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Machine Inc., Raytheon, and Major Tool collaborate on missile defence radars

Maritime January 20, 2020

Raytheon has teamed up with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to develop structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for the US Navy. Raytheon has signed an agreement with Major Tool and Machine Inc. to create structures for SPY-6 missile defence radars for when the programme transitions from low-rate initial production to ...

DASA announces AI contracts for warships

Maritime January 17, 2020

A new DASA project will provide £4million in funding for AI contracts. DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) will provide funding for AI Contracts as part of its Intelligent Ship – The Next Generation competition, which aims to develop maritime technology. Intelligent Ship is focused on inventive approaches for Human-AI and AI-AI ...

Novatech provides Navy Reserves with training simulator technology

Maritime January 13, 2020

Novatech has supplied the Royal Navy Reserves (RNR) with their RHIB training simulator technology. The RHIB training simulator technology is designed to train reservists in search and rescue and reconnaissance and was developed alongside the University of Portsmouth. The project, led by students from the RIGPR unit at the University of ...

Northrop Grumman completes testing of AQS-24 mine hunting sonar

Maritime January 9, 2020

Northrop Grumman’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload. Operated from the Mine Countermeasures Unmanned Surface Vessel (MCM USV), the AQS-24 D&R demonstrated the unmanned operations needed to perform a mine hunting mission off the MCM Mission Package aboard the littoral ...