Defense

Aeronautics Group - a leading provider of integrated turnkey solutions based on unmanned system platforms, payloads and communications for defense and HLS applications – introduces its Orbiter 4 small tactical UAS, capable of performing long-range, long-endurance maritime patrol missions.

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it successfully completed the acceptance tests for new patrol vessels of the Hellenic Coast Guard (HCG). In March 2019, the Company reported that it was awarded a contract from Cantiere Navale Vittoria SpA to supply combat suites and perform systems’ integration for the new patrol vessels of the HCG.

SeeByte’s SeeTrack v4 Multi-Domain Command and Control system will continue to support the Belgian Navy’s fleet of autonomous underwater vehicles, and provide training for the Belgian and Netherlands Naval Mine Warfare school, EGUERMIN. 

Damen Naval and the Hamburg Ship Model Basin (HSVA) have signed the contract for comprehensive cooperation relating to hydrodynamic optimization and the execution of an extensive series of model tests for the new 126-class (F126) frigates.

Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the USCGC GLEN HARRIS to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 167^th vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 44^th Fast Response Cutter (“FRC”) delivered under the current program. A video of the USCGC GLEN HARRIS during its shakedown cruise can be found here.

After a six-week period of maintenance, Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam has this week handed the HNLMS Evertsen back to the Royal Netherlands Navy.

Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, has completed delivery of a cutting-edge autonomous vessel to the U.S. Navy, known as Seahawk. The Office of Naval Research awarded Leidos the cost-plus-fixed fee contract to build the vessel, with an approximate value of $35.5 million, in December 2017. Work was principally performed on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Marine Advanced Robotics has delivered a WAM-V 16 ASV to NIWC Pacific to support multi-domain unmanned maritime system autonomy. The WAM-V technology is particularly well suited for subsurface, surface and air sensor deployments in real world ocean conditions where asset recovery is critical in less-than-ideal conditions.

The New Zealand Ministry of Defense has awarded L3Harris Technologies a prime systems integration contract to design, build and install an upgraded communications system to help confront the evolving challenges faced by the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN).

This innovative approach involves adapting controls that are usually used in fly-by-wire aircraft and applying them in a marine environment. 

On March 25, 2021, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) launched the first of three MultiMission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) procured by ARMSCOR for the South African Navy (SAN).

Harvey Gulf Subsea Solutions announced that it has been awarded a contract with the United States Navy for the Harvey Deep Sea with a value of 4 million dollars.