QinetiQ is to play a key role in OCEAN2020, the first research programme awarded by the European Defence Agency as part of its European Defence Fund initiative. The European Defence Agency recently announced the award of the OCEAN2020 contract to a consortium led by Leonardo, comprising 42 partners from 15 European countries. The ...
Saab has agreed a deal worth SEK 148 million with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration to provide Multi Tactical Data Links to the Swedish Navy. The Navy platforms will be upgraded with data links such as L16 and L22, enabling closer co-operation and communication with other nations at sea during missions. Saab ...
The USS Philippine Sea, a guided-missile cruiser with almost three decades in service, is to be comprehensively modernised by BAE Systems as part of an ambitious $9.6 million US Navy contract. At BAE System’s Jacksonville shipyard in Florida and the nearby Naval Station Mayport, the USS Philippine Sea will undergo its ...
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has arrived in Gibraltar for her first overseas port visit. The 65,000-tonne future flagship will be conducting a routine logistics stop having left her home in Portsmouth for helicopter trials. These helicopter trials take place before the fixed wing F35 Lightning II trials ...