The Sky’s No Limit: Lockheed Martin’s SPY-7 Radar for Spain’s F-110 Frigate Successfully Tracks Airborne Objects
14 January 2025.– In partnership with Navantia, Spain’s national defense and shipbuilding company, Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), a global leader in aerospace and deterrence, has successfully demonstrated the first live track for the Spain F-110 Multi-Mission Frigate’s AN/SPY-7(V)2 radar.
Known unknowns
The protection of critical maritime infrastructures has become a top political priority since the September 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Another incident – not far away from the destroyed pipelines – happened last November when a fibre-optic cable has been damaged. It was described t
FC/ASW programme: MBDA evolves its sovereign weapon systems for maritime superiority
Current events continue to underline that sovereign deep strike capabilities are of critical importance to European nations. Today’s context has seen both the return of high intensity conflict to Europe and demonstrated the increased density of air defence systems both on the front-line and in-depth.
People Talk: Dr. Gunter Freitag, Aeromaritime Systembau GmbH
Dr. Gunter Freitag joined AEROMARITIME Systembau as head of research & development in January 2023. He is responsible for the technical development of hardware and software of the entire product and system portfolio.
Rohde & Schwarz to deliver turnkey communications solutions for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates
Germany’s Rohde & Schwarz has been awarded a contract by the Dutch Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT), part of the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD), to supply its turnkey integrated communications system (ICS) for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNlN) and the Belgian Naval Component. The equipment will be integrated on board the two countries‘ anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates currently on order.
Damen Naval brings Alfa Laval on board for anti-submarine warfare frigate project
Damen Naval has contracted Alfa Laval Benelux to provide fuel oil separators, cleaning tables, the Oily Bilge Water Separators and integrated logistics support for the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates on order by the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Naval Component. In June 2023,
HENSOLDT passes critical design review for Norwegian Ula class submarines
Submarines will play an increasingly important role in the defence of Norway and NATO. Sensor solutions provider HENSOLDT has reached another milestone in the modernisation of the Ula class (HDW Class 210) diesel-electric submarines oft he Royal Norwegian Navy (RNoN).
Sixth Astute class nuclear-powered fleet submarine is launched
Agamemnon (S 124), the latest Royal Navy (RN) Astute class attack submarine has been launched at BAE Systems in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Named after the ancient Greek king, Agamemnon is the sixth of seven Astute class submarines, all of which have been designed and built at the company’s historic Barrow shipyard – home of UK submarine building.
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL agree on cooperation to build new frigates for the German Navy
At SMM 2024 in Hamburg, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL Group announced on 3 September the planned establishment of a joint venture and signed a cooperation agreement. The aim of the cooperation is to jointly realize the construction of the MEKO A-400 AMD –
The saga of India’s AIP
An indigenously developed air-independent propulsion (AIP) system that significantly enhances the undersea endurance of a conventional submarine is deemed to be ready for installation on board India’s conventional diesel-electric submarines from next year.
