Sea

Dstl has detailed analysis supporting the Royal Navy’s Hybrid Navy. The work examines how crewed and uncrewed systems, digital networks, sensing, communications, and decision-making can operate as an integrated force.

Ocius will integrate new sonar arrays across its Bluebottle fleet. The agreements add ThayerMahan and Thales Australia acoustic systems to persistent maritime surveillance operations.

Devonport is set for £7.1 billion of naval infrastructure upgrades. The programme will support submarine maintenance, future Type 26 operations, and a wider shift towards autonomous maritime capability.

The Dutch Navy is adding interceptor drones to ship defences. The land-derived kinetic C-UAS system will be adapted through testing for operational maritime deployment alongside existing weapons.

MSI Defence Systems has secured a NATO naval counter-UAS contract. Worth €19.4 million, the three-system package combines 30mm guns, radar, optical detection, and MSI fire control.

Australia has laid the keel of its first Hunter frigate. The Osborne milestone moves the six-ship anti-submarine warfare programme deeper into serial construction and its domestic industrial build-up.

USTRANSCOM has awarded seven companies a new strategic sealift contract. The $1.2 billion programme gives military logisticians faster access to commercial roll-on/roll-off, multipurpose, and vehicle-carrier capacity for worldwide movements.

Raytheon is expanding SPY-6 production as international demand starts building. Germany is preparing the radar for its F127 frigates, while Japan and Denmark represent further potential customers for the modular naval sensor family.

Cochin Shipyard has delivered Mangrol, its third coastal anti-submarine vessel. The Mahe-class ship combines more than 80% indigenous content with waterjet propulsion, torpedoes, anti-submarine rockets, radar, and sonar for littoral operations.