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BAE unveils upgraded Nautus counter-mine system
Sep 14, 2017 (UPI)
Nautus 5 incorporates a number of new and improved features including: improved command and control for autonomous and off-board systems, an improved human-comp...
USS Ronald Reagan air wing completes certification
Sep 14, 2017 (UPI)
Pilots from Carrier Air Wing 5 completed over 200 missions including four carrier landings per pilot. "The combination of the Carrier Air Wing and the aircraft ...
U.S. Navy awards Northrop Grumman contract for counter-IED tool
Sep 13, 2017 (UPI)
The contract carries a value of $57.7 million and if all contract options are exercised, the value of the award would rise to $505 million, Northrop Grumman sai...
Rolls-Royce plans fully autonomous long-range naval vessel
Sep 12, 2017 (UPI)
The planned 197-foot vessel would be able to operate beyond line-of-sight of manned forces for more than three months, displace 700 tons and have a top speed of...
Britain names second new aircraft carrier
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The Queen Elizabeth-class ship will carry F-35B aircraft and serve as a flag ship. The carrier is being built by Britain's Aircraft Carrier Alliance, a consorti...
BAE Systems receives $7.4M contract for Mk 38 autocannons
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The work includes preservation and inspection of the components. The work will be conducting in Louisville, Ky. and is expected to be completed by May 2020. The...
Northrop Grumman to provide signal generators for Navy electronic warfare testing
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
Under the terms of the contract Northrop Grumman will supply the signal generation technology for the NEWEG for threat simulation purposes. "Our RF Generation T...
Lockheed Martin receives $27M contract for periscope detection radars
Sep 11, 2017 (UPI)
The modification provides for 11 standard and 5 SEED kits for the program with the work primarily taking place in Farmingdale, N.Y and Oswego, N.Y. The producti...
Navy leaders testify before Congress on McCain, Fitzgerald collisions
Sep 08, 2017 (UPI)
The impetus for the hearing was the recent collisions of the destroyers USS John McCain and USS Fitzgerald with civilian ships just two months apart. The incide...
Britain plans a new class of Navy frigate
Sep 08, 2017 (UPI)
The project was announced Thursday by Minister for Defense Procurement Harriett Baldwin and came on the heels of the ministry's announcement of a new shipbuildi...
Elbit Systems supplying C4ISR solution to unidentified navy
Sep 06, 2017 (UPI)
The contract to be performed over two years carries a value of $11 million, Elbit said. C4ISR is the acronym for command, Control, Communications, Computers, In...
Navy to issue order for heavy lift of the USS John S. McCain
Sep 06, 2017 (UPI)
The ship will be transported from Singapore to the U.S. Navy's Ship Repair Facility-Japan Regional Maintenance Facility, with a tentative timeframe of late Sept...
HII awarded $2.8B contract for USS George Washington overhaul
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
The work, announced last week by the Department of Defense, will be performed in Newport New, Va. and is projected to be completed by August 2021. The Navy has ...
BAE receives $76M contract for Naval Air Warfare Center equipment
Sep 05, 2017 (UPI)
"We perform expert, integrated engineering and sustainment support services that meet the development demands of the Navy," acting president of BAE Systems Inte...
Ex-minister questioned as Israel submarine graft probe widens
Sep 04, 2017 (AFP)
The remand of Eliezer Sandberg, who was science minister in 2003 and served as infrastructure minister in 2004, was extended till Wednesday after questioning, p...
DRS to provide power distribution systems for Zumwalt-class destroyer
Sep 01, 2017 (UPI)
The work will go towards generators and power distribution nodes and is expected to be completed by September 2022. The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is a su...
Damen lays keel for Mexican naval ship
Sep 01, 2017 (UPI)
The ceremony of Thursday at Vlissingen, the Netherlands was attended by Mexican Secretary of National Defense, General Salvador Cienfuegos and Mexico's Secretar...
Kongsberg gains Norwegian, South Korean contracts
Sep 01, 2017 (UPI)
The framework agreement, which could cost as much as $37.9 million, is in effect until 2020 and has a three-year option. "This framework agreement secures a con...
New LCS completes U.S. Navy acceptance trials
Sep 01, 2017 (UPI)
The trials, conducted over a five-day period while in port and underway, demonstrated the performance of the ship's propulsion plant, auxiliary systems and the ...
Remains of all missing sailors recovered from US warship
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
The remaining eight sailors were retrieved by divers searching flooded compartments of the USS John S. McCain, it said, after the discovery of two bodies was an...
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