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India's Soviet-era carrier arrives six years late
Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)
A refurbished former Soviet aircraft carrier arrived Wednesday in India six years late, ending a wrangle that strained ties with the country's top arms supplier...
Qinetiq Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software Supports UBC Academic Program
Jan 06, 2014 (SPX)
QinetiQ Paramarine Ship and Submersible Design Software has been selected by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of British Columbia (UBC...
'Satisfied' US audits Singapore institute over spy claims
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
Singapore on Monday said US officials invited to inspect the work of a local research institute allegedly linked to a Chinese telecoms firm which Washington sus...
Raytheon awarded contract for Ship Self Defense System support
Dec 24, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has been awarded a $41,585,979 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for fiscal 2014-2017 for continuing Platform Syste...
US Navy expects more revelations in bribery scandal More revelations due in US Navy's bribery scandal
Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)
The civilian chief of the US Navy said Friday he expects more revelations to emerge in a multi-million dollar bribery scandal that has already ensnared several ...
Lockheed Martin-Led Team Launches Future USS Milwaukee
Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team launched the nation's fifth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Milwaukee, into the Menominee River at the Marinette Marine Corpor...
Australia gifts heavy landing craft to Papua New Guinea
Dec 19, 2013 (UPI)
Australia will gift a heavy landing craft to Papua New Guinea next year under increasing military and maritime ties. Minister for Defense Sen. David Johnston ma...
Agent pleads guilty in US Navy bribery scandal
Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)
A US navy investigator faces up to 20 years in prison after admitting sharing secrets with the target of a probe in exchange for prostitutes, cash and luxury tr...
Raytheon awarded $75 million for DDG 1000 program
Dec 16, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has been awarded $75 million to complete remaining hardware and electronics for DDG 1000 and 1001, the first two ships of the Zumwalt-class of multimis...
Navy agent to plead guilty in corruption case
Dec 13, 2013 (AFP)
A senior US law enforcement agent has provided a major breakthrough in a Navy corruption scandal by agreeing to plead guilty to taking bribes, The Washington Po...
Philippines narrows down frigate bidders to four
Dec 13, 2013 (UPI)
The Philippine government has chosen four foreign shipyards to proceed to the second stage of bidding to construct two frigates for the navy. Navantia Sepi - RT...
Raytheon, Chemring Group complete first live-fire test of CENTURION launcher
Dec 11, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon and Chemring Group have fired a Javelin missile from the multirole CENTURION launcher during testing at the Defence Training Estate on Salisbury Plain ...
Canada shipbuilding projects create, save jobs
Dec 11, 2013 (UPI)
Canadian shipbuilding modernization will create jobs and improve Canada's capacity to build a range of vessels in response to government and industry procuremen...
Australia awards ANZAC ship comms upgrade to Selex
Dec 05, 2013 (UPI)
Australia has awarded two multimillion-dollar contracts to Selex ES for the upgrading of communications systems for the navy's eight ANZAC class frigates. Defen...
LRASM Prototype Scores Second Flight Test
Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)
An unmanned target ship demonstrates the effects of the second successful flight test of a Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) prototype, conducted November 12...
US Navy suspends contractor over alleged overbilling
Nov 28, 2013 (AFP)
The US Navy has suspended a maritime services company for suspected overcharging, officials said Thursday, the second time in recent weeks that problems with sh...
ASC Signal Secures Major HF Antenna Order in China
Nov 27, 2013 (SPX)
ASC Signal Corporation has secured a major contract with ShenTai International Company, one of Asia's leading providers of HF radio systems, for the design, con...
Russia hands India long-awaited aircraft carrier
Nov 16, 2013 (AFP)
Russia on Saturday ceremonially handed over a refurbished ex-Soviet aircraft carrier to India after a refit that overran by five years and went vastly over budg...
Stingray movement could inspire the next generation of submarines
Nov 15, 2013 (SPX)
Stingrays swim through water with such ease that researchers from the University at Buffalo and Harvard University are studying how their movements could be use...
US carrier group to make best speed to typhoon-hit Philippines
Nov 12, 2013 (AFP)
A US aircraft carrier and supporting ships hastily sailed from Hong Kong on Tuesday as part of an international effort to save famished survivors in the typhoon...
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