The Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose is to get a new electronic 'brain' which will help her crew defend the ship against air, surface and underwater threats.>> The Type 23 frigate has come into Babcock's dockyard for the 15m upkeep which will see a major capability upgrade for the ship with the first fitting of the Royal Navy's newest command system, DNA(2), which is based on the system being fitted to the Royal Navy's powerful new Type 45 destroyers
TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company received a $23 million U
WASHINGTON --- American Superconductor Corporation, a leading energy technologies company, and Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today at the Surface Navy Associations 21st National Symposium the successful completion of full-power testing of the worlds first 36.5 megawatt (49,000 horsepower) high temperature superconductor (HTS) ship propulsion motor at the U
EADS Defence & Security, the agent, and its co-contractors DCNS and Rohde & Schwarz, have been notified on December 22 2008, by the DGA procurement branch of the French Ministry of Defence, of Stage 2 of the RIFAN programme to equip the French naval air arm on exercises or on missions with a true intranet for surface ships, submarines and aircraft within the force.>> The framework contract, worth 240 million euros, covers the design and deployment of an IP communication system to equip 116 ships and 64 aircraft over a period of five years, and the provision of operational support
NEW YORK --- L-3 Communications announced today that its MAPPS division has been awarded a $61 million contract (CAD $73 million) to supply its Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) upgrade for the Canadian Navys 12 Halifax Class frigates. The IPMS will modernize the frigates ship control system and improve the operational effectiveness of the vessels
ORLANDO, Fla. --- Lockheed Martin was awarded a $15 million firm-fixed-price contract as part of the U
CHARLOTTE, N.C --- Raytheon Missile Systems of Louisville, Ky
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. --- Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) recently won a competitively awarded Seaport-e Task Order to provide Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation Systems Operations and Maintenance support from the U
SAN DIEGO, CA --- Cubic Defense Applications, the defense systems subsidiary of Cubic Corporation, announced that its iPod-sized low-power data link performed successfully during recent high-profile military flight tests at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Maryland. Sponsored by the U
ROSSLYN, Va. --- Lockheed Martin and the U