Ultra nets contract for lightweight torpedo components
The latest contract modification awards reflects an exercised option to provide several militaries with MK 54 lightweight torpedo array kits.
Romanian coastal defence missile procurement makes strides
Romania in May 2021 officially ordered the Naval Strike Missile. (Photo: USN/ Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary D Bell)
By the end of 2024, Romania expects to receive a mobile coastal defence system based on the Naval Strike Missile.
Nearly four years after announcing its intention to acquire a mobile coastal defence anti-ship missile system and following a false start, Romania in May 2021 became the first country to officially order the Raytheon Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Coastal Defence System (CDS) via the FMS programme.
The order comes against a backdrop of continued tension between Russia and NATO members in the Black Sea region, especially since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Fraught Romanian-Russian relations, in particular, are reflected by the deployment of elements of the US missile defence system (such as Aegis Ashore) on Romanian soil …
Want to read more?
To read this article, along with thousands of others like it, start your Premium News free trial.
Start Trial or log in hereMore from Naval Warfare
-
![Ultra nets contract for lightweight torpedo components]()
-
![Rohde & Schwarz to equip German frigates with R&S Kora]()
Rohde & Schwarz to equip German frigates with R&S Kora
Rohde and Schwarz have been selected to provide its R&S Kora system for new German F126 frigates.
-
![RAMSys to provide RAM missile round spares for German Navy]()
RAMSys to provide RAM missile round spares for German Navy
Germany requires MK 44 Mod 4 Guided Missile Round Pack recertification spares for RAM Block 2.
-
![No progress on UK Bay-class support ship conversion]()
No progress on UK Bay-class support ship conversion
Modifications to one of the RN's Bay-class support ships were first announced in March 2021 in the Defence Command Paper.
-
![Austal USA details new Emergency Medical Ship design]()
Austal USA details new Emergency Medical Ship design
With its Emergency Medical Ship design, Austal claims to have hit the sweet spot between cost and capability.
-
![DSEI 2021: Raytheon Anschütz firms up UK footprint]()
DSEI 2021: Raytheon Anschütz firms up UK footprint
The Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge System from Raytheon is already installed on the RN's Daring-class Type 45 destroyers — but the company has broader ambitions.
