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Indo-Pacific Navy forces begin 18th SEACAT exercise

Maritime August 30, 2019

Indo-Pacific Navy forces from 10 countries have teamed up with the US Navy for the 18th SEACAT exercise in Southeast Asia. The US Navy and 10 Indo-Pacific Navy organisations from 10 countries met in Singapore to launch the 18th South East Asia Cooperation and Training (SEACAT) exercise. The Training aims to ...

Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar successfully tracks first targets

Maritime August 29, 2019

Raytheon and the US Navy have completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, at the Surface Combat System Center at Wallops Island, Virginia. In the first test the radar searched for, detected, identified and tracked numerous targets – including commercial aircraft. In a second exercise, the ...

Danish Navy collaborates with US on PASSEX passing exercise

Maritime August 27, 2019

The USS Gravely took part in PASSEX with Denmark’s HMDS Absalon for a passing exercise in the Arctic circle. The Arleigh Burke-class USS Gravely and command and support ship HMDS Absalon completed the PASSEX passing exercise off the coast of Greenland. The operation tests cooperation, communication, and interoperability between international navies. The ...

Serco secures $2.45 Billion US Navy ID/IQ contract vehicle

Maritime August 19, 2019

The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (NAVWAR) has named Serco as one of six award winners for an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract. Serco will continue to support the US Navy in the installation and testing of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems. The contract vehicle has ...