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Raytheon fast-tracks AIM-9X Sidewinder production targeting 2,500 missiles a year by 2027

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Raytheon fast-tracks AIM-9X Sidewinder production targeting 2,500 missiles a year by 2027

3rd July 2026

RTX Raytheon is accelerating production of the AIM-9X Sidewinder, aiming to reach 2,500 missiles annually by late 2027 while strengthening its supply chain following two US Navy major contracts worth more than $2.2 billion.

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2nd July 2026

The programme’s structure as a marketplace will allow multiple companies to compete for ongoing procurements; an approach which could be replicated across the Atlantic.

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Sweden buys new lightweight torpedo launchers

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24th May 2022

New launchers for lightweight torpedos will replace legacy systems aboard Swedish corvettes.

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24th May 2022

As legacy combat net radios (CNRs) approach their end of service life, modern armed forces seek next-generation tactical communications devices to provide personnel with transformational capabilities.

NAVSEA goes to the well again with AN/SPY-6

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24th May 2022

Raytheon has obtained another contract modification from the USN to produce hardware for AN/SPY-6 radars.

Austal launches future USS Augusta

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Austal launches future USS Augusta

24th May 2022

Sea trials of the latest Independence-variant LCS are scheduled for late 2022, even as the USN proposes to confine the vessels to mine countermeasure missions.

OSI to provide German K130 Batch Corvettes with integrated navigation systems

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24th May 2022

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24th May 2022

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Royal Navy decommissions two more Trafalgar-class submarines

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23rd May 2022

The UK RN officially decommissioned the Trafalgar-class submarines HMS Trenchant and HMS Talent at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May, leaving HMS Triumph as the …

Damen delivers the first of three MMIPVs to the South African Navy

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Damen delivers the first of three MMIPVs to the South African Navy

23rd May 2022

Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) received a contract for the three patrol vessels in 2018.

Denmark aims to field SM-2 across Iver Huitfeldt class from 2025 onwards

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Denmark aims to field SM-2 across Iver Huitfeldt class from 2025 onwards

23rd May 2022

In early May, Denmark conducted a test-firing of the SM-2 Block IIIA missile from the Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate Niels Juel.

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23rd May 2022

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