Defense

Fincantieri and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense have signed a €1.18 billion contract, within the framework of collaborative relations initiated by the Italian Ministry of Defense, for the supply of two PPA Units. PPA is a highly flexible ship with an outstanding technological standard. It has the capacity to serve multiple functions, ranging from patrol with sea rescue capacity to civil protection operations and first line fighting vessel.

On March 27, 2024, the third of the four Scorpène^® submarines of the ProSub program was launched at the Itaguaí Naval base, in presence of the Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and French President Emmanuel Macron. The Tonelero has been built entirely in Brazil by Itaguaí Construções Navais (ICN) thanks to years of successful technology transfer and partnership with Naval Group.

The approach to investing in and maintaining the UK’s nuclear deterrent has been unveiled by Defense Secretary Grant Shapps for the first time.

Chantier Davie Canada Inc. (Davie) announced it has been awarded its first National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) contract by the Government of Canada for the design of the six-ship fleet of Canada’s future Program Icebreakers. This major milestone marks the beginning of Davie’s NSS work package to replenish Canada’s Arctic fleet and each initiative under the contract will help advance upcoming design, construction, delivery and support phases for these strategic ships.

The US Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program reached pivotal milestones earlier this year after several industry teams successfully completed extended reliability demonstrations of four different engine configurations, officials announced.

Ancilia, SEA’s highly modular and flexible maritime countermeasures solution, has been selected by the UK’s Ministry of Defense to provide Electronic Warfare Countermeasures Increment 1a (EWCM 1a) to the UK Royal Navy. Ancilia delivers effective and rapid protection against modern anti-ship threats, as well as other sophisticated systems and tactics. It will be installed across a range of the Royal Navy’s surface ships. Its design builds on SEA’s deep knowledge of existing systems in service with the Royal Navy.

OSI Maritime Systems (OSI), a leading provider of maritime navigation and tactical systems, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a contract by the US Navy Amphibious Assault and Connectors Program Office (PMS 317), to provide a Ship-to-Shore Connector Program-Wide License (SSC PWL) for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) and Landing Craft Utility (LCU) programs.

The Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC Pty Ltd to build Australia's new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines in the latest significant development in the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.

Austal announces that Austal Australia has delivered the 19th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defense.

The steel cutting of the first third-generation French SSBN took place at Naval Group’s shipyard in Cherbourg on March 20th. This symbolic gesture marks the start of hull production for these submarines which will ensure France's nuclear deterrence posture until the end of the 21st century.

BlackSea Technologies, a leader in defense technology solutions, announced it has acquired Blue Tide Marine. BlackSea Technologies is a portfolio company of Razors Edge Ventures, a Reston, VA growth equity firm with extensive experience in the national security sector.

Lockheed Martin, the global aerospace and deterrence company, has extended its collaboration agreement with Navantia, Spain’s national defense and shipbuilding company and naval Combat System Integration agent.