RAF’s P-8 Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft Drops First Torpedo
The Poseidon aircraft successfully dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo during a training flight that simulated an attack on a submarine
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The Poseidon aircraft successfully dropped a recoverable exercise variant of the Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo during a training flight that simulated an attack on a submarine
L3Harris will upgrade and replace previously installed systems at three U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Training Ranges to enable ships, submarines and aircraft to track targets on the surface and subsurface for anti-submarine warfare training
Clemaco has been acquired by Serco Group in a move that will allow Serco to expand its existing defense services in Europe and specifically with the Belgian Navy
Deployed by Naval Group and MBDA, remote assistance is an end-to-end encrypted multimedia communication system that connects ships with onshore support facilities for real-time diagnostics support in the case of breakdowns
The MCM100 rebreather for mine countermeasures/explosive ordnance disposal and Special Operations diving was deployed in numerous roles during the 50th Baltic Operations exercise last month
Teledyne Brown Engineering will deliver long-endurance, buoyancy-driven Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) with oceanographic sensors to support antisubmarine warfare, mine countermeasures and Naval Special Warfare missions
Cellula has received a contract extension with Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) for the continued development of a hydrogen-powered fuel cell module for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
Thales will deliver 350 Scorpion helmet-mounted sight and display systems, and 400 digital multi-function displays, to improve tactical situational awareness for operators in the French Air, Navy and Space Forces
KBR will continue to provide engineering services for key training and electronic systems to boost the reliability, availability, and maintainability of U.S. Navy aircraft survivability equipment
As part of the contract, Boeing supports India’s P-8I fleet by providing training for Indian Navy flight crews, spare parts, ground support equipment and field service representative support
The installation at Royal Navy Air Station Predannack, the first of its kind for the U.K. Ministry of Defence, is planned to go live in April 2022
Undertaken at Asyad Drydock facility at Duqm, Oman, this complex operation to replace the Forward Auxiliary Machinery Room generators was the first double engine replacement completed in the Middle East