Naval Warfare
PREMIUM: Esper hails shipbuilding study but budgetary questions remain
US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has called for higher spending on shipbuilding, in order to support what he described as a ‘game-changer’ for fleet ...
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PREMIUM: Venezuela acquired C-802A anti-ship missiles from China
Prevented by international sanctions from buying Western-made equipment, the Venezuelan regime of President Nicolas Maduro is more aligned than ever with China, Iran and Russia ...
Naval Warfare
USN orders SM-2 and SM-6 spares
The USN is procuring Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) and Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) depot-level and intermediate-level ordered spares from Raytheon Missiles and Defense. Work on the $45.26 million ...
Unmanned Vehicles
HII breaks ground on new facility for unmanned technologies
US-based shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) is building a new facility to produce and test unmanned naval technologies. HII broke ground on the Unmanned Systems ...
Unmanned Vehicles
USCG to test and evaluate Sharktech
Sea Machines Robotics is partnering shipbuilder Metal Shark Boats to supply the US Coast Guard (USCG) Research and Development Center (RDC) with a new Sharktech 29 ...
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Naval Warfare
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Unmanned Vehicles
Rheinmetall develops USV for German Navy
25th November 2008
The German Navy has contracted with Rheinmetall Defence to retrofit and supply it with a robotic boat capable of carrying out a variety of missions. ...
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Defence Helicopter
Sikorsky flies first CH-148 Cyclone
17th November 2008
The long-awaited first flight of the Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone has taken place in Florida. The much-delayed aircraft, which will eventually go on to replace the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US Navy pilots learning to fly Global Hawk
11th November 2008
In what could prove to be the first step toward creating a joint RQ-4 Unmanned Aircraft System training unit here, pilots of the 1st Reconnaissance ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Establishes Robotics Initiative
7th November 2008
Elements of computer programming, technology, mathematics, science and engineering are coming together in a new robotics initiative at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology that could lead ...
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Defence Helicopter
Barco mission displays selected for 'Panther' helicopter upgrade
5th November 2008
Avionics specialist Barco has won an important contract from helicopter manufacturer Eurocopter to deliver high-performance mission displays for use aboard the AS 565 ‘Panther' helicopter. ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Seebyte's mine neutralisation program extended
3rd November 2008
SeeByte, a cutting edge software solutions company, has been awarded a $1Million contract extension through the United States Office of Naval Research (ONR), within its ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Camcopter S-100 UAS demonstrates maritime capabilities on French Frigate
27th October 2008
After the successful trials on the German K130 class corvettes during the summer, the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) continued its maritime progress, by ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Raytheon, U.S. Navy Demonstrate Unmanned Aircraft System Capability for Submarines
24th October 2008
Raytheon Company and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Newport, demonstrated an unmanned aircraft system capability for submerged submarines Sept. 10. The program, called Submarine ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Aurora Flight Sciences Awarded Office of Naval Research Contract in Support of Multi-Vehicle Cooperation for Air and Sea Vehicles
16th October 2008
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today the award of a Phase II contract with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in the area of multi-vehicle cooperation ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
DCNS achieves automatic UAV landing on frigate
13th October 2008
On 9 and 10 October 2008, DCNS successfully landed a rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in automatic mode on French Navy frigate Montcalm while the ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US Navy introduces remotely operated submarine rescue vehicle to the world
10th October 2008
The US Navy has announced that effective September 30, 2008 the Submarine Rescue Diving Recompression System (SRDRS-SRS-RCS) is the primary deep sea rescue asset for ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
Aurora Flight Sciences is Part of Northrop Grumman BAMS Team
10th October 2008
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that it will be a supplier on the Northrop Grumman RQ-4N aircraft for U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned ...
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Naval Warfare
ATK Awarded $97M Contract to Develop the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target for the US Navy
5th September 2008
Alliant Techsystems announced today that it has been awarded a $97 million contract for the design, development, integration, and test of the Multi-Stage Supersonic Target ...
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Unmanned Vehicles
US Navy UCAS Demonstrator On Track for First Flight
3rd September 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation is on track for the first flight of its revolutionary Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator for the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Combat ...
