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£440,000 research funding for next-generation sea mine disposal

Maritime July 23, 2021

Sea mine disposal could be transformed using an innovative technique that is being researched by official DPRTE partner,  Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory). The concept has received funding worth £440,000 from the Defence Innovation Unit to develop a working prototype and aims to provide a valuable capability for the Royal ...

BAE Systems to provide next-gen electric-hybrid power and propulsion system for Southern Wind superyacht

Maritime July 23, 2021

BAE Systems has been selected by luxury sailing yacht builder Southern Wind to provide the electric-hybrid power and propulsion system for a new high-performance superyacht. BAE Systems will supply and integrate its next-generation system on the SW96 Nyumba, the first marine vessel to benefit from the company’s newest propulsion technology. The HybriGen Power and ...

KONGSBERG to deliver ORCCA combat system elements

Maritime July 20, 2021

KONGSBERG has entered into contracts with Norway and Germany to deliver ORCCA combat system elements to the six new 212CD submarines, and the Naval Strike Missile to the two nations’ Navies. The contract for NSM is a joint procurement by Norway and Germany valued at 4,404 MNOK. Germany is the 6th ...

UK Carrier Strike Group reaches Indian Ocean region

Maritime July 19, 2021

The UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 2021, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has sailed into the Indian Ocean Region having recently transited the Suez Canal. Following a series of successful engagements and operations in the Mediterranean it is now sailing East across the Indian Ocean towards India. It will then meet ...