On December 22, the 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carriers USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was…
Naval Warfare
Indonesia Begins Sea Acceptance Test of Second Purpose-built Hospital Ship KRI Dr Wahidin Soedirohusodo (991)
Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL has begun sea acceptance tests the country’s second purpose-built hospital ship on order for the Indonesian Navy. The construction…
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Looks to Drones to Deliver Lightweight Supplies at Sea
The Royal Navy’s crucial support arm is looking at using drones to deliver mail drops and other supplies to ships in the middle…
Myanmar Navy Commissions Chinese-made Type 35B Ming-Class Submarine
The Myanmar Navy recently commissioned UMS Minye Kyaw Htin, a former People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Type 35B Ming-class diesel-electric attack submarine. This…
German Government Approved Additional One Type 218SG Submarine to Republic of Singapore Navy
German news magazine Der Spiegel reported this week that after a last-minute approval of arms deals in the billions by Angela Merkel’s departing…
BAE Systems Awarded $169 Million Contract to Produce Additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV)
BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, is awarded a $169,334,012 modification (P00139) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for Amphibious…
Lockheed Martin Awarded $70 Million Contract for TRIDENT II (D5) Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile
Lockheed Martin Space, Titusville, Florida, is awarded a $70,123,973 fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to exercise options under a previously awarded contract for…
Raytheon Awarded $21 Million US Marine Corps Contract for NMESIS Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $21,164,178 firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract for the production of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction…
Northrop Grumman Awarded $353 Million France Navy Contract for Production of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Military Aircraft Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $353,584,118 fixed-price incentive (firm target) modification to a previously awarded contract….