Technology/Modernization

An airborne test conducted as part of the QUICKSINK Joint Capability Technology Demonstration on Aug. 26, 2021, was supported by three F-15E Strike Eagles carrying JDAM from the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron of the U.S. Air Force.Using modified...

The Pakistan Navy has received its first modern twinengine Long Range Maritime Patrol jet aircraft on Thursday (Sep 2). The induction ceremony of the aircraft took place in Karachi.The aircraft is Lineage 1000 model of the Embraer Jet, a state-of-the-art Brazilian-built aircraft that is widely used in air operations across the world. Pakistan...

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. announced earlier today that it has been awarded an approximately $80 million contract to supply a comprehensive naval warfare systems suite for Israel Shipyards' Shaldag Mk V Fast Attack Crafts to an undisclosed Southeast...

U.S. Navy's 3rd Zumwalt-class destroyer, the future USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), recently conducted Builder’s Trials, U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced.Builder’s Trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations that allow the shipbuilder, General...

According to a press release issued by Saab, the company will demonstrate a new generation of the Combat Boat 90 (CB90) fast assault craft for the first time outside of Sweden.It will be on display at the DSEI exhibition...

German sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT, in collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), will supply new radars to the German Navy in order to modernize sensor technology on the F124 air defence frigates, according to a press release from Hensoldt.The...

The Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on 27 August that the guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. had successfully completed the builder's trials.The guided-missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. is a product of Huntington...

The first steel cutting ceremony for a 90-meter OPV ship was held by the Indonesian Navy on Aug 26, 2021. The contract was won by the local firm PT.DRU (DAYA RADAR UTAMA) after beating three other local companies,...

By Emil McHarsky,  Lawyer, Academic and contributor at Spectrum Legal Consulting Law Blog. Legal, Software and Defence Industries.The current procurement competition for the Hellenic Navy is probably the most interesting procurement program on the planet right now, not least because the...

Saab is leading a live demonstration as part of the EU-funded OCEAN2020 defence research project. The demonstration is being held in the Baltic Sea in August 2021, with the participation of 17 European companies, research institutes and defence ministries.The...