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Ukraine turns legacy Kongsberg land turrets into semi-autonomous USV weapons

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Competition for critical minerals, and China’s dominance of their processing, is emerging as a decisive factor in future naval procurement programmes.

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RAF Lossiemouth to undergo infrastructure upgrade

23rd June 2020

The UK Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) on 23 June announced a £20 million ($25 million) contract to Galliford Try, for development of facilities at RAF …

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Electric Boat continues work on Columbia class

23rd June 2020

General Dynamics Electric Boat has secured a $869 million contract modification from US Naval Sea Systems Command for continued design completion, engineering work, affordability studies …

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Countermeasures for Taiwanese frigates trigger Chinese unease

23rd June 2020

Not for the first time, controversy dogs the six Kang Ding-class frigates bought by Taiwan in the 1990s, as China continues to apply pressure on …

RDM to upgrade customer production facility

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RDM to upgrade customer production facility

23rd June 2020

South Africa-based Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) has won a EUR13 million engineering contract to modernise an existing production facility operated by an unnamed ‘established, longstanding …

Hero-30 undergoes successful maritime trial

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Hero-30 undergoes successful maritime trial

23rd June 2020

The Hero-30 portable loitering munition has completed a successful trial with an unnamed NATO navy. ‘Successfully withstanding all trial objectives, the system demonstrated compatibility [with] …

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Rohde & Schwarz to provide secure comms for Canadian support ships

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Rohde & Schwarz confirmed on 23 June that it has been awarded a contract by Thales Canada to provide secure HF communications systems for two …

Ultra receives LWT contract modification

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Ultra receives LWT contract modification

22nd June 2020

Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems has been awarded a $45.32 million contract modification by US Naval Sea Systems Command, for the production of MK 54 MOD 0 …

Northrop continues AESA SABR upgrade for F-16s

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Northrop continues AESA SABR upgrade for F-16s

22nd June 2020

Northrop Grumman is to provide more AESA radars for USAF F-16 aircraft under a $18.73 million contract modification, the DoD announced on 19 June. Work …

Aurora to assist DARPA future aircraft design concept

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Aurora to assist DARPA future aircraft design concept

22nd June 2020

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a $7.11 million contract from DARPA for work on the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors …

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​Elbit continues IAF T-6 support

22nd June 2020

Elbit Systems announced on 22 June that it has received a $38 million contract to continue operating, maintaining and servicing the fleet of Textron/Beechcraft T-6 Texan …

South Korea explores potential of clustered USVs

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South Korea explores potential of clustered USVs

22nd June 2020

Hanwha Systems is involved in a KRW19 billion ($15.6 million) South Korean government project to develop a management system for clustered USVs by 2024, the …

Australia announces trident of Tritons

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Australia announces trident of Tritons

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Australia announced on 18 June that it had firmed up an order for a third Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAV. Under current Project Air 7000 …

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