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Lockheed Martin is adding Ultra Maritime to its undersea portfolio. The acquisition strengthens sonar, sonobuoy, and ASW production depth.
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Thales is moving to take control of Exail Technologies outright. The deal expands its underwater robotics and naval autonomy position.
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India and Japan are moving into joint naval antenna development. The UNICORN-based project links communications, signature management, and ship integration.
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Rolls-Royce has started major Raynesway expansion work in Derby today. The project will add manufacturing capacity, create skilled roles, and support nuclear reactor production for Royal Navy and future Australian submarine programmes.
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China’s Fujian appears to carry a hard-kill torpedo-defence system onboard. The reported fit points to a more mature carrier architecture, where underwater protection, ship integration, and defensive systems engineering sit alongside launch performance and aviation capacity.
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Kongsberg has secured overseas work protecting critical infrastructure below water. The project focuses on underwater surveillance and protection, linking naval sensors, cyber-physical resilience, subsea monitoring, and time-critical decision support.
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Australia is turning autonomous undersea systems into defence export policy. Ghost Shark’s inclusion among priority capabilities places XLAUV production, sovereign supply chains, export finance, and allied undersea demand inside one industrial programme.
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New Zealand has added surface strike to its Poseidon fleet. The first RNZAF Harpoon firing links maritime patrol, weapons integration, allied stockpile support, and Indo-Pacific sustainment into one aircraft availability challenge.
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EUROGUARD’s prototype hull moves European naval autonomy into shipbuilding practice. The EDF-backed programme now has a physical platform for testing systems, payloads, and production assumptions.
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Singapore’s MRCV programme has moved composites into serious naval production. Penguin’s first Saab-based superstructure gives the Victory-class fleet a manufacturing milestone with relevance well beyond a single ship class.