NAVAL NEWS MAY 2023

Navy Forces Naval Maritime Defense Security Industry


In today's rapidly changing world, safeguarding a nation's airspace is more challenging than ever. Evolving and adapting threats demand cutting-edge solutions that can detect, identify, and track a wide variety of objects in real-time across all domains – air, sea, and land. That's where Saab's GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system comes in, offering unparalleled multi-mission capabilities on a single platform.

According to information published by the US DoD on May 10, 2023, MBDA is awarded a $19,626,194 not-to-exceed firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded undefinitized contract action N00024-23-C-2301 for the production of the Common Anti-Air Module Missile (CAMM) for the Multi-Mission Surface Combatants (MMSC) ships.

DEFEA is a prominent global defense exhibition that showcases a variety of defense systems, including land, naval, aerospace, national, and cyber security systems. During the exhibition, the Italian firm Marconi Industrial Services unveiled U-IV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV).

At DEFEA 2023, the ongoing defense exhibition in Athens, Fincantieri, and ONEX Shipyards & Technologies Group have unveiled their joint strategy if the Italian Group, as the prime contractor, is selected for the Hellenic Navy corvette program by the Hellenic Ministry of National Defence.

According to information published by the US government on May 4, 2023, the State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Expeditionary (SURTASS-E) mission systems for Vessels of Opportunity (VOO) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $207 million.

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