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Germany's defense procurement agencyВ BAAINBw is seeking to replace the current SMART-L radars aboard the German Navy's Sachsen-class (F124) air-defense frigates, according to a request for information (RFI) issued on January 28. As stated in the RFI, ...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems says it has received a contract from Advanced Technology International (ATI) to develop and demonstrate a prototype Lithium-ion Fault Tolerant (LiFT) battery system for the US Navy's prototype 'Snakehead' Large-Displacement Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (LDUUV). ...

After becoming the first Royal Navy ship to visit Auckland, New Zealand, in 20 years, Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose visited Darwin, Australia. Continuing a trend, the frigate became the first Royal Navy warship in a decade to visit Australia's northernmost and remotest city. ...

The Royal Norwegian Navy's new logistics and support vessel HNoMS Maud is en route home after getting underway from Busan, South Korea, where it was built byР’В Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME). The ship started her journey home on Sunday, ...

The US Navy's 36th littoral combat ship will be namedР’В USS Kingsville (LCS 36)Р’В in honor of the city of Kingsville, Texas, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has announced. The Independence-variant is the first US Navy ship to bear the name. ...

A new High-G training and test facilityР’В used by fast jet pilots in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force to replicate flight in aircraft was opened at RAFР’В Cranwell on February 4. Developed under a Р’Р€44m project, ...

The US Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Billings (LCS 15) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), shipyard, Marinette, Wisconsin, February 1. ...

All torpedoes from the Royal Norwegian Navy frigate HNoMS Helge Ingstad have been removed and detonated over a course of two days as navy and civilian crews finalize preparations for the lifting of the ship. ...

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has ordered further two Landing Craft Utility vessels from Louisiana-basedР’В Swiftships LLC under a $26.7 million contract modification announced by the US defense department on February 4. The newly-orderedР’В LCU 1701 and 1702 are the second and third in their class. ...

The US Navy has awarded B.L. Harbert International a $41.8 million contract to build the MQ-25 Unmanned Air System Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) hangar at Patuxent River Naval Air Station. ...

The UK defense ministry has awarded defense contractor Babcock International a configuration management contract for the Royal Navy (RN) and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) surface ship fleet. Supported by Allan Webb Ltd, who will provide specialist data interrogation skills, ...

NATO's Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (JEWCS) agency has awarded Leonardo a contract worth approximately €180 million to provide new electronic warfare training equipment. According to an announcement from Leonardo, equipment will cover air, ...

Shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) on February 1 hosted a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) at its shipyard in Bath, Maine. Sen. Levin and the ship's sponsors, his three daughters, Kate Levin Markel, Erica Levin, and Laura Levin, ...

Ships form the navies of Spain, Italy, and the US got underway from the French naval base in Toulon on February 3 to join the French aircraft carrier FS Charles de Gaulle and ships form its carrier strike group on their final pre-deployment exercise. ...

Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34, the last US Navy squadron flying the legacy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft, hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the aircraft at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., Feb. 1. Active duty service members, aviation leadership, ...

US Navy Vice Adm. Andrew 'Woody' Lewis, the US 2nd Fleet (C2F) Commander, embarked the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), marking the first time the fleet has executed command and control over forces at sea. Lewis was aboard the carrier from January 31 through February 1. ...

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized more than 2.1 tonnes of hashish and 345 kilograms of heroin in two boarding operations in the Arabian Sea. The Australian Navy said the seizures were worth approximately AU$105 million and AU$103.5 million respectively. ...

The Canadian government has awarded General Dynamics Misssion Systems a CAD186 million contract for upgrades and maintenance of underwater sensors on Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax-class frigates. The majority of this work will occur in Canada, ...

The US Navy's Sea Hunter autonomous trimaranР’В became the first ship to successfully autonomously navigate from San Diego to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and back without a single crew member onboard, vessel designer and builder Leidos announced. ...

The US Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) a contract for the construction of two new Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers, CVN 80 and CVN 81, in a bid to achieve cost savings by ordering the two ships at once. As per the navy, ...