Defense

Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC DANIEL TARR, the 36th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the U.S. Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery on the 7th of November, 2019 in Key West, Florida.

DSIT Solutions Ltd., a subsidiary of RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., a pioneer and world leader in underwater defense and security solutions based on advanced sonar and acoustics technologies for naval, homeland security, energy, and transportation applications as well as state of the art fiber-optic sensing for land applications ‒ recently won a tender to supply its Portable Acoustic Range (PAR) system to an undisclosed navy.

Fairbanks Morse, an EnPro Industries company and leading provider of solutions that are powering the world forward, has been awarded a contract to build and deliver the four main propulsion diesel engines (MPDE) for the sixth ship in the US Navy’s Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD)/Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.

Future naval officers being trained at the Dutch Royal Institute for the Navy (KIM) in Den Helder can from now on train their navigation skills more realistically and extensively. In addition to the KIM, the Navy Sailing School also makes use of the navigation simulators.

The latest additions to the modern and diverse fleet operated by Homeland Integrated Offshore Services (Homeland IOS Ltd) have arrived safely in Nigeria and are now being prepared for their first assignments.

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.