Defense

iXblue, a global high-tech company specializing in the design and manufacturing of advanced navigation technologies, and L3Harris Technologies an agile global aerospace and defense technology innovator, just signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at strengthening iXblue’s support system throughout the Australasian region.

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group joined forces to conduct security and stability operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

When the Pacific International Maritime Exposition 2019 opens on October 8 in Sydney, the close cooperation among the United States and its allies in Australia and the Indo-Asia-Pacific region will be prominently on display.

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG) has unveiled a new naval ship design called Vanguard.

The Navy will christen its newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon (SSN 793), during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut.

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast awarded last month a $49.8 million contract to Walsh Federal LLC to build a Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) logistics facility at Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida.

The Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) successfully demonstrated the capabilities of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Oct. 1 (local date) during Pacific Griffin.

The U.S. and Republic of Singapore navies have come together in Guam beginning Sept. 27 for Pacific Griffin 2019, the most advanced naval training in the two nations' longstanding partnership.

Saab has signed a contract with the Finnish Defense Forces Logistics Command, and received an order to provide and integrate the combat system for the Finnish Navy’s new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 program.

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a pioneer and world leader in underwater defense and security solutions based on advanced, sonar and acoustics technologies for naval missions - will launch its SwordFishTM Towed Array Sonar (TAS) system at Pacific 2019.

General Dynamics Mission Systems has released the new Bluefin-12 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle. This new vehicle builds upon the proven Bluefin autonomy and uses shared Bluefin Robotics’ core capabilities, increased mission modularity and embedded intelligence to complete users’ long endurance, high-consequence and changing missions.

Dozens of unmanned underwater, surface and air vehicles from NATO countries gathered in Portugal from 11 to 27 September 2019 to test new technological advances in unmanned maritime systems networks. The exercise—Recognized Environmental Picture, Maritime Unmanned Systems 2019, a.k.a. REP(MUS) 19—tested the ability of NATO Allies to integrated and share information gathered by unamend systems in operational contexts.