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Engility given Navy re-compete award for support services
Jul 10, 2013 (UPI)
Support services are to be provided to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force under separate contracts awarded to Engility Holdings and Array Information Technology. ...
Raytheon wins US Navy Next Generation Jammer competition
Jul 10, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon report it has been awarded a $279.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract by the U.S. Navy to conduct the Technology Development phase of the Navy's...
Navy closer to receipt of new JHSV
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Builder trials of the U.S. Navy's fourth Joint High Speed Vessel, the future USNS Fall River, have been successfully completed, the Austal USA announced. The tr...
Leidos says new anti-submarine intel vessel heading for sea trials next year
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
An autonomous unmanned vessel for long-duration trail of quiet, diesel-electric submarines is to undergo sea testing next year. Leidos, a security and engineeri...
New premises inaugurated for Saudi naval maintenance contracts
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
DCNS, the French shipbuilding and naval defense company, has inaugurated a facility in the country dedicated to meeting the military needs of Saudi Arabia. Mode...
France ends probe into mystery trawler sinking blamed on sub
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
French investigators have ended a probe into the mysterious sinking of a trawler off the British coast that relatives of five dead fishermen believe may have be...
Film director faces probe over Taiwan naval base ploy
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
Acclaimed Taiwanese director Doze Niu faces prosecution for allegedly using false papers to take a Chinese cinematographer onto a Taiwanese naval base to scout ...
Philippines to buy two Maestrale frigates from Italy
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines is set to buy two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy, a defence official said Wednesday, as the Asian nation races to upgrade its military amid...
China, Russia to hold naval drills: media
Jul 03, 2013 (AFP)
China and Russia will hold their second joint naval exercises from Friday, state media said, as Beijing and Tokyo row over disputed islands in the East China Se...
New Saab facility in Australia officially opened
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
Saab's Australian subsidiary has opened an Advanced Maritime Systems Center as part of the parent company's naval systems integration program. The center opened...
Alion continues anti-submarine training simulation work
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
Anti-submarine warfare training simulations are to be developed and maintained by Alion Science and Technology under a U.S. Navy contract. The award from Naval ...
Lockheed Martin-Led Team Lays Keel on Nation's Ninth Littoral Combat Ship
Jul 02, 2013 (SPX)
A Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's ninth Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Little Rock, in a ceremony hel...
Coast Guard funds long-lead materials for new cutter
Jul 02, 2013 (UPI)
Long-lead materials for an eighth U.S. Coast Guard National Security cutter are being procured by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division. ...
Chile on track to buy another French assault ship
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
The Chilean navy is on track to buy another reconditioned amphibious multirole assault vessel from France, Chilean defense media reported. Purchase of the Siroc...
Lockheed wins $35M Navy IT contract
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's net-centric system for intelligence collection and dissemination is to be enhanced by Lockheed Martin under a five-year contract award. Lockheed...
Negotiators reach deal on acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Jun 30, 2013 (UPI)
Saab announced on Monday that it has successfully completed negotiations with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions for acquisition of its Marine Systems business. ...
OSI lands Malaysian navy bridge systems work
Jun 28, 2013 (UPI)
Malaysia's Boustead Naval Shipyard has awarded a contract to OSI Maritime Systems for six Integrated navigation and tactical systems. The contract includes the ...
Talks continue of Saab's shipyard ambition
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
Talks between Saab and Talks between Saab and ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions over the sale of a Swedish shipyard are in a final stage and continuing. Saab sa...
FREMM frigate Normandie completes weapon system testing
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
A second FREMM multi-mission frigate for the French Navy has completed five weeks of combat weapon systems testing at sea. French shipbuilder DCNS said the test...
Northrop Grumman Awarded US Navy Contract for Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Integration
Jun 25, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has received a $28 million contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and production planning services for surface warfare and mine countermea...
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