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The US Navy will soon conduct tests on an Electromagnetic (EM) Railgun prototype launcher, which was delivered last month to a facility in Dahlgren, Virginia,...
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BAE to provide ESSM components for Raytheon
Raytheon has awarded a contract to BAE Systems Australia for continued production of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM)...
US Navy 5th Fleet’s MK 54 torpedo receive software upgrades
The US Navy 5th Fleet’s MK 54 lightweight torpedos have been successfully upgraded with the latest software on time and within...
Babcock tests Hobart Class AWD torpedo launcher for RAN
Babcock has begun testing the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hobart Class air warfare destroyer’s (AWD) Mk32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers at its Techport facility in South...
Japanese Maritime Defence Force procures ALMDS from Northrop
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) has procured four airborne laser mine detection systems (ALMDS) from Northrop Grumman for use on its AgustaWestland MCH-101 helicopters to...
Lockheed, Raytheon team up to upgrade US Navy EA capability
Lockheed Martin has teamed up with Raytheon to bid for a US Navy contract intended to modernise the fleet’s electronic attack (EA) capability against anti-ship missiles as part of the...
Boeing begins DTS production for US Navy F/A-18E/F
Boeing has begun production of the new distributed targeting system (DTS) for the US Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighter as part of the navy’s F/A-18E/F Network Centric Warfare...
GD to provide TDACS actuators in support of SM-3 missile
Aerojet has awarded a contract to General Dynamics (GD) Ordnance and Tactical Systems to develop and deliver electromagnetic control actuators for the Throttleable Divert and Attitude...
UK Navy unveils new supersonic missile system
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a contract to MBDA for the development of a next generation short-range supersonic missile defence system, Sea Ceptor, capable of intercepting...
US Navy completes developmental testing of JSOW C-1 weapon
The US Navy has successfully completed developmental testing (DT) of the Raytheon-built joint stand-off weapon (JSOW) C-1, the first networked air-launched, anti-ship weapon in the US armoury,...
US Navy test-fires Maverick missile
The US Navy has successfully completed developmental and operational testing (DT/OT) of the new variant of the Raytheon-built laser-guided Maverick missile, which will now enter production for...
Raytheon to deliver ALFS to Australian Navy
Raytheon has received a $80.8m modification contract to provide 25 AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) systems to the Royal Australian Navy under the US Navy foreign military...
Raytheon receives two ESSM contracts
Raytheon has been awarded two contracts worth $212.8m to design and develop the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) for the US Navy and for Japan's Ministry of Defence...
GD to support Trident II submarine strategic weapons systems
General Dynamics (GD) has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to support production and deployed systems of the US and UK Trident II submarine strategic weapons...
Iran Navy test-fires Mehrab missile
The Iranian Navy has successfully test-fired a new indigenous, advanced surface-to-air missile named Mehrab (Altar) during the ten-day Velayat 90 naval exercises in the Sea of Oman near...
US Navy receives final proposals for Aegis CSEA programme
The US Navy has received final proposals from Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon for its combat system engineering agent (CSEA) contract under the Aegis Weapon System modernisation...
Raytheon to continue development on SM-3 Block IIA missiles
Raytheon has been awarded a new $241m modification contract by the US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to provide continued engineering design and development work on the Standard Missile (SM)-3...
Atlas to provide Thai Navy with SeaFox drones
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has signed an agreement with Atlas Elektronik to provide the SeaFox mine neutralisation drone in an effort to upgrade its minehunting...
USMC awards two TSS contracts to Lockheed
The US Naval Surface Warfare Center has awarded two follow-on contracts to Lockheed Martin to produce the target sight system (TSS) for the US Marine Corps (USMC) AH-1Z Cobra attack...
Iran Navy inducts Qader missiles
The Islamic Republic of Iran has inducted and equipped its frigates with the new indigenous cruise missile Qader, Iranian Navy commander rear admiral Habibollah Sayyari...
Russian Navy to conduct double Bulava launch
The Russian Navy is planning to conduct salvo launches of two Bulava missiles from Borey-class strategic nuclear-powered submarine the SSBN Yury Dolgoruky next month in the White Sea against...
