Defense

General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract modification for lead-yard support, development studies and design efforts related to Virginia-class attack submarines.

RTsys, the French manufacturer of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) and handheld imaging sonar for EOD divers announces the contract signature with the Slovenian Navy for the supply of one COMET-MCM AUV and two NEMOSENS micro-AUVs.

Orbit Communications Systems Ltd., a leading global provider of maritime and airborne SATCOM terminals, tracking ground station solutions, and mission-critical airborne audio management systems, is to present the OceanTRx 4MIL maritime SATCOM terminal for the first time, at Euronaval 2022.

DSIT Solutions Ltd. (DSIT), one of the world’s leaders in underwater defence and security solutions, offering advanced, state-of-the-art sonar and acoustics technologies for naval, homeland security, and energy applications, will present, together with parent company RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems, a comprehensive, integrated Torpedo Defence System (TDS) for surface vessels, at EURONAVAL 2022.

Kongsberg Maritime (KONGSBERG) announces a contract award with Polish shipbuilder Remontowa Shipbuilding SA (RSB) to supply three shipsets of KONGSBERG HUGIN AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) systems and related HiPAP positioning and communication systems for three newbuild warships for the Polish Navy.

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a world leader in the development, manufacture and supply of high-end, comprehensive and integrated protection solutions against all underwater threat types, showcases at EURONAVAL 2022 its unique, multilayered defense solution for securing strategic assets against the various types of underwater threats in diverse ranges and sea depths.

Synthetic Aperture techniques offer resolutions far exceeding those of conventional sonar systems. PicoSAS is ideally suited to littoral mine countermeasures (MCM) and unexploded ordinance (UXO) applications onboard autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and remotely operated towed vehicles (ROTVs).

Phoenix International Holdings Inc. (Phoenix) Largo, Maryland, announces the award of a $112,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for worldwide undersea deep ocean search and recovery operations and engineering and technical support to the U.S. Navy Director of Ocean Engineering, Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV). Work will be performed worldwide and is expected to be completed in September 2027.

On Tuesday September 27, 2022, COTECMAR and Damen signed a contract for the co-development of the Contractual Design for the next generation of frigates for the Colombian Navy. The signing ceremony took place on board of the ARC Almirante Padilla in the Naval Base ARC Bolivar in Cartagena, Colombia.

MIND Technology, Inc. announces that its Klein Marine Systems subsidiary has received additional orders for its high-speed multibeam side scan sonar systems for delivery to the U.S. Navy.

Kraken Robotics Inc., Canada’s Ocean Company™, recently participated in the Royal Navy’s (RN) WILTON Industry Show and Experiment (WISEX) on the ranges in Kilbrannan Sound off Campbeltown, Scotland. WISEX provides an opportunity for industry to showcase new systems for consideration by the RN.

MIND Technology, Inc. has completed a successful demonstration of its Sea Serpent low-cost anti-submarine warfare system as a part of the U.S. Navy's Coastal Trident 2022 exercise.