The French Navy, defence procurement agency DGA and teams from DCNS have completed a new test campaign abroad the first-of-class FREMM multimission frigate Aquitaine, which is also the last and most important -- the first ever torpedo launch test. Earlier in march, demonstrations of the Aquitaine's compatibility with a...
Critical aircraft trials of the INS Vikramaditya (formerly known as the Admiral Gorshkov) will begin next month as fighter jets start taking off from the carrier. Scheduled to join the Indian Navy in December, the Russian side will begin trials on the carrier’s aviation complex in July using...
The U.S Navy has awarded General Dynamics’ Electric Boat a contract worth $11 million to support research and development of advanced submarine technologies for current and future undersea platforms
The UK Ministry of Defense has signed a contract worth £1 billion with Rolls-Royce who will deliver reactor cores for the country’s nuclear-powered submarine fleet. Jason Smith, Rolls-Royce President Submarines and Chief Operating Officer - Nuclear said: “This is excellent news that demonstrates the high level of trust the...
The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built
The Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator (BAMS-D) unmanned aircraft being tested by the U.S
DCNS has chosen Indian defence company Pipavav to establish a strategic partnership is to build the highest state of the art strategic assets including modern warships for the Indian Navy and Coast Guard. Patrick Boissier, DCNS Chairman and CEO, said, “Through the P75 Scorpene submarines, the on-going indigenization programme and DCNS India, we are working to enlarge our footprint in India
L-3 Unidyne announced today that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $79 million to provide submarine electronic and mechanical system engineering, analytical, logistics and technical support services for the U.S
Setting new range records for torpedoes is defense giant is Atlas Elektronik. During a test firing of heavy weight torpedo the SeaHake in March 2012, the mod4 ER (Extended Range) torpedo achieved a range of over 140 kilometres
Russia will further boost its armed forces this year by testing the new Poliment-Redut ship-based air defense missile system. Almaz Antei, the Russian air defense systems maker, plans to complete testing of its new defense missile system by the end of this year, according to the company’s General Director Vladislav Menshikov
The Israeli Defense Forces has obtained its fourth German-made Dolphin class submarine capable of carrying nuclear weapons on Thursday. Named Tanin after the Hebrew word for alligator, the new submarine is due to enter service in 2013 once the tests are completed
Rheinmetall has been chosen by the Korean Navy for the installation of MASS naval countermeasures system which includes state-of-the-art decoy system for frigates, corvettes, minesweepers and patrol boats, on its new Landing Ship, Tank vessels (LST-II). Since MASS’ launch in 2002, Rheinmetall has booked orders from the navies of 11 nations and a total of 186 launchers for 22 different classes of vessels