The U.S. Navy aims to equip its littoral combat ships with new over-the-horizon anti-ship missiles in an effort to improve lethality and survivability, Military.com reported Wednesday.

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A Visiongain forecast, released by ReportLinker, says military sensor technology adoption will help drive the global sensor fusion market between 2019 and 2029. ReportLinker said Thursday the market will experience growth over the next decade as military organizations seek to obtain insights from sensor data. The report also provides an analysis of the following key industry […] More

Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy, a two-time Wash100 recipient, has said the company intends to make the Naval Strike Missile program a “multibillion-dollar franchise opportunity” by replacing the current international and local inventory of surface-to-surface missiles, Defense News reported Thursday. NSM is a joint effort of Raytheon and Norway-based Kongsberg and is an anti-ship missile that has […] More

A Kraken Robotics subsidiary has produced a synthetic aperture sonar technology designed to map the ocean floor in support of U.S. Navy‘s autonomous minehunting operations. The service branch integrated and tested Kraken Robotics Systems-made SAS onboard the Naval Warfare Center‘s REMUS 600 autonomous underwater vehicle, the company  said Jan. 11. The sonar is built to collect target data at a range of […] More

Kongsberg Gruppen‘s Hydroid subsidiary has demonstrated the capacity of an unmanned underwater vehicle to collect signals intelligence and launch an unmanned aerial vehicle during an in-water exercise. REMUS 600 UUV conducted a threat mission scenario at the U.S. Navy‘s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise that took place in Newport, Rhode Island last month, Hydroid said Tuesday. The platform was equipped with […] More

Raytheon has teamed up with Ducommun to develop fire control platforms for the Naval Strike Missile designed for integration with U.S. Navy frigates and littoral combat ships. Production work on the fire control systems is slated to commence later this year at Ducommun’s facilities in Huntsville and Berryville in Arkansas, Raytheon said Monday. NSM is a long-range, […] More

Orbital ATK carried out a live-fire demonstration of its MK44 Bushmaster Chain Gun at the firm’s Bushmaster User Conference held at Big Sandy Range in Arizona. The weapon system mounted on a General Dynamics-built light armored vehicle and Kongsberg-made protector turret fired 30mm and 40mm rounds against steel panel, adobe and concrete block targets during the […] More

Lockheed Martin has decided not to bid on a U.S. Navy contract to develop an over-the-horizon missile for the service branch’s frigates and littoral combat ships, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lockheed’s decision came after Boeing decided to withdraw from the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System competition earlier this month. “As the current OTH-WS request for proposal process refined […] More

Boeing has decided not to compete for a U.S. Navy program to provide an over-the-horizon cruise missile designed to be launched from frigates and littoral combat ships due to continuing changes in system requirements, Defense News reported Tuesday. Christopher P. Cavas writes Troy Rutherford, director of cruise missile systems at Boeing’s defense business, said the […] More

Orbital ATK has conducted live-fire demonstrations of gun systems and ammunition during the company’s Bushmaster User Conference in Arizona. The three-day event featured Orbital ATK-built Bushmaster chain guns and ammunition that range from 7.62mm, 25mm, 30mm and 40mm, the company said Thursday. More than 150 customers and partners from 25 countries were in attendance as Orbital ATK exhibited the capacity of its […] More

A report from research firm Visiongain estimates that global revenue for military land vehicle electronics will reach $3.3 billion this year. The company’s “Military Land Vehicle Electronics Market Report 2016-2026” report also predicts that technology development efforts will help drive sales growth for the sector over the next 10 years, ReportBuyer said Monday. Vistronics also forecasts China will experience a significant increase […] More

Raytheon has expressed plans to sell its new medium-range air-to-air missile to a number of international customers, DoD Buzz reported Wednesday. The AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile – Extended Range integrates the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile‘s rocket motor in effort to increase range and altitude, Brendan McGarry writes. Raytheon developed AMRAAM-ER in collaboration with Norway’s Kongsberg Gruppen, the report said. Michael […] More