Navy International 

Navy League 2012: USMC studying post-Afghanistan force posture
The US Marine Corps (USMC) is studying options for how and where it will forward-deploy its forces once they draw down from Afghanistan, according to...
18-Apr-2012

*Update: Navy League 2012: USN officially seeks info on F/X-AA fighters
The US Navy (USN) is seeking information from industry regarding an F/A-XX carrier-based strike fighter to potentially replace its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet tactical fighter and...
18-Apr-2012

Navy League 2012: USN officially seeks info on F/X-AA fighters
The US Navy (USN) is seeking information from industry regarding an F/A-XX carrier-based strike fighter to potentially replace its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet tactical fighter and...
17-Apr-2012

*Navy League 2012: US Navy and industry unveil 'Knifefish' UUV
The US Navy (USN) has unveiled a new autonomous minehunting system meant to operate as part of the Littoral Combat Ship's (LCS') Mine Countermeasure ...
17-Apr-2012

Algerian warships to be upgraded in Russia
Algeria has signed a contract for the modernisation of two more of its Soviet-built 1980s-vintage surface combatants, Russian shipyard Severnaya Verf announced on 5 ...
10-Apr-2012

DCNS and IIT Bombay sign co-operative agreement
DCNS Research and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop joint education and research programmes in ...
05-Apr-2012

Severnaya prepares to axe 'non-core business' to meet demand for new ships
Saint Petersburg shipbuilder Severnaya Verf announced on 4 April that it is now the only Russian naval shipyard still engaged in the batch production ...
05-Apr-2012

Atlas Elektronik and Prompaiboon open Thai support centre
German naval systems manufacturer Atlas Elektronik has established a support centre for the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) in a joint venture with local electronic ...
07-Mar-2012

India's Bharati prepares to challenge rejection of naval warship bid
Mumbai-based Bharati Shipyard Ltd (BSL) is preparing to challenge the Indian Foreign Investment Promotion Board's (FIPB's) decision to reject its proposal in late 2011 ...
23-Feb-2012

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon team for SEWIP upgrade bid
Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have joined forces to compete for the US Navy's (USN's) Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic attack ...
01-Feb-2012

Spain runs up EUR3 billion debt with Navantia
The Spanish government has accrued long-term debts in excess of EUR3 billion (USD3.8 billion) on contracts awarded to naval shipbuilder Navantia, according to local ...
19-Jan-2012

MTU and Navantia form long-term propulsion partnership
German propulsion specialist MTU Friedrichshafen and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have solidified their 40-year partnership with a long-term co-operation agreement that will lead to the ...
11-Jan-2012

TKMS sells off civil shipyards to focus on naval vessels
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has announced it is to focus on military surface vessel and submarine construction after selling off its civil shipbuilding operation ...
12-Dec-2011

Sonardyne acquires MARSS
UK subsea technologies group Sonardyne has acquired C2 specialist Marine and Remote Sensing Solutions (MARSS). The acquisition was announced on 29 November but terms ...
01-Dec-2011

India refuses naval construction bid from Bharati Shipyard
India's Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has rejected a bid from Mumbai-based Bharati Shipyard Limited (BSL) to secure approval to build vessels for the ...
28-Nov-2011

Pipavav Defence posts strong results
Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company (formerly Pipavav Shipyard) posted a strong financial performance during the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2011-2012 (FY11-12), the ...
14-Nov-2011

BAE Systems re-organises Maritime business
BAE Systems has announced a reorganisation of its Maritime business following a strategic review of operations and programmes instigated by new managing director Andrew ...
04-Nov-2011

Alion secures five-year NAVSEA contract
Technology solutions group Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a five-year contract to support the US Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA's) Amphibious Warfare ...
04-Oct-2011

TKMS private equity talks may test German legislation
UK private equity fund Star Capital Partners has been identified as the company in exclusive talks to buy the bulk of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems' ...
28-Sep-2011

European shipbuilders' merger will require wider EU integration first, says Navantia
A merger of European military shipbuilders would be more complicated than the organisational shake-up that resulted in the creation of EADS and is not ...
21-Sep-2011

Lürssen makes play for Blohm + Voss
German yacht and naval surface ships group Lürssen has made an unsolicited bid for the Blohm + Voss (B+V) yards of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems ...
19-Sep-2011

DCNS: naval shipbuilding consolidation 'inescapable'
France's DCNS has declared that European naval shipbuilding consolidation is both "inescapable and desirable", adding that "contractors will be stronger if they join forces ...
19-Aug-2011

ThyssenKrupp says no DCNS deal is in the offing
German industrial giant ThyssenKrupp has moved to quell speculation over a possible merger of its shipbuilding subsidiary with French naval shipbuilding, systems and services ...
04-Aug-2011

Navantia, Rosoboronexport strengthen ties with collaboration agreement
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia and Russian defence sales agency Rosoboronexport signed a collaboration agreement at the recent International Maritime Defence Show in St Petersburg, Navantia...
22-Jul-2011

Austal to focus domestic operations on defence
Australian shipbuilder Austal intends to focus domestic operations on defence and shift its commercial shipbuilding activities to other countries in the Asia-Pacific reigion, the ...
13-Jul-2011

BAE Systems, SeeByte sign MHPC co-operation agreement
BAE Systems and SeeByte Ltd have signed a co-operation agreement to pursue business opportunities associated with the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) Mine Countermeasures (MCM), ...
04-Jul-2011

TKMS and ADM abandon naval joint venture talks
Shipbuilders Abu Dhabi MAR (ADM) and Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) have abandoned plans to create a naval construction joint venture (JV) and dispose ...
01-Jul-2011

France and Russia sign landmark Mistral deal
The contract relating to the landmark sale by France of two Mistral-class amphibious assault ships to Russia was finally signed on 17 June by ...
17-Jun-2011

IMDEX 2011: UKTI urges action to take bigger slice of Asia-Pacific maritime market
UK companies are underperforming in southeast Asia's growing maritime defence market, a senior export official told Jane's on 18 May. Keith Smith, Asia...
20-May-2011

Lockheed Martin, Havelsan sign MoA on Aegis
Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Sensors (MS2) has signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with Turkish combat systems house Havelsan intended to position the ...
20-May-2011

HSY disagreement sees HDW pull out of Greek submarine programme
German submarine builder Howaldtswerke Deutsche Werft (HDW), part of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), has pulled out of a contract to support Hellenic Shipyards (HSY) ...
19-May-2011

Turkey nominates Dearsan, RMK Marine for future warship competition
Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (Savunma Sanayii Müstesarligi - SSM) has begun to put flesh on the bones of its sector-wide naval industrial strategy by...
19-May-2011

TRC Synergy lands Malaysian submarine support contract
Malaysian firm TRC Synergy has been awarded a MYR45 million (USD15 million) contract to support the maintenance of the Royal Malaysian Navy's (RMN's) new ...
05-May-2011

Babcock and Pipavav team for Indian aircraft carrier projects
Indian company Pipavav Shipyard has entered into an agreement with UK engineering group Babcock International to offer design and build services for future Indian ...
03-May-2011

Rodman in talks over job cuts
Shipbuilding group Rodman is negotiating with trade unions over plans to lay-off almost half the workforce at its Polyships plant near Vigo in northwest ...
27-Apr-2011