1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (271+ words) The contract covers all work needed for critical modernisation, maintenance, and repairs during the Chief of Naval Operations Availability. The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) will undergo repair and modernisation following its return from a…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (333+ words) Work under this contract is scheduled to take place in Newport News, Virginia, with completion anticipated by March 2039. Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has secured a $336m contract for long lead time materials ahead of building the next Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (318+ words) Ultra Maritime’s Sea Revealer sonobuoys support standard and wide-area searches for tracking submarines and uncrewed underwater assets. Ultra Maritime has confirmed that all five of its latest US-specification sonobuoys are now ready for full-scale production. The sonobuoys, namely Q-53H, Q…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (381+ words) NSRS is an air-mobile mini-submarine shared among France, Norway and the UK for the evacuation of stricken submariners. The UK Royal Air Force (RAF) simulated its logistical responsibility in delivering Nato Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) equipment according to a UK…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (430+ words) USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. will begin post-delivery trials to certify the vessel, crew, and aviation facilities for high-tempo operations. The US Navy has received the USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), the last vessel in its Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) programme…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (381+ words) The contract covers all labour, supervision, equipment, production, testing, facilities and quality assurance for the project. BAE Systems has been awarded a $149.8m firm-fixed-price contract by the US Navy to undertake maintenance and modernisation work on the USS Boxer (LHD 4). The…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (514+ words) The Dutch military is among the first to bring Destinus’ drone interceptor to the naval domain. The Dutch Ministry of Defence’s Materiel and IT Command will procure Hornet containerised drone interceptor systems to protect a number of surface combatants from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (488+ words) ZeroUSV double down on autonomous payload platform, Oceanus12, amid hybrid navy trial. British maritime technology supplier, ZeroUSV, claim a “world-first” by using its Oceanus12 autonomous surface vessel to deploy two smaller uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) in a coordinated mission. The demonstration took…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Training starts 49 days after Poland signed the Saab A26 submarine contract. Polish submariners have started training under the Swedish Navy at Karlskrona naval base on 19 August as the crew learn to operate a modern diesel-electric submarine (SSK) for the first time....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (388+ words) The unusual decision was made to increase the urgent, subsurface combat requirement. The US Navy will take a “calculated risk” in avoiding the standard post-shakedown availability (PSA) process, designed to correct design deficiencies over several months, opting instead to deploy…...