The Italian defence group Leonardo has acquired a 30 percent stake in the company GEM Elettronica. The company has 130 employees and develops and produces electronics for civil and military use. Applications in the defence sector include smaller 2D and 3D radar systems, consoles, integrated bridge systems, electro-optical fire control systems, inertial navigation systems and electronic nautical charts....
Vice Admiral Linda L. Fagan, currently commander of the Pacific Area, has been nominated by the White House to succeed Admiral Charles W. Ray. She will become the first female four-star admiral when she takes office on 18 June, the Coast Guard announced on Monday. Admiral Karl L. Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, said in...
The Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) has awarded Patria the contract to build a Sonac ACS Acoustic Minesweeping System. It will be used to equip the country's navy. The system utilises the patented Sound Source technology, which according to Patria offers unprecedented performance in the detection of mines,...
The green forces in the Netherlands are currently showing themselves to be innovative. However, it is not politicians who are involved in the power struggle, but soldiers from the Corps Mariniers, the Dutch equivalent of the German sea battalion. Things have been futuristic there in recent months, as a completely new piece of equipment has had to prove itself in initial tests: the Gravity...
The Franco-German company Airbus has been awarded a major defence contract by the French government. Its main components are eight H 225M helicopters for the French Air Force, two H 145s for the Sécurité Civile and ten H 160s for the gendarmerie. The navy can expect another prototype of the VSR 700....
The keel of the fifth corvette for Saudi Arabia was laid at Navantia in San Fernando, Spain, on 15 April. The ship is the last unit of the class based on the Avante 2200 design for the oil state. The order, signed in 2018, has a total value of around 1.8 billion euros. Three of the corvettes...
The US Navy has had another littoral combat ship since 17 April. The USS Oakland was officially commissioned in the presence of Secretary of the Navy Thomas W. Harker. The ship of the Independence variant will find its home port in San Diego, California. The Littoral Combat Ships are fast vessels with a low...
The Lürssen design of the Arafura class (Offshore Combat Vessel, Project Sea 1180) was selected by the Australian government at the end of January as a possible prototype for the Navy's newly planned mine defence and survey capabilities MMCMMS (Maritime Mine Coutermeasures & Military Survey, Project Sea 1905). In addition to the twelve 80-metre OCVs that have already been launched, from 2025...
The renowned British naval historian Eric Grove passed away on 15 April 2021. Alongside Colin Gray († 2020) and Geoffrey Till, who now works at the US Naval War College, Grove (*1948) was regarded as one of the most important British naval scientists of the 20th century. Grove's career took him from King's College London to the Royal...
The French Navy will soon have one more ship. In the presence of Defence Minister Florence Parly, the Alsace was handed over to the French procurement authority DGA at Naval Group in Toulon. This makes her the seventh Fremm frigate for the French Navy. The ship's keel was laid in February 2018 and she completed...
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