A brand new Royal Navy Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) has been christened at the Scotstoun shipyard in Glasgow. HMS Medway – second of five Batch 2 River class OPVs – is the tenth vessel to bear that name since the 1690s. It’s a distinction that demonstrates the longstanding relationship between the ...
BAE Systems has made available its warship design and engineering capabilities, together with its combat systems expertise, to commercial shipbuilder Cammell Laird as part of a Teaming Agreement bid for the manufacture of the Type 31e – an adaptable general purpose frigate. The newly announced Teaming Agreement is a response to ...
The US Navy has awarded BAE Systems a $59.5 million contract for additional APKWSTM guidance kits to transform unguided 2.75-inch (70-millimetre) rockets into laser-guided precision munitions. The new award is part of a 2016 indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract for more than $600 million and will see the company further ...
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, the four-day DSEI 2017 event took place last month at ExCeL London. Defence Online editor Matthew Brown takes you through some of the highlights. This year’s Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) event, held at London’s renowned ExCeL convention centre from 12 to 15 September, was heralded ...