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Northrop to Supply Platform Management System for Royal Navy’s Astute-Class Submarine
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply the Platform Management System (PMS) for the Royal Navy’s fifth Astute-class submarine, Anson. Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit will supply the PMS for Astute Boat 5 under a performance partnering arrangement (PPA) with BAE Systems Maritime-Submarine. BAE Systems will install the PMS equipment, which controls and [...]
Malaysia minister denies French submarine graft claims
Malaysia’s defence minister on Tuesday denied allegations that a classified ministry report was sold to a French firm to land a controversial submarine deal. Prime Minister Najib Razak has previously dismissed graft allegations linked to the $1.1-billion submarine purchase in 2002, when he was defence minister, saying it is an opposition-backed attempt to smear his [...]
DCNS Exhibits at Balt Military Expo 2012
DCNS will exhibit at BALT MILITARY EXPO 2012 which will be held in Poland from 27 to 29 June 2012. DCNS is a major player in the European and world markets for value-added naval defence systems. As a naval prime contractor, shipbuilder and systems integrator, DCNS combines resources and expertise spanning the naval defence value [...]
UK MoD Announces £1billion Contract to Power Future Submarines
The MoD has awarded Rolls Royce a £1.1 billion contract to produce new reactor cores for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarines and upgrade the plant where they will be built. The nuclear reactor cores will be used to power the seventh and final Astute Class submarine and the first of the Royal Navy’s next generation [...]
Britain to announce £1bn nuclear submarine reactor deal
A one billion pound ($1.57 billion, 1.24 billion euro) contract to build reactors for Britain’s next generation nuclear submarines is set to be announced this week, a report said on Sunday. Defence Secretary Philip Hammond will unveil the reactor deal for a new class of submarines slated to replace the current Vanguard fleet carrying Trident [...]
High-Tech Submarines a Last Pillar of German Shipbuilding
Recent reports of Israel outfitting German-made submarines with nuclear weapons have put the German sub industry in the spotlight. DW takes a look at one of Germany’s most successful vessels, the cutting-edge U214. In late 2010, Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos excused himself just before he was scheduled to receive a submarine worth several hundred [...]
Israel fitting nuclear arms on German-supplied subs: report
Israel is arming submarines supplied and largely financed by Germany with nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, influential German news weekly Der Spiegel reports in its issue to be published on Monday. The magazine said in a cover story that Berlin had until now denied any knowledge that German submarines were being used as part of an Israeli [...]
IDF Receives Fourth Dolphin Submarine
In a ceremony conducted today in HDW shipyards in the city of Kiel, Germany, Israel assumed control of a fourth Dolphin-class submarine. The submarine, titled the Tanin (Crocodile), was inaugurated by Israeli and German officials, who broke a bottle of champagne on the submarine’s outer hull. It was officially handed over to the Ministry of [...]
General Dynamics Delivers Submarine Mississippi to US Navy Ahead of Schedule
General Dynamics Electric Boat today delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Mississippi (SSN-782) to the U.S. Navy 363 days ahead of contract schedule and more than $60 million below target cost. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (GD). John Holmander, vice president and Virginia program manager for General Dynamics Electric Boat, noted [...]
