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A record number of Defence industry businesses and international naval delegations will participate in the Indo Pacific 2022 International Maritime Exposition in Sydney this week. More than 700 defense industry businesses and military delegations from more than 40 nations are expected to participate in Indo Pacific 2022, which incorporates the SeaPower Conference 22. It is the largest conference of its…
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Navy ships need regular, intensive maintenance. But the Navy reported a $1.7 billion backlog of deferred maintenance on just its surface ships. Of that, $1.2 billion is for ships the Navy proposed decommissioning early—in part because of their maintenance costs.
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The Lockheed Martin-led shipbuilding team launched Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, the future USS Beloit. Ship sponsor, Major General Marcia M. Anderson, USA (Ret.) christened Littoral Combat Ship LCS 29, the future USS Beloit, prior to her launch into the Menominee River at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) Shipyard on May 7, 2022. “Lockheed Martin is confident that the sailors…
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Boeing announced today that its Arlington, Virginia campus just outside Washington, D.C. will serve as the company’s global headquarters. The aerospace and defense firm’s employees in the region support various corporate functions and specialize in advanced airplane development and autonomous systems. In addition to designating Northern Virginia as its new headquarters, Boeing plans to develop a research & technology hub in the area to harness…
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Defence contracts worth more than £2 billion have been awarded to BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to begin the third major phase of the future submarine nuclear deterrent program – Dreadnought. With the overall program supporting around 30,000 jobs across the UK, from design through to build, Delivery Phase 3 (DP3) represents the most significant stage of the Dreadnought program so…
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Some of the world’s largest warships are protected from missile attack by Nulka, an Australian-designed rocket that pretends to be a ship. Its developers struggled for decades bring their ideas to fruition, until the sinking of the British guided missile destroyer HMS Sheffield in the Falklands War helped change military thinking. On May 4, 1982, the guided-missile destroyer HMS Sheffield,…
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The first of two new £5m patrol boats charged with guarding the waters around Gibraltar has been commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet. The White Ensign was hoisted for the first time on HMS Cutlass in a ceremony at Gibraltar Naval Base and she has now started patrols of territorial waters around The Rock after months of rigorous trials. Cutlass…
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With water brought all the way from the ocean where their ship now rests, veterans of HMS Sheffield watched her memorial dedicated – 40 years to the day she was fatally attacked. Penny Salt, whose late husband Captain ‘Sam’ Salt commanded the destroyer, anointed the new £15,000 monument at the National Memorial Arboretum with South Atlantic sea water. The monument…
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