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Canadian Commercial to provide spare parts for U.S. Navy surface ship sonars
Nov 08, 2018 (UPI)
The TR-343 transducer is used in the AN/SQS-53C hull-mounted sonar array for the AN/SQQ-89(V) sonar weapons system. Manufacturing of the tube assemblies is expe...
HII contracted by GenDyn for early work on Columbia-class submarine
Nov 07, 2018 (UPI)
Huntington Ingalls, which announced the contract on Tuesday, is to provide long-lead-time materials and advance construction work for major components for the C...
New mast installed on HMAS Arunta by BAE Systems Australia
Nov 07, 2018 (UPI)
The mast was manufactured by BAE under the Warship Asset Management Agreement between SAAB Australia, Naval Ship Management and the Commonwealth of Australia. T...
Navy contracts GenDyn for post-delivery work on USS Indiana
Nov 06, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, includes procuring long-lead-time materials for maintenance, repairs, testing, modifications and ot...
Navy exercises contract option for Zumwalt-class logistics, engineering
Nov 01, 2018 (UPI)
The modification, announced Wednesday by the Defense Department, exercises an option for Raytheon to provide services to the Zumwalt-class destroyer. The first ...
German covettes to receive OTO 76/62 Super Rapid naval gun system
Nov 01, 2018 (UPI)
The new deal calls on Leonardo to provide seven OTO 76/62 Super Rapid systems to equip the new K130 corvettes of the German Navy. "The signing of the contract s...
Lockheed nabs $366M award for South Korean navy weapons system
Oct 31, 2018 (UPI)
Under the terms of the $366 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, the companies will install, test and delivery of the Aegis Combat System K2 baselines for ...
Russia's only aircraft carrier damaged as floating dock sinks
Oct 30, 2018 (AFP)
Four people were injured and one person was missing after the accident involving the Admiral Kuznetsov at the PD-50 floating dock, the largest in Russia and one...
U.K. boosts military spending on cyber security, nuclear submarine builds
Oct 30, 2018 (UPI)
This funding increase, which Philip Hammond, British chancellor of the exchequer, said will be available in the next few months, comes after a $1.2 billion bump...
BAE contracted for engineering services on submarine weapons systems
Oct 29, 2018 (UPI)
The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, announced on Friday by the Defense Department, for weapons systems aboard Ohio-class submarines is expected to be completed by...
HII awarded $45M contract for USS O'Kane modernization
Oct 29, 2018 (UPI)
This availability will include a combination of maintenance, modernization and repair of USS O'Kane. The $44.7 million firm-fixed-price contract, announced Frid...
L3, Northrop team to develop Next Generation Jammer for Navy
Oct 26, 2018 (UPI)
The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will pay L3 $36 million and Northrop $35 million to perform work on Increment...
Swedes seek answers after alleged Stockholm sub sighting
Oct 26, 2018 (AFP)
Newspaper of reference Dagens Nyheter reported late Thursday that three teenage instructors and children at a sailing camp in the suburb of Lidingo had spotted ...
GE showcases marine gas turbine at Euronaval conference
Oct 24, 2018 (UPI)
With more than 1,450 GE gas turbines logging over 16 million hours, GE turbines supply 35 navies worldwide, including 97 percent of the U.S. Navy's propulsion g...
France launches plan for new aircraft carrier
Oct 23, 2018 (AFP)
France currently has one carrier, the Charles-de-Gaulle, but is seeking to develop a replacement that would serve until 2080 and be adapted for next-generation ...
Colonna's Shipyard tapped for services on Spearhead overhaul
Oct 23, 2018 (UPI)
The firm-fixed-price contract, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, covers 67 days of shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking o...
Oldest intact shipwreck discovered at the bottom of the Black Sea
Oct 23, 2018 (UPI)
The 75-foot-long ship was found lurched on its side but in pristine condition. Researchers believe the ship was Greek and dates to 400 BC. Scientists discovered...
Jill Biden christens 18th Virginia-class sub for Navy
Oct 22, 2018 (UPI)
The ceremony for the Delaware, SSN 791, took place at the company's Module Outfitting Facility on Saturday, celebrating the milestone ahead of the vessel's laun...
Lockheed named preferred bidder for Canadian navy bid
Oct 19, 2018 (UPI)
A team of contractors led by Lockheed was announced Friday as the preferred bidder after presenting a BAE Type 26 design to the government of Canada and Irving ...
Looking and listening for signals of navy test explosions off Florida coast
Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)
In a study published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, a team of researchers led by Ross Heyburn of AWE Blacknest in the United Kingdom c...
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