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May 2018 news
Naval Forces, Defense Industry, Navy Technology, Maritime Security |
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SEASTEMA, a Fincantieri company specialized in integrated automation and control systems, in partnership with the Korean system integrator HANWHA SYSTEMS acting as main contractor, delivered SEASNavy Engineering Control System (ECS) on the first of eight Daegu-class frigates (FFX Batch II or FFX-II), built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy).
The Brazilian Navy took delivery of its first modernized AF-1C aircraft on April 23, in Gavião Peixoto. The aircraft (based on a TA-4KU Skyhawk) was received by the AF-1 / 1A Aircraft Inspection and Receiving Group following completion of the flight tests by local company Embraer.
The Royal Navy’s newest vessel HMS Magpie has been in action already undergoing rough weather sea trials in the Irish Sea less than a month after being launched. Magpie is the newest addition to the RN’s hydrographic squadron, replacing veteran survey launch Gleaner which paid off earlier this year in Plymouth after 35 years’ under the White Ensign in HM Naval Base Devonport.
Schiebel and Overwatch Imaging successfully integrated PT-8 Oceanwatch, a revolutionary small target detection payload, on the CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS).
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy completed the final developmental test to integrate the Joint Standoff Weapon C onto the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter's C variant, keeping the low-cost, air-to-ground missile on track for full deployment in 2019.
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) announced the signing of a contract with Lockheed Martin to provide its Integrated Bridge and Navigation System (IBNS) for the first four ships of the Royal Saudi Navy’s (RSN) Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) program.
AUSTAL delivered its eighth Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy on May 1st 2018. The future USS Tulsa (LCS 16) is the second Austal designed and built LCS delivered to the Navy this year and will be the thirteenth LCS to enter the fleet.
Interoperability Systems International Hellas S.A. (ISI Hellas), within the frame of its exporting activities and efforts, has successfully developed and delivered to the ROK Agency of Defense Development (ADD) and DAPA the Link 22 Data Link Processor.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) is 75 percent structurally complete following the recent installation of the forward area of the ship’s main deck.
Deeper collaboration between Australia and France in advanced sonar and naval robotics technology will flow from a research agreement announced in Sydney today during the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron.
