MBDA has successfully carried out the first qualification firing trial of the Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile at the DGA Essais de missiles (DGA EM) test site at Ile Du Levant. The missile was launched from a Dauphin helicopter close to the minimum release height, reaching its cruise phase whilst sea skimming at very low height. ...
DASA has invested £2.5million into autonomous submarines which will be developed for the Royal Navy under a new contract. The contract for large autonomous submarines was awarded to MSubs Ltd as part of Royal Navy ambitions to improve anti-submarine measures. The First Sea Lord announced the contract at the Underwater Defence ...
BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year $188.2 million contract to provide the US Navy’s AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organisation with critical large-scale system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the AEGIS Weapons and Combat Systems aboard US Navy surface combatant ships. As part of the AEGIS Technical Representative Engineering ...
BAE Systems Submarines, which is building four nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy, has awarded work worth around £330 million to Thales UK. The Dreadnought sonar system will be developed at the global technology firm’s sites in Templecombe, Somerset, and Stockport. The periscope – known as the ‘Combat System Mast’ – ...