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Saab launches new CoastControl product for coast guards
Feb 21, 2017 (UPI)
Saab has launched a new product to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of coast guards around the world. The product is called CoastControl, which combine...
Brazil to retire its only aircraft carrier, Sao Paulo
Feb 16, 2017 (UPI)
Brazil's navy will decommission its sole aircraft carrier, Sao Paulo, after concluding the vessel's maintenance costs are too high. Navy officials made the deci...
BAE to modernize guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg
Feb 16, 2017 (UPI)
BAE Systems received a $42.9 million contract to perform repair and modernization services for the U.S. Navy's USS Vicksburg. Under the contract, the Ticonderog...
France places order for fourth Batiment multimission ship
Feb 16, 2017 (UPI)
The French Ministry of Defense has confirmed it has ordered the construction of a fourth Batiment multimission ship. French defense officials initially planned ...
Lockheed Martin to perform full-rate eCASS production for U.S. Navy
Feb 16, 2017 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin secured a $166 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform full-rate production for 63 electronic Consolidated Automated Support Systems. The...
Electric Boat contracted for Virginia-class sub long-lead materials
Feb 15, 2017 (UPI)
General Dynamics subsidiary Electric Boat received a $126 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the construction of two Virginia-class submarines. The ...
Not-so-rosy future for Rolls-Royce marine division
Feb 14, 2017 (UPI)
The marine division of Rolls-Royce, which services the offshore energy industry, said revenue was up, but only modest growth was expected this year. The company...
U.S. Navy exercises contract options for nuclear reactor components
Feb 13, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has exercised contract options with BWXT Nuclear Operations Group for production of naval nuclear reactor components. The contract options are wor...
U.S. Navy to christen littoral combat ship USS Tulsa
Feb 10, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy is set to christen its latest Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Tulsa during a ceremony in Mobile, Ala., on Saturday. USS Tulsa, named a...
South Korea to speed up hovercraft delivery
Feb 09, 2017 (UPI)
South Korea's defense procurement agency will move up the scheduled delivery of two hovercraft landing ships by one year. The move, which the agency says is mea...
Carrier Charles de Gaulle undergoing refit and upgrade
Feb 08, 2017 (UPI)
The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is in drydock in the port of Toulon for an 18-month refit and upgrade. The carrier has been in service for 15 year...
China makes progress on second aircraft carrier
Feb 08, 2017 (UPI)
China is advancing through the production of its second aircraft carrier, photos taken at the vessel's construction site in the port city of Dalian reveal. The ...
U.S. Navy contracts Bell for AH-1Z long-lead procurement
Feb 08, 2017 (UPI)
Bell Helicopter received a $49 million contract to provide long-lead items and components for the U.S. Navy's AH-1Z aircraft. The agreement covers 27 Lot 15 AH-...
Fast transport ship USNS Yuma passes acceptance trials
Feb 07, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy reports that the future USNS Yuma, an Expeditionary Fast Transport, has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The ship, ...
Chinese aircraft carrier program to make new advances in 2017
Feb 07, 2017 (Sputnik)
The progress of China's aircraft carrier program continues to move forward into the new year after achieving a number of milestones in 2016. In November 2016 th...
Navy decommissions USS Enterprise aircraft carrier, 'The Big E'
Feb 04, 2017 (UPI)
The Navy decommissioned the USS Enterprise aircraft carrier in a ceremony in Virginia on Friday, officially bringing the storied 55-year career of a ship affect...
Britain invests in new submarine training facility
Feb 03, 2017 (UPI)
Britain is building a new submarine training school at the Royal Navy base on the Clyde River in Scotland, the Ministry of Defense announced. The facility has b...
U.S. Navy deploys new 'digital quarterback' in Japan
Feb 03, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy is strengthening airborne radar and detection capabilities in the Asia-Pacific with five E-2D Advanced Hawkeyes early warning and control aircraft...
Norway plans submarine purchases with Germany
Feb 03, 2017 (UPI)
Norway has decided to partner with Germany for the common acquisition of identical new submarines and their maintenance, the Norwegian Ministry of Defense said....
Damen Schelde delivers frigate to Indonesia
Feb 03, 2017 (UPI)
The first of two Sigma frigates by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding of the Netherlands has been delivered to Indonesia's Ministry of Defense. The handover took ...
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