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Manned and unmanned maritime combat vessel going on display
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
A dual-mode, manned/unmanned combat maritime vessel is being displayed in the United States next week by Israel Aerospace Industries. The modular designed Katan...
Canadian submarine woes far from over
May 06, 2013 (UPI)
Canada's plans to counter arctic incursions by ambitious neighbors are being held back by snags in the refurbishing and upgrading of the country's submarine fle...
India receives retrofited sub INS Sindhurakshak
May 03, 2013 (UPI)
India's Russian-built submarine the INS Sindhurakshak arrived at its home port Mumbai after an overhaul including structural hull upgrades at the Zvezdochka shi...
Norway receives final patrol boat
Apr 30, 2013 (UPI)
French shipbuilder DCNS, together with Norwegian partners, has delivered a Skjold class fast patrol boat to the Norwegian navy. The boat was the sixth and final...
U.S. Navy getting additional fast attack submarines
Apr 29, 2013 (UPI)
Ten Virginia-class fast attack submarines are being built for the U.S. Navy by General Dynamics Electric Boat and its partner Newport News Shipbuilding. The $17...
Navy exercises contract option with BAE Systems
Apr 28, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. Navy destroyers and cruisers, homeported or visiting Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, are to receive maintenance, repair and modernization services from BAE Systems. ...
Pakistan commissions last Zulfiquar frigate
Apr 25, 2013 (UPI)
Pakistan's navy commissioned the fourth and last F-22P Zulfiquar class frigate at a ceremony at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works. Commissioning of the PNS...
Raytheon Anschuetz Integrated Bridge to advance Italy's Coast Guard patrol boat functionality
Apr 25, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon Anschuetz, a German based, indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Raytheon, in partnership with Italian marine automation provider Seastema, has been sel...
Raytheon delivers second Phalanx Block 1B for Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer
Apr 23, 2013 (SPX)
Raytheon has delivered the second Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System for installation on Australia's newest Air Warfare Destroyer, the Brisbane. A previous...
CACI wins place on Navy support contract
Apr 21, 2013 (UPI)
A contract with a base value of $42 million has been given to CACI International Inc. to support the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific....
India's Scorpene subs facing more delays
Apr 19, 2013 (UPI)
India's Scorpene submarine project likely will face an 18-month delivery delay after the pullout of consultants from Spanish shipbuilding partner Navantia. A re...
Keel layed for new littoral combat ship
Apr 18, 2013 (UPI)
A keel laying ceremony for the U.S. Navy's 10th littoral combat ship was held earlier this week by the Navy and Austal USA. The ship is the fifth Independence-c...
Lockheed to continue torpedo maintenance
Apr 16, 2013 (UPI)
A $10 million contract has been given to Lockheed Martin by the U.S. Navy to continue supporting the readiness of MK-48 torpedoes. The contract from Naval Sea S...
GenDyn Canada enhancing Portuguese Navy sonar
Apr 15, 2013 (UPI)
Adjunct processing systems for use with AN/SQS-510 sonar are being provided to the Portuguese Navy by General Dynamics Canada. The Eclipse processing system wil...
Navy gets new class of amphibious assault ship
Apr 14, 2013 (UPI)
The first America-class amphibious assault ship has been delivered to the U.S. Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding. America-class ships are 844 feet long and 106 feet ...
Navy contracts General Dynamics to develop weapons-related software
Apr 11, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has issued a contract for software for modeling the effects of the release of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials. The softwa...
QinetiQ supports the successful entry into service of the Astute-class submarines
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
QinetiQ Stealth Information and Range Services, a leading provider of naval trials programmes to reduce time to platform service in a safe and secure working en...
New counter-mine measures on way
Apr 09, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy and allied militaries are closer to gaining new counter-mine capabilities through systems under development. The first is an unmanned undersea veh...
Bronze warship ram reveals secrets
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
Known as the Belgammel Ram, the 20kg artefact was discovered by a group of British divers off the coast of Libya near Tobruk in 1964. The ram is from a small Gr...
US Navy Awards Boeing High Altitude Anti-Submarine Weapon Contract
Apr 09, 2013 (SPX)
A new precision-guided weapon that Boeing will provide to the U.S. Navy will fundamentally change anti-submarine warfare by incorporating technologies never bef...
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