Royal Navy Lieutenants Tim Dunning and John Phillips have joined the hunt for a US nuclear boat off the coast of Sicily as part of NATO’s biggest ever Mediterranean anti-submarine exercise, dubbed Dynamic Manta. Aided by the USS John Warner, a Virginia-class hunter-killer skimming the surface of the Ionian Sea, the ...
BAE Systems has selected awarded Lockheed Martin for a contract to equip the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 Global Combat Ship with the MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS). The MK 41 VLS is the only system capable of launching anti-air, anti-submarine, surface-to-surface and strike-length missiles and once integrated with the ...
Saab has signed a contract with ASC to supply enhanced Integrated Ship Control Management and Monitoring Systems (ISCMMS) to four of the Royal Australian Navy’s Collins class submarines. Valued at AU$24.2 million, the ISCMMS contract will improve manoeuvring capabilities while integrating management of the submarines propulsion and power generation systems. The ...
Ball Aerospace is to deliver multi-beam phased array antenna systems as part of BAE Systems contract agreement for the US Navy Network Tactical Common Data Link (NTCDL) system. The NTCDL system enables multiple simultaneous, high-bandwidth communications links, which greatly enhance current mission capability and ship protection, allowing for a future sensor ...