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Royal Navy helicopters help seize drugs worth £105m in Indian Ocean

Maritime January 9, 2018

Fliers from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall played a key role in seizing £105m of hashish after a two-day hunt in the Indian Ocean. The Sea King helicopters spent two days searching hundreds of miles of ocean before they located the suspicious dhow. The helicopter crew guided Australian frigate HMAS Warramunga to the vessel where the ship’s ...

Babcock to lead Team 31 for Type 31 frigate bid

Maritime January 9, 2018

Babcock has announced that it is to head up a team of leading industry partners in a bid for the Ministry of Defence’s new £1.25 billion Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme. Babcock and Thales will lead partners BMT, Harland & Wolff and Ferguson Marine to form ‘Team 31’. Babcock will ...

DASA to support MEIR Conference at the University of Strathclyde

Maritime January 8, 2018

The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) is lending its support to the Maritime, Enterprise, Innovation and Research Conference (MEIR) at the University of Strathclyde. The Maritime, Enterprise, Innovation and Research (MEIR) unit are looking for key technologies that will significantly improve the ability for unmanned/ autonomous systems to operate in the ...

US Navy awards BAE Systems contract to modernise USS Howard

Maritime January 5, 2018

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth $47.8 million from the US Navy to modernise the guided-missile destroyer USS Howard. The Howard will undergo 15 months of extensive work at the company’s shipyard in San Diego, the ship’s homeport. The depot maintenance period (DMP) availability contract includes options that, if ...