ABERDEEN, Sd. -- BAE Systems was awarded a $22 million contract by the U.S. Navy to produce missile canisters for the Mk 41 Vertical Launching Systems, with the total value potentially reaching $317 million if all options are exercised.

This follows a contract award with a total value of $738 million for Mk 41 VLS missile launching canisters last July.

Under the contract, the company will also continue to manufacture Mk 29 missile canisters. These canisters are critical to the storage, shipment, and launch of missiles onboard U.S. Navy and allied ships.

Source: PR Newswire
Associated URL: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/bae-systems-awarded-22-million-us-navy-contract-for-mk-41-vertical-launch-system-canisters-302625759.html

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands -- Dutch naval engineering firm Nevesbu has signed a contract with Naval Group for subsystem design for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new Orka-class submarines. Nevesbu will apply its long-standing expertise in compact, low-noise systems used for submarine stealth in support of Naval Group’s prime design work. Nevesbu has contributed to every Dutch submarine design over the past 90 years.

The company joins Team Orka, a consortium of Dutch industry partners working with Naval Group under an Industrial Cooperation Agreement with the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs. The Orka class project envisions the development of four advanced diesel-electric submarines for the Royal Netherlands Navy, replacing the aging Walrus class. Naval Group's bid, a diesel-electric variant of its Barracuda class design, was selected in September 2024. The first of the new submarines is expected to be commissioned by 2035.

Source: Naval News
Associated URL: https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/11/nevesbu-and-naval-group-ink-contract-for-orka-class-submarines/

COSTA MESA, Calif. - Russia’s continued aggression against Ukraine and its provocations along NATO’s eastern flank have reshaped Europe’s security environment. In September, the threat became more tangible: more than twenty Russian drones violated Polish airspace, prompting Warsaw to invoke Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which calls urgent consultations among Allies when any member perceives its security or territorial integrity is at risk. Just days later, Russian MiG-31 fighter jets entered Estonian airspace without flight plans or transponders, forcing NATO aircraft to scramble in response. These deliberate incursions underscored a new phase of Russian coercion-one defined by constant pressure, swarm tactics, and speed-and made clear why NATO’s eastern defenses must be faster, smarter and more connected than ever.

To meet that challenge, the U.S. Army Europe and Africa, working closely with NATO Allies, is developing the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line (EFDL), which includes a distributed mission command architecture designed to integrate national and Allied sensors, shooters, and unmanned systems into a shared live-data network.

Rather than a fixed formation or location, the EFDL functions as a digital shield stretching across NATO’s eastern border. A radar in Estonia, for example, could detect incoming aircraft and instantly share that data with air-defense batteries in Latvia or command centers in Poland. Each nation remains responsible for defending its own territory, but through the EFDL, their systems contribute to a collective deterrence posture.

In early November, Anduril joined the U.S. Army’s 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (AAMDC) and the Estonian Defense Forces in Tallinn, Estonia, for exercise Digital Shield 1.0, one of the first major event to put the EFDL concept into practice. Over five days, Anduril engineers worked alongside U.S. and Estonian units to connect previously separate sensors, radars, and command and control systems into a single distributed network-the kind of digital infrastructure the EFDL will rely on across Europe.

Source: Anduril
Associated URL: https://www.anduril.com/