The French shipbuilder DCNS has obtained a temporary court order that forces “The Australian” to stop reporting details of a massive leak of secret documents. The 22,400 pages of documents outline the secret combat capabilities of six submarines that DCNS designed and built for the Indian navy
Malaysian Defense ministry is least worried over a recent data leak report as their Scorpene submarines have different specifications from what DCNS had designed for India and Chile. The leaked documents in The Australian had mentions details about the “entire” combat capability of six Scorpene-class submarines DCNS had designed for India, variants of which are used by Malaysia and Chile ― should be investigated and verified first, the defense minister ministry stated
General Dynamics Electric Boat has won more than $300 million contract from the US Navy to maintain design and engineering specifications for Virginia Class submarines. The General Dynamics' subsidiary will also maintain, update, and support the Virginia Class design and related drawings and data for each Virginia Class submarine, including technology insertion throughout its construction and Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) period, the USDoD announced today
The US Navy has received $2.7 billion USS Illinois Virginia-class submarine as a gift from lady Michelle Obama
China will be delivering eight submarines to Pakistan Navy by 2028 for protecting the coastal areas. China will be constructing four submarines in its own land and then will be supplying to Pakistan Navy in mid 2022 to 2023, Pakistan Navy chaired by Sheikh Rohale Asghar in Islamabad was quoted as saying by Radio Pakistan on Friday
India is considering the purchase of US Predator drones to boost its combat capabilites along the vast land borders with Pakistan and China. India also needs the drones to keep a closer eye on the Indian Ocean, Economic Times reported Monday
Australia has warned DCNS ship building firm that it wants the same level of information security on the new submarine project like it shares with the US ally. The Australian senior defense official issued warning to DCNS in the wake of leaked documents related to Indias Scorpene project
South Korea is likely to build new nuclear-powered submarines in order to counter North Koreas Submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) threat. South Korean military experts feel there is a necessity to build submarines that are capable of countering North Korean submarine launched Ballistic missiles
Lockheed Martin has won a $126 million contract to provide engineering services and support of the Integrated Submarine Imaging Systems (ISIS) program. Services will include design, development, testing, reverse engineering, technology insertion/refreshment, engineering services, field engineering services, and system support, US department of defense said in a statement Thursday
A fresh tranche of sensitive documents pertaining to Indian Navys Scorpene submarine project have been uploaded by ‘the Australian on its website Thursday even as the Indian ministry of defense tried to downplay the leak as ‘not serious. The new set of documents with Indian Navy insignia on it and marked “Restricted Scorpene India” include the sonar system, including the frequencies used by its key components, the Flank Array, the Sonar Intercept Receiver, the Distributed Array and the Active Array have been compromised