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Blue Ops will integrate Havoc autonomy across its maritime USVs. The partnership covers coordinated multi-vessel operations, open-system integration, and joint operational fleets for testing, training, and customer evaluation.
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Parsons joins a $350 million Navy seabed-to-space ISR contract vehicle. The programme spans development, deployment, sustainment, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, satellites, and tactical communications across multiple domains.
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Washington has opened a route to foreign-built lead naval ships. The policy couples initial overseas construction with US yard investment, technology transfer, workforce development, and domestic follow-on production.
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Babcock has signed three Danish agreements covering hybrid naval systems. The partnerships target autonomy integration, standardised interfaces, and wider Danish industrial participation.
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Steyr Motors reports a €310 million backlog extending through 2030. Its defence pipeline spans naval craft, military vehicles, motor-generator units, autonomous systems, and mobile power despite short-term procurement delays.
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North will modernise surveillance systems across Portsmouth Naval Base estate. The programme covers secure video, analytics, networking, cameras, and a new control centre while maintaining continuous security operations throughout installation.
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Amentum joins Babcock’s five-year framework for UK defence engineering services. The arrangement covers nuclear, marine, land, aviation, and mission systems, including specialist infrastructure work supporting Britain’s submarine fleet.
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Orca has completed its first thousand-mile Pacific undersea transit milestone. The US Navy says the mission advances endurance evidence for extra-large autonomous systems intended to augment crewed forces.
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Saildrone is now expanding European manufacturing across three partner countries. Shipyards in the Netherlands, Norway, and Poland will support regional production alongside a permanent Copenhagen operations and technical-support headquarters.
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Amentum and Laing O’Rourke join Australia’s nuclear submarine yard programme. The long-term appointment covers programme management, construction integration, nuclear safety, commissioning, digital engineering, and supply-chain quality at Osborne.