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Defence Notes
Why is the defence market “exploding exponentially” for autonomous targeting capabilities?
Solutions that identify, engage and destroy targets with minimal or no human intervention are becoming critical on tomorrow’s battlefield.
Naval Warfare
US and European special operators test Icelandic AI-based solution for marine platforms
Hefring Marine IMAS was designed to optimise vessels’ operation.
Naval Warfare
US Navy expands GARC sUSV deployment
The small, unmanned surface vehicle will operate this year in multiple operations and military exercises worldwide.
Naval Warfare
Another $18.4 billion committed to USN Virginia-class submarines
The contract was awarded to HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB). As well as for the building of the boats, contract money will also go towards improving productivity at the shipyards, workforce support and other investment.
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Naval Warfare
Autonomous Mine Hunting: Supplying the British Solution (Studio)
Navies around the world are increasingly looking at autonomous systems for the mine countermeasures (MCM) mission.
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Naval Warfare
Raytheon delivers Railgun containers
25th May 2016
Raytheon has started deliveries of pulse power containers for the US Navy Railgun programme, it announced on 23 May. The containers have multiple pulsed power …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy accepts USS Zumwalt
24th May 2016
The US Navy has accepted the delivery of the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), a guided missile destroyer and the lead ship of the Zumwalt …
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Naval Warfare
Saab bags Swedish torpedo order
24th May 2016
Saab has been awarded an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) to develop and produce a New Lightweight Torpedo system, it announced on …
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Naval Warfare
USCG commissions 17th cutter
24th May 2016
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has commissioned USCG cutter Donald Horsley, the 17th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) or Sentinel-class cutter, it announced on 20 May. …
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Naval Warfare
Additional Raptors for Russian Navy
24th May 2016
The Russian MoD has placed an order for eight more Raptor (Project 03160) fast patrol boats with Pella shipbuilding company in St Petersburg. The contract …
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Naval Warfare
Austal delivers RNOV Al Mubshir
24th May 2016
Austal has delivered the RNOV Al Mubshir High Speed Support Vessel (HSSV) to the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), it announced on 20 May. This …
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Naval Warfare
US Navy christens LPD 27
24th May 2016
The US Navy has christened USS Portland (LPD 27), its newest and 11th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, at the manufacturer Huntington Ingalls Industries …
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Military Logistics
General Dynamics to support NAVSUP WSS
24th May 2016
General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a 48-month, $46.7 million contract to provide security and IT services support to the US Naval Supply Systems …
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Military Logistics
Philippines receives BRP Tarlac
24th May 2016
The Philippine Navy (PN) has received BRP Tarlac (LD-601), the lead ship of its class of Philippine landing platform docks (LPDs), it announced in May …
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Naval Warfare
US tests Aegis BMD Combat System
23rd May 2016
The US Navy’s USS John Paul Jones (DDG-53), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, has successfully used Lockheed Martin’s Aegis Baseline 9 terminal engagement capability …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
SAS 2016: Liquid pushes Wave Glider
23rd May 2016
The latest version of California-based Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider unmanned surface vessel – the SV3 is the company’s new flagship product. Speaking at the Navy …
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Digital Battlespace
General Dynamics bags DMR radio order
23rd May 2016
General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a contract modification from the US Navy to build and deliver over 30 AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios (DMRs), along …
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Naval Warfare
Saab to supply latest KleinPilots
23rd May 2016
The Great Lakes Pilotage Division of the US Coast Guard (USCG) and the Canadian Great Lakes Pilotage Authority have awarded separate contracts to Saab to …
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Digital Battlespace
Orbital bags proximity sensor order
23rd May 2016
Orbital ATK has been awarded a $16 million order for its DSU-33D/B proximity sensors, with deliveries to begin in mid-2016, it announced on 19 May. …
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Military Logistics
Sabre bags Seaport-e task order
23rd May 2016
Sabre has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee task order under the US Seaport-e Multiple Award Contract (MAC), it announced on 20 May. The five-year order is …
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Digital Battlespace
Royal Navy selects iXBlue MARINS M7
20th May 2016
iXBlue has been selected to provide 70 MARINS M7 inertial navigation systems (INS) to the Royal Navy's ships and submarines, under a five-year contract to …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2016: US Navy expands patrol boat forward presence
20th May 2016
With a pending deployment of two craft to Guam, the US Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) is expanding the forward presence of its new Mk …
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Naval Warfare
SAS 2016: LCS gets Harpoon missile
19th May 2016
‘If it floats, it needs to fight’, Capt Jaime Engdahl, programme manager for Precision Strike Weapons and the LRASM Deployment Office told the Sea-Air-Space exhibition …
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Naval Warfare
SeaRAM completes test shots
19th May 2016
Test shots have been successfully fired by the SeaRAM anti-ship missile defence system during a series of demonstrations by the US Navy, Raytheon announced on …
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