The US Navy Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Harris Corporation with a $113 million radar upgrade contract. The contract is split into an initial order of $39 million along with three 1-year options that will be sent in 2016. This radar is considered a primary long-range, three-dimensional radar. Read more >>

Spanish manufacturer Navantia has completed the delivery of landing helicopter docks (LHD) landing craft (LLCs) to Australia, with the final four arriving in the Commonwealth in Sydney today. Read more >>

Airbus Defense and Space has recently completed factory acceptance testing for its new TRS-4D naval radar system, which is fully expected to be used aboard the US Navy's Freedom Variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) beginning with LCS 17. Unlike previous iterations of the TRS-4D, this new version for the US NAVY will rotate instead of staying fixed. Read more >>

Austal USA, the American branch of Australia-based ship building giant Austal, has just launched the fourth Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS). The vessel was transported by barge down the Mobile River until it reached a floating BAE Systems dry dock, at which point it was floated off. Once the shipped has been christened and tested, it will join its sister ships in San Diego. In fact, 16 of the first 24 Independence-class LCS vessels will be based out of San Diego. Look for the future USS Omaha to join the Navy fleet at some point in 2016. Read more >>

The Australian Air Warfare Destroyer project will deliver three world-class ships and their support systems to the Royal Australian Navy which promises to deliver an effective, flexible and sustainable Air Warfare Destroyer capability for the security of Australia. The project is being supported under an Alliance contract arrangement between the Commonwealth of Australia (represented by the Defence Materiel Organisation) as owner-participant, ASC and Raytheon Australia. Read more >>