Defense

Vestdavit Inc., the US operation set up by industry-leading davit supplier Vestdavit, has won a contract to deliver boat launch-and-recovery systems to two Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessels belonging to the United States Navy.

Ships from Norway, the U.S. and U.K. entered the Barents Sea Sept. 7, 2020, working together to conduct maritime security operations in the challenging environment above the Arctic Circle.

CONTROP is to supply surveillance and observation systems for new ships currently being built for the Vietnamese Border Guard.

Kraken Robotics Inc., Canada’s Ocean Company, announce that it has signed a contract with Danish Ministry of Defense, Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) to supply mine-hunting sonar equipment to the Royal Danish Navy.

Kraken Robotics Inc. signed a contract on September 1, to supply minehunting systems to the Polish Navy.

Austal Limited has delivered the USNS Newport (EPF 12) to the United States Navy from Austal USA's state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, Alabama.

VideoRay announced that another multi-million dollar order for Defender ROV systems has been placed by the U.S. Navy. The purchase is under VideoRay's existing $49M contract to deliver the Navy's Next Generation ROV. The systems will be assembled and tested in VideoRay's Pottstown, Pennsylvania facility prior to being shipped to the Navy for worldwide operations.

iXblue’s inertial navigation systems and gyrocompasses have recently been chosen to equip the new Royal Australian Navy’s SEA1180 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV).

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a developmental contract by Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division (NSWCCD) to provide manufacturing design drawings, engineering, fabrication, inspection, and assembly of prototype propulsor, shafting and bearing components as well as the equipment needed to support propulsor research & development, testing and evaluation.

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth approximately $19 million to develop a prototype design for a new state-of-the-art Wargaming Center to be built at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.

Coda Octopus Group, Inc., a global leader in real-time 3D sonar technology and real-time subsea intelligence, announced that the Company and program lead, NAVSEA 00C3, have restarted the GEN 1.0 Diver Augmented Vision Display (DAVD) system roll-out program to the U.S. Navy fleet.

Gibbs & Cox, Inc. congratulates L3Harris Technologies for being awarded the U.S Navy’s MUSV Design and Construction contract.  As part of the L3Harris MUSV team, Gibbs & Cox will serve as the ship design agent and engineering plant automation lead on the program.