News About Ships and Submarines 12-MAY-08 en-us Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 09, 2008Mass - Raytheon has been awarded a $32 million contract to develop and integrate the total ship electronics systems for LPD 25, the ninth ship of the U.S. Navy's LPD 17 class of expeditionary warfare ships.]]> ]]> Hong Kong (UPI) May 9, 2008 - Over the past 20 years, China's military investment has grown faster than any other country. The bamboo curtain that formerly enveloped the country has become a copper curtain.]]> Washington (AFP) May 9, 2008 - The US Navy has raised the profile of its operations in Latin America, reviving the US Fourth Fleet after nearly a 60-year slumber.]]> Bethpage NY (SPX) May 08, 2008 - The U.S. Navy is acquiring a third lot of Northrop Grumman Improved Capability (ICAP) III airborne electronic attack systems for its fleet of EA-6B Prowlers under a $101.9 million firm, fixed-price contract. The company will deliver seven complete systems, plus associated piece parts and spares. Deliveries are scheduled to begin during the second quarter of 2010.]]> ]]> Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2008 - The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of AEGIS Combat System components as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $450 million.]]> Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 05, 2008 - Raytheon has successfully completed the mission system design readiness review for the Zumwalt-class destroyer program. The review confirmed that the mission system design for America's new multi-mission destroyer is mature and meets U.S. Navy requirements.]]> London (AFP) May 2, 2008 - China is building a major underground nuclear submarine base on the southern tip of Hainan Island, defence group Jane's said Friday.]]> ]]> Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 30, 2008 - The nuclear powered missile cruiser Pyotr Velikiy of Russia's Northern Fleet has completed a missile firing exercise in the Barents Sea, a Navy spokesman said on Wednesday. "The live fire exercise was carried out as part of a tactical drill at a test site in the Barents Sea," Capt. 1st Rank Igor Dygalo said.]]> Washington, April 28, 2008 - Anyone who has watched any World War II movies or History Channel documentaries knows what a wolf pack was: It was the massed attack carried out by Nazi submarines against British and American convoys of merchant ships in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II. China is looking at a modern, 21st century of wolf pack tactics for any future war it might have to fight against the United States. But the wolf packs and their tactics would be very different.]]> Washington (AFP) April 24, 2008 - The US Navy said Thursday it has re-established the US Fourth Fleet to direct an increasing American naval presence in the Caribbean and Latin America.]]> SPECIAL ADVERTISING FEATURE
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]]> ]]> Port Coquitlam, Canada (SPX) Apr 24, 2008 - ISE's Aurora Active Towfish was successfully towed for the first time from existing route survey equipment belonging to the Canadian Navy aboard a Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel (MCDV) off the coast of Vancouver Island. Built in the 90's for coastal defense, the Canadian Navy's MCDVs were equipped with Route Survey System (RSS) payloads consisting of a high performance multibeam sonar built into a variable depth actively controlled towfish, and a shipboard handling system.]]> Paris (AFP) April 20, 2008 - French Defence Minister Herve Morin Sunday cast doubt over plans for a second aircraft carrier announced by President Nicolas Sarkozy, citing a cash crunch, and said a decision would be taken soon.]]> Washington, April 10, 2008 - More than 40 years ago, there was a British heavyweight boxing champion called Henry Cooper who could do everything -- except take a punch. ]]> Advertise in Space War and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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