US Navy Awards DDG(X) Design Engineering Contract
The contract was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding and involves engineering and design for the next-generation guided-missile destroyer (DDG(X)) program
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Successful Subsea Asset Tracking Demonstrated to Polish Naval Academy
ECA Group’s R7 ROV investigated objects and structures in shallow waters while iXblue Gaps M7 USBL acoustic positioning system geolocated the R7 ROV and corrected its trajectory in real time
General Dynamics to Support US & UK Ballistic Missile Submarines
General Dynamics Mission Systems will provide fire control systems for the US Navy’s Columbia-class and the UK Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class future ballistic missile submarines
US Navy Orders Two Additional Towing, Salvage & Rescue Ships
Austal USA’s Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ships (T-ATS) are capable of supporting a variety of missions, including oil spill response, humanitarian assistance, search and rescue and surveillance
L3Harris to Produce & Sustain US Navy CEC System
The Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) system is designed to enhance the Anti-Air Warfare capability of Navy ships and aircraft, and is a key element of the Navy’s integrated sensors and networked communications solution set
US Navy Deploys First Metal 3D Printer at Sea
The Xerox ElemX 3D metal printer has been installed on USS Essex (LHD 2) and at-sea trials have begun in the Pacific Rim
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales
The experimental trials will test QinetiQ Target Systems’ Banshees in training and ISR scenarios, focusing on specific flight profiles and the optical recognition of assets to enable ‘friend or foe’ confirmation
Autonomous Robots & Crawlers for Naval, Military & Defense Missions
Bayonet Ocean Vehicles’ crawler robots can traverse both land and sea domains in challenging weather and sea state conditions to fulfil a range of amphibious and littoral warfare roles
Austal USA Begins Construction on First Steel Ship
The US Navy Navajo Class Towing, Salvage, and Rescue Ship (T-ATS 11) will be the first steel ship to be built at Austal’s new 170,000 square foot enclosed steel production facility in Mobile, Alabama
Second Offshore Patrol Vessel Delivered to Qatari MoD
This delivery is part of a €4 billion program that includes two OPVs, four corvettes and one landing platform dock
Amphibious Transport Dock LPD 28 Sets Sail to Commissioning Site
HII's amphibious transport docks are deployed with a US Marine Corps Air-Ground Task Force for amphibious and expeditionary crisis response operations that range from deterrence and joint-force enablement to humanitarian assistance
100th Coyote Target Vehicle Launched Successfully
Northrop Grumman’s GQM-163A Coyote is a threat-representative target that the US Navy uses to prepare, train, and qualify systems and crews aboard naval vessels
