Defense

Babcock has been selected by Saab to support the design for the development of the Swedish Navy’s new Luleå-class Surface Combatant.

The US Coast Guard has exercised a contract option to award Bollinger Shipyards (“Bollinger”) two additional Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutters (FRC). This announcement brings the total number of FRCs awarded to Bollinger up to 67 vessels since the program’s inception. To date, the US Coast Guard has commissioned 55 FRCs into operational service.

Cellula Robotics has announced the launch of its latest groundbreaking innovation in underwater robotics, Vigilus.

CSignum, a leader in underwater and underground data networking, is proud to announce the launch of its latest innovation, the EM-2 wireless platform for IoT sensor data and control from above the surface to below.

VideoRay LLC, a rapidly growing defense technology company, announced that it has been awarded a $92.6M USD five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for the continuous production, sustainment, and development of the MK20 Defender remotely operated vehicle (ROV) platform for the US Navy’s Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR).

Silver Ships has completed the construction and delivery of the first four coastal fast response boats (CFRB) under a contract award worth $6.12 million from the Naval Sea Systems Command. The vessels were designed and constructed as a part of the US Navy Foreign Military Sale (FMS) program and will benefit the NATO Navy, while the other three boats support a Central American Navy upon delivery. Each CFRB was inspected in Alabama and accepted by the Navy.

Fincantieri announced that the Board of Directors has resolved—and subsequently signed—an agreement to acquire from Leonardo S.p.A. (Leonardo) the "Underwater Armament Systems" business line (the Transaction).

MassChallenge, a renowned global accelerator based in Boston, has announced a strategic partnership with NATO DIANA, the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. NATO established this organization to find and accelerate dual-use innovation capacity across the Alliance. As part of the collaboration, MassChallenge and NATO DIANA will convene on May 30, 2024, for a Demo Day in Boston, showcasing the groundbreaking solutions developed through this program.

On April 22, 2024, the fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems shipyard in Kiel. The 250 invited guests included Boris Pistorius, Federal Minister of Defense, and Teo Chee Hean, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security of the Republic of Singapore, as well as other high-ranking representatives from Singapore and Germany. The sponsor of the boat was Ms. Teo Swee Lian, sister of Teo Chee Hean.

ULA announced that it has signed agreements with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana and Bristol Harbor Group, Inc. in Bristol, Rhode Island, to design, oversee and build a new ship to transport Vulcan rockets from the factory in Decatur, Alabama to the launch sites at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Maritime Partners, LLC (Maritime Partners), a leading provider of maritime financing solutions primarily focused on Jones Act vessels, has received a Design Basis Agreement (DBA) from the US Coast Guard for the M/V Hydrogen One towboat that includes e1 Marine hydrogen generator technology that will be utilized for the vessel’s power plant.

Kraken Robotics Inc. (Kraken) announces that it has received an order for spares and sustainment of its KATFISH™ Mine Counter Measures (MCM) solution totaling $2.2 million. In addition, Kraken received orders for AquaPix^® synthetic aperture sonars (SAS) totaling $1.5 million. These systems will be integrated to autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) from new navy customers for use in mine hunting and subsea infrastructure security applications. Customer details cannot be disclosed. Deliveries will occur in 2024.