Leidos has been awarded a contract by the US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command to develop torpedo countermeasure technologies for submarine defence. Leidos will design, build, and test an acoustic device countermeasure (ADC) called the ADC MK5 – a three-inch diameter device launched from submarines to defend against incoming torpedoes. The ...
Defence Minister Stuart Andrew has announced that Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard has been awarded a contract to carry out the first planned dry-dock maintenance of Britain’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The contract worth £5 million, will see the 65,000-tonne carrier to undergo a routine, planned hull survey and maintenance of her ...
MBDA has successfully demonstrated the use of the Mistral missile against fast boats such as FIACs (Fast Inshore Attack Craft). A number of foreign delegations attended the demonstration firing that was performed from a SIMBAD-RC automated naval turret firing from the land against a fast moving remotely-controlled semi-rigid boat more than three kilometres ...
The US Navy has officially commissioned its newest freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Wichita. During a ceremony held at Naval Station Mayport in Florida – where the USS Wichita will one day be based – US Senator Jerry Moran of Kansas delivered the principal address. In time-honored US Navy ...
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