Category: Navy

  • IAI’s Barak 8 wins $340m contract with Indian Navy

    Last week, India bought more than 70 MRSAM systems (medium -range surface missile) Spices dynamicsIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) partner in developing the Indian version of Barak 8 Air defense system. The contract value is 29.6 billion rupees (about 340 million dollars). Systems will be installed on most future warships of…

  • Fears grow as Harland & Wolff nears administration, risking royal navy ship contract

    Harland & Wolff, the historic Belfast shipyard best known for building the Titanic, is on the verge of bankruptcy, putting a £1.6bn contract to build three Royal Navy warships at risk. The troubled shipbuilder, which is expected to file for administration as early as Monday, faces a cash shortfall by…

  • Harland & Wolff bailout sparks concerns over future of Royal Navy warships

    The future of Harland & Wolff’s historic shipyard is in jeopardy after a $25 million emergency bailout, raising concerns that Royal Navy ships could soon be built overseas. The Belfast-based company, best known for building the Titanic, has scrapped plans to restart ferry services between Cornwall and the Isles of…

  • Vast Dorset salt caverns to store hydrogen under former Royal Navy base

    Huge salt caverns designed to store hydrogen are to be dug under Britain’s largest former naval base, Portland Harbour in Dorset, as part of a strategic plan to boost the country’s energy security. The project involves creating 19 caverns, each the size of St Paul’s Cathedral, that will store enough…

  • AMSC Expands Ship Protection System Offering to Allied Navy with First Contract Win By Investing.com

    AYER, Mass., June 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMSC (NASDAQ: AMSC), a  leading system provider of megawatt-scale power resiliency solutions that  orchestrate  the rhythm and harmony of power on the grid™, and protect and expand the capability of our Navy’s fleet, today announced it has entered into a multi-year and…