Defense

SENEDIA, a membership alliance for defense tech, talent, and innovation, will celebrate National Submarine Day on Monday, 11 April, with a call to action for the future submarine shipbuilding workforce.

BAE Systems has received a $89.4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform major modernization work aboard the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89).

Over 30,000 troops, 50 surface and sub-surface assets and 200 Aircraft from 27 countries participated in the exercise. The training demonstrated the flexibility, capabilities and readiness in the challenging arctic environment of Northern Norway.



Saab announces a new 10,000 sq. ft. production facility for Anti- Submarine Warfare (ASW) in Cranston, Rhode Island. The Cranston facility will also house the Autonomous and Undersea Systems Division of Saab, Inc. led by industry veteran Jeff Smith. The new Saab location is adjacent to partner SyQwest’s headquarters and close to the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, RI.

UVision Air Ltd., a global leader in aerial loitering munition systems of all sizes for a variety of missions, will present for the first time its Multi-Domain, Combat-Proven Weapon Systems at FIDAE 2022.

Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”), a privately-held and leading designer and builder of steel military and commercial vessels, has submitted its final proposal to the United States Coast Guard to build Stage 2 of the Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (“OPC”) program.

RE2 Robotics, a leading developer of intelligent mobile manipulation systems, announced that its Maritime Mine Neutralization System (M2NS) reached an unprecedented depth milestone of more than 1 kilometer during a recent open-water demonstration for the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR), the project’s sponsor.

HII, America’s largest shipbuilder and leading provider of mission-driven defense technologies, delivered the newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine to the U.S. Navy.

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. (Phoenix), under the direction of the U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV), located and recovered a downed U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II aircraft in the South China Sea from a depth of 12,400 feet.

Submersible manufacturer MSubs and marine robotics technology company Sonardyne have signed a strategic partnership to advance the capabilities of long endurance, autonomous underwater platforms for the UK defense sector.

DSIT Solutions has launched WhitePointer, a state-of-the-art underwater acoustic communication system that enables simultaneous communication between multiple surface and underwater platforms. The system is based on the company’s advanced underwater technology that allows networked communication between various users.

Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) hosted a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) tank inspection demonstration aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Feb. 16 to assess how the technology could be used to improve maintenance availability efficiency.