assistance Solutions for French Navy

Deployed by Naval Group and MBDA, remote assistance is an end-to-end encrypted multimedia communication system that connects ships with onshore support facilities for real-time diagnostics support in the case of breakdowns

Aug 05, 2021
Advancing Defense Capability Through Strategic Collaboration Defense Advancement works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive defense capabilities forward.