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Sweden Extends Saab’s Gripen Support Contract

Sweden Extends Saab’s Gripen Support Contract

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces to provide support and maintenance services for Gripen from 1 July 2020 to 31 March 2021. The total order value amounts to MSEK 687.

The order is a nine-month extension of a con…

ECA Licenses SAS Technology to Detect Buried Sea Mines

ECA Licenses SAS Technology to Detect Buried Sea Mines

ECA Group and SOACSY recently signed a licensing agreement giving ECA Group exclusive rights to exploit its developments using seaCHIRP technology based on SAS (Synthetic Aperture Sonar) for the detection of buried naval mines.

Naval mines are a real threat for seafarers and a navy’s daily concer…

CH-53K King Stallion Completes Initial Sea Trials

CH-53K King Stallion Completes Initial Sea Trials

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — The CH-53K King Stallion completed a two-week period of sea trials in the Atlantic earlier this month. This was the first opportunity to see the aircraft working in a modern naval environment.

Testing took place on the USS Wasp, a landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious a…

US Calls for Increased Cooperation on Missile Defense

US Calls for Increased Cooperation on Missile Defense

Changes to technologies, strategy and capabilities make a good case for closer cooperation among the combatant commands, the services and allies in regard to missile defense, military officers charged with this crucial mission said.

At yesterday’s virtual conference sponsored by the Missile Defen…

CRS Questions US Navy Cost Estimates of Columbia-class Submarines

CRS Questions US Navy Cost Estimates of Columbia-class Submarines

The Columbia (SSBN-826) class program is a program to design and build a class of 12 new ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) to replace the Navy’s current force of 14 aging Ohio-class SSBNs. The Navy has identified the Columbia-class program as the Navy’s top priority program. The Navy wants to pro…
First Modified ASW Scout Boat Delivered to Swedish Navy

First Modified ASW Scout Boat Delivered to Swedish Navy

The first scout boat has been delivered to the navy in Karlskrona and her crew is being installed on board. The ship will be an important cog for the Navy in the protection of Swedish under water territory.

Following the intelligence operation in the Stockholm archipelago in 2014, the need to re…

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