The General Dynamics Mission Systems team successfully completed all stages of formal Sea Acceptance Testing (SAT) of Knifefish, the US Navy’s Surface Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) system. The tests were conducted off the coast of Boston using Navy mine test targets and included a variety of undersea, MCM ...
The Defence and Security Accelerator (DASA) and the Royal Navy Innovation Team, DARE (Discovery, Assessment and Rapid Exploitation) are to hold an innovation event alongside the crew of the HMS Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier in July. HMS Queen Elizabeth, and sister ship HMS Prince Of Wales, are the new cutting edge UK ...
Babcock Team 31 has unveiled Arrowhead 140 as its design for the Ministry of Defence’s new £1.25 billion Type 31e general purpose light frigate programme. Launching the new platform, ‘Team 31’ – led by Babcock and including Thales, OMT, BMT, Harland and Wolff and Ferguson Marine – underlined the vessel’s established, ...
The Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced that the £850 million Sea Ceptor missile system responsible for protecting Royal Navy’s new aircraft carriers has officially entered service. The system provides a powerful shield against airborne threats, including hostile combat jets, helicopters and other missiles, and has been developed and manufactured through ...