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11 April

Artist rendering of LIG Nex1's Blue Shark Torpedo

Hanan Zaffar

LIG Nex1 to Develop South Korea’s Advanced Blue Shark Torpedo

LIG Nex1 is set to develop an improved variant of the lightweight K745 Blue Shark Torpedo for South Korea.

11 April

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) during relief operations in Myanmar in 2008

Hanan Zaffar

BAE Systems to Modernize USS Mustin in $89M Contract

The US Navy has awarded an $89.4 million contract to BAE Systems for major modernization work aboard the USS Mustin.

7 April

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy Selects HII REMUS 300 for Next-Gen Small UUV Program

The US Navy has selected Huntington Ingalls Industries' REMUS 300 unmanned underwater vehicle for the next-generation small UUV program.

7 April

guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas

Inder Singh Bisht

US Navy to Upgrade All Surface Ships With SPY-6 Radar in $3B Program

The US Navy has awarded Raytheon a contract of up to $3.16 billion to install the SPY-6 family of radars on over 45 surface ships over the next five years.

6 April

Andy Cichon

US Missile Boats Could Have Saved Ukraine

The US Navy needs to develop small missile boats that can be airlifted to places where larger ships and boats cannot sail to or will arrive too late.

5 April

Hanan Zaffar

US Navy to End Raytheon VDS Sonar Development

The US Navy is ending work with Raytheon Technologies to develop a sonar for its littoral combat ships and frigates and will instead procure the Thales CAPTAS-4.

3 April

Hanan Zaffar

Qatar Launches Fourth Al-Zubarah-Class Corvette

Qatar has launched its fourth Al Zubarah-class vessel, the Sumaysimah, in a ceremony at Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard.

Mar- 2022 -

31 March

Joe Saballa

Lockheed to Build Aegis Air Defense System for US Cruisers, Destroyers

Lockheed Martin has received a $92.5 million order to produce Aegis air defense and radar systems for the US Navy.

29 March

Hanan Zaffar

US Navy to Decommission Five Ticonderoga-Class Cruisers

The US Navy is set to decommission five of its Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers following passage of the government’s 2022 defense appropriations bill.

28 March