A Tasmanian delegation of the state’s politicians, business and union leaders traveled to Canberra, on May 7th, and discussed their plans to secure Australian defence contracts for Tasmanian based shipbuilder Incat. The delegation, led by Federal Labor Candidate for Denison Jane Austin, Labor Senator Carol Brown and Incat Australia’s managing director Craig Clifford, met with the [...]
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) announced today that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (B&W NOG) has received two U.S. Naval Reactors Program contracts totaling approximately $36 million. The larger of the two awards, valued at approximately $32 million, is for the assembly of nuclear propulsion components for Virginia Class submarines. [...]
Booz Allen Hamilton announced it has won three contracts—with a combined value of more than $95 million—from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR). Booz Allen has a long history of supporting the U.S. Navy by bringing the latest strategy and technology solutions to help Navy operating and systems commands address crucial operational and [...]
Cubic Simulation Systems has received three contracts from the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando each valued at $99.5 million, the US Department of Defence announced. The contracts include freedom variant, independence variant and mission packages courseware development for the Littoral Combat Ship. The freedom variant and independence courseware development contracts provide for [...]
General Dynamics Electric Boat was recently awarded three U.S. Navy contracts totaling $4.6 billion to design and develop the next-generation strategic deterrent submarine, and to continue construction and purchasing of materials for Virginia-class attack submarines. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics. Under a five-year, $1.85 billion Ohio Replacement Program contract, Electric [...]
Expert group of the Social Council subordinated to director of Russian defense industrial complex Dmitry Rogozin has prepared analytical report “Russia as… Russian Navy, December 21, 2012
Around 800 jobs in the UK maritime sector have been safeguarded after the MOD extended five maintenance contracts worth a total of £349m. The contracts cover the long-term maintenance of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Flotilla of naval support ships. They have been awarded to five British companies and will secure a further five years [...]
Raytheon Company has been awarded two Phase 2 contracts under the Office of Naval Research’s (ONR) Compact Power Conversion Technologies (CPCT) program. The program aims to deliver better fuel economy and architectural flexibility for critical mission systems on future surface ships and submarines. “As the U.S. Navy develops the platforms and mission systems that ready [...]
Current stock of orders held by Rosoboronexport is evaluated as $35.5 bln, said the company’s director Anatoly Isaikin in the interview to Vedomosti… (rusnavy) Source: Russian Navy, June 11, 2012
Buildup plans of the Indian military may possibly result in new contracts with Israeli defense companies… (rusnavy) Source: Russian Navy, May 14, 2012