MARITIME
A Royal Navy ship has been deployed to the English Channel as part of the UK’s response to the recent increase in migrant crossings. HMS Mersey will support Border Force and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in their efforts to patrol the stretch of water, keep the UK border secure and ...
Bath Iron Works, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a US Navy contract to construct the fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of a multi-year award announced in September 2018. During the multi-year competition, Bath Iron Works (BIW) was officially awarded four ships. Subsequently, the US Navy held ...
HMS Chiddingfold has returned to the water following the most comprehensive improvement programme ever to be carried out on the plastic hull of a Hunt-class ship. As HMS Chiddingfold reaches the end of its current phase of maintenance, BAE Systems – together with the Royal Navy – has launched its inaugural ...
McKean Defense Group has been awarded a contract with the Army Watercraft System Product Directorate (PD AWS). With a maximum ordering value of $47 million, McKean will provide systems technical support for Landing Craft, Ship to Shore Enablers, Towing and Terminal Operations vessels, and watercraft operations systems support over a five-year ...
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