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SEA to supply sonar 2050TR transducer to Royal Navy

Maritime September 30, 2016

Systems Engineering and Assessment (SEA) has been awarded a contract from Ultra Electronics to supply transducers as part of the Sonar 2050 Technology Refresh programme (S2050TR) for the Royal Navy. SEA has signed a five-year contract with Ultra that will cover the duration of the Type 23 programme; this has also ...

QinetiQ integrates UK unmanned air and sea vehicles

Maritime August 30, 2016

QinetiQ will provide the UK component of a multinational demonstration of unmanned and autonomous systems under a new contract with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Dubbed Hell Bay 4, the demonstration will see a variety of unmanned underwater, surface and air vehicles working co-operatively within a number of ...

Leidos completes initial vessel performance trials for DARPA

Maritime August 24, 2016

Leidos, a national security, health and infrastructure solutions company, has completed initial performance trials of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) programme. The at-sea tests took place off the coast of San Diego, ...

ST Marine celebrates interim delivery of RNOV Khassab

Maritime July 10, 2016

Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), the marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), recently held the Interim Acceptance ceremony for Patrol Vessel (PV) RNOV Khassab. This is the final in a series of four vessels designed and built for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO). The Guest of Honour was the Consul General for the Oman Consulate ...