Maritime News & Articles

SEA to Provide Sonar Upgrade & Development to British Royal Navy

Under a new contract by the UK MoD, SEA will expand its innovative Anti-Submarine Warfare solutions, through the design and development of a part of the Royal Navy’s next generation sonar equipment

Apr 30, 2021
Royal Norwegian Air Force to Replace Fleet with Advanced P-8A Aircraft

The arrival of the first of five P-8A fuselage at Boeing’s production facility marks a major production milestone; the aircraft will maintain situational awareness in neighboring waters on and below the surface

Apr 30, 2021
First Spanish Built S-80 Class Submarine for the Spanish Navy

The new S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’ benefits from an integrated combat system and platform control system developed by Navantia Sistemas

Apr 23, 2021
Phalanx Close-in Weapon System to Receive Continued in-service Support

Babcock will continue to provide technical support, upgrades and maintenance support to the Phalanx CIWS, a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20mm Gatling gun system used by the Royal Navy

Apr 21, 2021
Portuguese Naval Frigates Receive Communications Consoles Upgrade

Alewijnse has successfully installed new multi-function consoles, auxiliary control units of the command centres and completely new radio room consoles, on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Defense

Apr 20, 2021
UK Dreadnought-Class Submarines to get Fly-By-Wire Technology

BAE believes it can adapt fly-by-wire technology, where computers replace the manual input from operators to control key aspects of Dreadnought including heading, pitch, depth and buoyancy

Apr 19, 2021
Polish Navy to be Equipped with Kelvin Hughes SharpEye Radar

The Mk11 X Band SharpEye radar from HENSOLDT UK will be tasked with navigation and surface surveillance, ensuring enhanced safety and advanced small target search capability to minehunters

Apr 16, 2021
Low-Cost Military-Approved Naval PTZ Visual Surveillance System Launched

Imenco's ODIN system is suited to both external monitoring and situational awareness above decks on naval ships, as well as the limited lighting conditions found in the ship engineering spaces below decks

Apr 14, 2021
Additional P-8A Poseidon Submarine Hunters for U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy places order for 11 additional long-range, anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare Boeing P-8A aircraft, to help expand maritime patrol and reconnaissance capabilities to the fleet

Apr 12, 2021
Polish Navy’s Kormoran II class MCMVs to be equipped with iXblue Inertial Navigation Systems

The inertial navigation systems will provide critical navigation capabilities to the mine countermeasure vessels, including within GNSS denied areas

Apr 09, 2021
Innovative Sonar Technology to Clear Mines at Sea

Thales and MHI are joining forces to develop a unique autonomous mine countermeasure system capable of detecting, classifying and localising all types of mines, from fully buried mines to ground mines

Apr 08, 2021
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