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CAE to upgrade Swedish Naval Warfare Training System

Montreal. 05 September 2019 .CAE announced it has recently been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to upgrade and expand the capabilities of the…Read more ›

Tagged with: CAE, CGF, Foreign Navies, NWC, NWTS, OGC CDB

Royal Navy & Royal Marines show their support for LGBT +community

Manchester. 26 August 2019. Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines showed their support for the LGBT+ community by marching for the first time at Manchester Pride. The Naval…Read more ›

Tagged with: Foreign Navies, LGBT +Community, Mike Hill, Royal Marines, Royal Navy

HMS Defender to support safe passage of Gulf Shipping

London. 26 August 2019. Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender will join the Royal Navy’s efforts to support the safe passage of shipping in the Middle East. The Government…Read more ›

Tagged with: Foreign Navies, Gulf Shipping, HMS Defender, IMSC, UK

US Navy Awards BAE Systems $70 Million Contract for Upgraded Mk 45 Gun Systems

Lousville. Kentucky . 27 July 2019. BAE Systems will deliver five Mk 45 naval gun systems to the U.S. Navy under a recently issued $70.6 million contract to…Read more ›

Tagged with: BAE Systems, Foreign Navies, Joseph Senftle, Mk 45

INDRA to provide new German Navy K130 Corvettes with its Rigel Electronic Defense Systems

Madrid. 11 December 2018. Indra will equip the second series of K130 corvette class ships of the German Navy with its latest generation Rigel electronic defense system, enhancing…Read more ›

Tagged with: Dutch Damen, electronic defense systems, Foreign Navies, German Navy K130, Indra, Italian Fincantieri, Korean DSME, Radar Electronic Countermeasures, Radar Electronic Support Measures, RECM systems, RESM systems, Rigel Electronic Defense Systems

U.S. Navy Commissions Lockheed Martin built Littoral Combat Ship 11 (Sioux City)

First combat ship commissioned at United States Naval Academy is 13th commissioned LCS in Navy fleet Annapolis, Md. 17 November 2018. The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Sioux City (LCS 11) – the…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral John Richardson, anti-surface warfare, asymmetric small craft, Chief of Naval Operations, Fincantieri Marinette Marine, First combat ship, Foreign Navies, Jan Allman, Joe DePietro, Littoral combat ship, Lockheed Martin, Lockheed Martin Sioux City, Longbow Hellfire missile testing, Longbow Hellfire Missiles, Rolling Airframe Missiles, Ship Systems, Small Combatants, U.S. Navy Commissions, United States Naval Academy, USS SIOUX CITY

Indian Navy completes refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship Huravee

Visakhapatnam. 15 November 2018. Maldivian Coast Guard Ship (MCGS) Huravee successfully completed her refit at Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam and the ship was formally handed over to Major Mohamed Jamshad,…Read more ›

Tagged with: Admiral Superintendent Naval Dockyard, Commanding Officer MCGS Huravee, Foreign Navies, Garden Reach Shipbuilders, Indian Government, Indian Navy, Indian Ocean Region, INS Tillanchang, Major Mohamed Jamshad, Maldivian Coast Guard Ship, MCGS Huravee, Naval Dockyard Visakhapatnam, Rear Admiral Amit Bose

Raytheon’s Ship Self-Defense System demonstrates first link from surface ship to Joint Strike Fighter

Tewksbury, Mass., 31 October 2018. For the first time ever, Raytheon Company’s Ship Self Defense System established a digital air connection between a sea-based U.S. Navy ship and…Read more ›

Tagged with: airborne U.S. Marine Corps, amphibious ships, Cooperative Engagement Capability, DAC interface, Danny Busch, digital air connection, Digital Air Control, Expeditionary Strike Group, F-35B aircraft, Foreign Navies, Joint Strike Fighter, Program Executive Office, Raytheon Company, Ship Self-Defense System, SSDS baseline, surface ship, U.S. Navy Captain, U.S. Navy ship

Three-year award builds on nearly 20 years of F/A-18 maintenance and support expertise

Plano, Texas. 26 October 2018. Boeing will continue its nearly 20-year legacy of F/A-18 modification work under a new $204 million contract award from the U.S. Naval Air Systems…Read more ›

Tagged with: Boeing Global Services, Cecil Field facility, F/A-18 maintenance, Foreign Navies, Marine Corps veterans, U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, U.S. Navy & Marine Corps Services

Naval forces of Belgium, Portugal and the Royal Netherlands Navy to rely on new-generation IFF systems from Thales

· The new Mode 5 and Mode S identification friend or foe (IFF) systems selected for the Belgian Navy, the Portuguese Navy and the Royal Netherlands Navy are…Read more ›