Technology/Modernization

The U.S. State Department has cleared Spain to purchase five Aegis weapon systems, potentially worth $860.4 million.The systems would be placed aboard Spanish frigates, which are interoperable with NATO allies such as the U.S. Spain currently operates five existing...

ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and Thales Deutschland have jointly been commissioned to deliver the combat system of the German Class K130 Corvette. The order comprises 5 corvettes as well as the Test and Training Centre (EZ/BUZ) in Wilhelmshaven.With completion scheduled for...

Australia will invest $5.2 billion to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea.Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive shipbuilding strategy...

Huntington Ingalls Industries Delivers Virginia-Class Submarine Indiana (SSN 789) to U.S. Navy  Huntington Ingalls Industries’  Newport News Shipbuilding division delivered the newest nuclear-powered fast attack submarine to the U.S. Navy on June 25.The future USS Indiana (SSN 789) is...

South Korea decided Monday (June 25)  to purchase US defense company Boeing's P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft in a $1.7 billion project, Seoul's military acquisition agency has said.The P-8 Poseidon is based on the 737-800ERX short-to-medium-range airliner. It is...

Two Project 636.3 Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines will be handed over to Russia’s Pacific Fleet in November 2020, according to an annual report of the Admiralty Shipyard released on Monday (June 25). "The Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine designed by the...

The Italian Navy has selected Leonardo’s Black Shark Advanced (BSA) torpedoes to equip its Todaro-class U212A submarines.The new equipment is expected to significantly increase the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capability of the Navy.Leonardo also will provide associated logistical support services...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on 19 June that is has acquired a new type of torpedo that it calls the Kaved (heavy) for its submarines. “The torpedo systems possess advanced capabilities and characteristics, including increased precision and...

The German Navy awarded RAM-System GmbH (RAMSYS) a contract for the delivery of ten Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launching systems to be installed and integrated on the second batch of already procured K130 class corvettes.The RAM weapon system is...

USS Coronado (LCS 4) began underway operational testing of the Navy's newest unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, off the coast of San Diego, June 15.The operations are a continuation of MQ-8C operational testing that began in April. This...