Indias Pipavav Defence & Offshoring Engineering Company (PDOC) and Germany-based ATLAS ELEKTRONIK are teaming up to build new Heavyweight Torpedo for the Indian Navy. ATLAS also offers the SeaHake mod4 torpedo, amongst the most advanced Heavyweight Torpedoes and has a range in excess of 140 km
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will showcase a wide range of submarines, missile systems and naval surface ships at the Defexpo India 2014, New Delhi, from February 6 to 9. The company will exhibit HDW Class 214 submarine, HDW Class 209/1500 submarine, IDAS Missile System, Blohm+Voss Class 124 frigate, Blohm+Voss MEKO A-200 SAN frigate and Kockums FLEXpatrol stealth patrol vessel
Electric Boat, division of General Dynamics, has won a $520 million contract for additional long lead time material for the Virginia-class submarines. This contract modification provides additional long lead time material for steam and electric plant components, the main propulsion unit efforts and ship service turbine generator efforts, steel and miscellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical system components
The Boeing Company will showcase a broad range of commercial and defense products and services at the Singapore Airshow 2014, which runs Feb. 11-16 at the Changi Exhibition Centre
French Defence Minister Jean- Yves Le Drian and his British counterpart Phillip Hammond on Friday signed agreements for the immediate launch of several major Franco-British cooperative defense programs during the Franco-British summit. The ministers signed a Letter of Intent to launch a new phase of work in the field of combat drones
DCNS recently delivered a multimission frégate Européen multi-mission (FREMM) frigate, Mohammed VI, to the Royal Moroccan Navy. At present, DCNS is under contract to build 11 FREMM ships for the French Navy and one for the Moroccan Navy
DCNS will present a future Aircraft Carrier design at this years DEFEXPO in New Delhi, India. The Evolved Aircraft Carrier (DEAC) is based on French Navy CVN Charles de Gaulles combat proven design and aviation system and is compatible with all CTOL aircrafts (including Airborne Early Warning aircraft) and features the latest technologies including cutting-edge Combat System (SETIS®), UAV integration, advanced conventional propulsion and state-of-the-art platform stabilisation system (SATRAP/COGITE)
Boeing will showcase the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, P-8I anti-submarine warfare aircraft, AH-64D Apache attack helicopter, CH-47F Chinook transport helicopter, V-22 Osprey and ScanEagle UAV at Defexpo India 2014,February 6-9, in New Delhi. “Our presence in India goes back over seven decades,” said Pratyush Kumar, president Boeing India
Finmeccanica successfully launched for the very first time a new Black Shark Advanced (BSA) torpedo, produced by its subsidiary, WASS, from the submarine SCIRE. The torpedo launched in “Push Out” mode - water ram expulsion system, which ejects the torpedo by means high water-pressure, was equipped in a totally innovative way, thanks to the new Lithium-Polymer Battery
The Russian Navy will deploy total six Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines by 2016, with second boat to float out in May this year, according to RIA Novosti. The much anticipated delivery of the submarines, dubbed “black holes in the ocean” by the US Navy because they are nearly undetectable when submerged, is a key part of Russias naval strategy in the Mediterranean, where Moscow has recently deployed a permanent task force consisting of some 10 surface ships