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Australia awards $26 bn next-gen warship contract to BAE
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
BAE's Global Combat Ship, to be officially known as the Hunter class, beat off competition from Italian company Fincantieri and Spain's Navantia SA. The frigate...
HII contracted for additional materials for USS Enterprise construction
Jun 29, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will allow the company to produce new long lead time material for the U.S. Navy ship. The contract co...
Australia awards US$26bn next-gen warship deal to Britain's BAE
Jun 29, 2018 (AFP)
The lucrative deal -- worth 22.4 billion euros or AUD$35 billion -- is a major boon for London-listed BAE, which has struggled in recent years with shrinking go...
BAE to manufacture amphibious assault vehicles for Taiwan
Jun 25, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $83.6 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price contract that enables BAE Sy...
Northrop Grumman contracted for Mk 48 torpedo support
Jun 21, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at $17.9 million under cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only contract...
Navy modifies USS Cole contract for extended dry-dock work
Jun 20, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday is valued at more than $11.7 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, which is a modification to a previous Pentagon award iss...
Italian navy to procure Black Shark advanced torpedo
Jun 20, 2018 (UPI)
The company announced the partnership in a press release Wednesday, emphasizing the torpedo's innovative technology, advanced performance and reduced life cycle...
Navy contracts for LCS mission module support
Jun 19, 2018 (UPI)
The contract award, from Naval Sea Systems Command and announced on Monday, is valued at more than $12.1 million under the terms of a cost-plus-fixed-fee and co...
GenDyn contracted for parts for future submarine construction
Jun 19, 2018 (UPI)
The contract award from Naval Sea Systems Command, announced Monday, is worth $225 million under the terms of cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, which is a modificat...
Office of Naval Research awards Aerojet Rocketdyne contract to develop Advanced Torpedo Propulsion System
Jun 14, 2018 (SPX)
"Aerojet Rocketdyne began developing torpedo propulsion systems in the early 1950s," said Aerojet Rocketdyne CEO and President Eileen Drake. "We will carry this...
Q.E.D. Systems tapped for littoral combat ship maintenance
Jun 14, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from Naval Sea Systems Command and announced on Wednesday, enables Q.E.D. to procure long lead time materials to support the LCS class of ships fo...
BAE contracted for USS Portland post-shakedown availability
Jun 13, 2018 (UPI)
BAE will offer program management, planning, engineering, design, material procurement and labor on the amphibious transport dock ship, also known as LPD 27, th...
Electric Boat tapped for repair parts for Virginia-class subs
Jun 12, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, awarded by Naval Sea Systems Command and announced on Monday, is worth $36.4 million and comes under a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previ...
Belgium, Netherlands to buy 16 warships jointly: report
Jun 08, 2018 (AFP)
Dutch defence minister Ank Bijleveld and his Belgian counterpart Steven Vandeput, in Brussels for a NATO meeting, signed a memorandum of understanding to begin ...
Navy to start annual exercise Malabar in Guam
Jun 07, 2018 (UPI)
It's the first year Guam is hosting the event, in which participants practice surface and anti-submarine warfare operations, combined carrier strike group opera...
BAE Systems to modernize USS Cole
Jun 04, 2018 (UPI)
The deal will provide for extended dry-docking selected restricted availability or EDSRA during fiscal year 2018. Typically, EDSRA involves routine dry dock wor...
Philadelphia Gear tapped for reduction gears for new Navy destroyers
May 30, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from Naval Sea Systems Command and announced on Tuesday, is valued at more than $70.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price modified contr...
Huntington Ingalls lays keel for future USS Montana
May 18, 2018 (UPI)
The company's work on the vessel is now 46 percent complete, Huntington Ingalls said this week. After the vessel is delivered, likely in late 2020, the Montana ...
Tactical awarded contract for airbone threat training systems
May 18, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, from Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, was announced Thursday by the Defense Department in a deal worth more than $106.7 million under t...
Britain awards $3.2B in contracts to BAE for submarine work
May 15, 2018 (UPI)
The country awarded BAE with a roughly $2 billion contract for the delivery of a submarine named Agincourt, the seventh and final vessel in the Astute class. Th...
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