DefenceTalkNorthrop Grumman will build five additional U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend their intelligence-gathering capabilities far beyond the horizon. Final assembly of the aircraft will take place at the company’s Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss. The MQ-8C is based on a larger helicopter airframe that provides […]https://www.defencetalk.com/northrop-to-build-five-more-mq-8c-fire-scouts-for-the-us-navy-59265/

DefenceTalkNavy researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Materials Science and Technology Division, demonstrated proof-of-concept of novel NRL technologies developed for the recovery of carbon dioxide (CO2) and hydrogen (H2) from seawater and conversion to a liquid hydrocarbon fuel. Fueled by a liquid hydrocarbon – a component of NRL’s novel gas-to-liquid (GTL) process that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/scale-model-wwii-craft-takes-flight-with-fuel-from-the-sea-concept-59278/

DefenceTalkA modernized rocket launcher will soon enable MH-60 Seahawk helicopters to carry and deploy a variety of weapons for the first time. As part of an Early Operational Capability (EOC), the Navy delivered the new system, called the Digital Rocket Launcher, to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 15 in March for pre-deployment training. DRL is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-weapons-program-delivers-new-capability-for-mh-60-helicopters-59192/

DefenceTalkThe tugboats came in the evening, carrying three dozen Russian sailors and pro-Russian militiamen who climbed aboard the Ternopil and told the crew to leave. The captain of the Ternopil in the port of Sevastopol in Crimea lined up his crew of 91 men, thanked them for their service and told them that they were […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ukraines-navy-at-end-of-rope-in-crimea-59108/

DefenceTalkPatria has officially delivered four upgraded Rauma Class Fast Attack Crafts to the Finnish Navy. The upgrade of the vessels called Rauma, Raahe, Porvoo and Naantali began in 2010 and was completed at the end of 2013. This major life-cycle upgrade project for Rauma Class Fast Attack Crafts secured a lifespan for this class of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patria-delivers-upgraded-rauma-class-fast-attack-crafts-to-the-finnish-navy-59065/

DefenceTalkToday, the Navy announced two separate contract awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 destroyers. The first contract award funds one FY 2014 DDG 51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyer under a previously awarded FY 2013-2017 multiyear procurement (MYP) contract with Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII). The second award is to exercise the option for one DDG 51 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fiscal-year-2014-us-navy-destroyer-contract-awards-announced-59048/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab is expanding its activities in the naval arena. Saab is therefore recruiting new employees to strengthen and develop its naval capabilities. Today, Saab is one of the leading companies within the naval arena. It is a provider to the Swedish Navy, the major contractor to the Thai Navy and is […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-builds-for-further-expansion-in-the-naval-domain-58992/

DefenceTalkAs Russian President Vladimir Putin moves to extend Russia’s military presence in eastern Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsula amid civil unrest in the region, more than 3,500 Russian naval infantry and coastal forces from the Western and Central Military Districts took part in unscheduled tactical exercises Monday in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad. Captain […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-navy-conducts-training-exercises-58907/

DefenceTalkThe Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s eleventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Sioux City, in a ceremony held at Marinette Marine Corporation. The industry team is building Freedom-class LCSs for the U.S. Navy, and has delivered two ships with five others under construction and one soon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lockheed-lays-keel-of-11th-littoral-combat-ship-58819/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy recently tested, for the first time on a Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft, the Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor that will find hard-to-detect targets over long distances. Boeing and Lockheed Martin are developing and integrating IRST, an essential upgrade to the combat capability of the Navy’s Super Hornets. “Adding an advanced […]https://www.defencetalk.com/u-s-navy-tests-infrared-search-and-track-on-boeing-super-hornet-58800/