The first crewless boat for general duties with the Royal Navy has been launched, ready for trials to see how it – and similar craft – might fit into the ‘fleet of tomorrow’.

More than £3m is being invested in the crewless Pacific 24 boat – and other autonomous small craft technology.

The boat…

DULLES, Va. –– Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by SES to build two C-band satellites that will operate in the upper portion of the spectrum. This award supports the Federal Communication Commission’s order to make the lower portion of C-band spectrum available to mobile network opera…

Rolls-Royce has secured recent agreements with the U.S. Navy for ship engines, propulsion components and services valued at up to $115.6 million.

Leo Martins, Rolls-Royce Defense, Program Director, U.S. Naval & Coast Guard Platforms, said, “Rolls-Royce is proud to support the U.S. Navy through an…

AL UDEID AIR BASE, Qatar — To conduct the synchronization of air assets across more than 4 million miles of U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility, a dynamic force comprised of men and women scattered throughout multiple divisions and cells is needed. It is within the Combined Air Operation…

TOKYO — Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) has ordered one new H225 and four H135 helicopters as part of its fleet modernisation programme.

Currently operating 12 H135, four H155 and six AS365 helicopters, with one H215 and two H225 already on order, NPA deploys its growing fleet for missions…

Aotearoa, the Royal New Zealand Navy’s new Maritime Sustainment Vessel, departed South Korea on 10 June on her 16-day journey to New Zealand.

Not only the newest addition to Navy’s fleet, Aotearoa will also be the largest-ever ship the Navy has had. A purpose-built, technologically enhanced asset…