TEWKSBURY, Mass. --- Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first-ever, live fire test of the latest generation of the Ship Self Defense System, or SSDS, Integrated Combat System on the Self Defense Test Ship. 
 

SMi reports: Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Anthony Rix, Former Flag Officer Sea Training, Royal Navy invites you to Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology 2019 “It is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the 4th annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology event taking place between the 6th and 7th February 2019 in Rome.

SMi reports: Four new sponsors confirmed to join line-up at 2019’s Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference SMi is delighted to announce that four brand new sponsors; [GOLD] Leonardo, Raytheon, ICEYE and Aerodata AG, have joined the line-up for Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference 2019. This year, SMi are hosting a pre-conference workshop, “C-SIGMA and S-AIS, Creating a New Paradigm”, which will be lead by C-SIGMA. C-SIGMA envisions linking together existing and planned unclassified space system capabilities in a worldwide collaborative network via coordinated regional centers for international Global Maritime Domain Awareness to provide security, safety, environmental protection, resource conservation, as well as disaster mitigation and recovery.

SMi’s 4th annual Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology conference, taking place on the 6th and 7th February 2019, in Rome Italy is the only event that specifically focuses on technology based solutions and strategies to the ongoing challenge facing the international community when securing and monitoring domestic and international waters.

Next year’s 4th annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference will return to Rome, Italy on the 6th and 7th February for what promises to be an exceptional platform for maritime experts to come together to discuss technology based solutions and strategies to the ongoing challenge facing the international community when securing and monitoring domestic and international waters. The two-day conference will focus specifically on space-based maritime domain awareness with a workshop dedicated to this important subject matter. With a global line-up of presentations from top military and industry personnel from nations such as the UK, US, Italy, Denmark, Belgium, NATO, Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands and many others.

PARIS -– Airbus Defence and Space has launched Ocean Finder, a self-ordering service delivering fast satellite-based detection and identification reports for assets at sea. Ocean Finder supports a wide range of applications, such as monitoring fleets of ships, locating hijacked boats, illegal activities detection, maritime mission preparation as well as ensuring safety in hostile areas and supporting search and rescue operations. 
 

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. – a company specializing in the field of Electro-Optics (EO) and InfraRed (IR) defense and homeland security solutions – provides Latvian Navy the iSea-30HD system to enhance the Navy's maritime surveillance capabilities. 
 

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in partnership with Airbus DS Airborne Solutions, a subsidiary of Airbus DS successfully completed 200 flight hours with the maritime Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems as part of marine patrol and coastal guard missions on Crete, Greece. The Heron flew in European civilian airspace under a civilian code. 
 

QUINCY, Mass. –-- General Dynamics Mission Systems today released the new Bluefin-9 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Oceans 2018 in Charleston, South Carolina. The completely reengineered vehicle combines high navigational accuracy, outstanding sonar resolution, and precision manufacturing to deliver defense, commercial and academic customers highly-detailed subsurface data in minutes rather than hours. 
 

Maritime surveillance is a key to ensuring homeland security and protecting countries’ economic interests. It concerns the safety and security of ships, crews and passengers, to protect merchant marine traffic, monitor fishing zones, guard borders, protect the natural marine environment and fight against terrorism and illegal trafficking. 
 

SMi reports: Q&A with sponsor ImageSat International has just been released Ahead of SMi’s 4th annual Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference, taking place between the 6th and 7th February 2018, in Rome, SMi caught up with Dr Natalie Fridman, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chief Scientist, and VP of Research & Innovation at ImageSat International to discuss current developments, priorities and the upcoming event.

A maritime surveillance mission is a not a pleasure cruise. Seeing water, sky, and sometimes clouds, is not enough. You need to see the unseen before they see you, and you need to know whether they are friends or foes. Paradoxically, you need a cloud to see more clearly. 
 

Rear Admiral William Warrender, Flag Officer Sea Training, Royal Navy to present a keynote address on operational readiness and maritime domain awareness. As the only event that specifically focuses on technology based solutions and strategies to the ongoing challenge facing the international community when securing and monitoring domestic and international waters, the Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology 2019 conference will feature the best experts in the maritime domain.

SMi reports: Registration now open for SMi’s Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology conference taking place in Rome between the 6th and 7th February 2019. The 4th annual Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology conference will return to Rome, Italy in February 2019 as a platform for the maritime community. Now in its 4th successful year, Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology is the only event that specifically focuses on technology-based solutions and strategies to the ongoing challenge facing the international community when securing and monitoring domestic and international waters.

MADRID --- The European consortium Ocean2020, in which Indra is one of the main partners, has landed a contract worth €36 million for the largest defense R&D initiative to date backed by the European Union's new European Defense Fund. 
 

Defence and security company Saab will take part in an EU funded preparatory action project called OCEAN2020. The project will demonstrate technologies for enhanced situational awareness in a naval environment using unmanned systems. 
 

ROME --- Leonardo was awarded the most important project related to the first European Defence Found’s initiative, OCEAN2020, to boost Europe's defence capabilities, issued by the European Union under the ‘Preparatory Action on Defence Research’ programme. The competitive selection was conducted by the European Defence Agency and will be contracted in the coming weeks. 
 

PARIS --- The DGA (Direction Générale de l’Armement) has just awarded a contract for technology development in the field of rotary-wing drones to the Naval Group and Airbus Helicopters consortium. The contract covers de-risking studies ahead of construction of a future tactical helicopter drone demonstrator aboard warships. The demonstration project will lead to trials of the drone launch system, mission system and airborne vehicle, conducted from a French Navy vessel. 
 

SMi reports: Nations across the globe will attend SMi’s Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology conference in 3 weeks’ time. Nations across the world will attend SMi’s well renowned Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference, taking place in Rome, Italy on 30^th and 31^st January 2018. This year’s conference promises to be the biggest yet, featuring a focused discussion of emerging technologies, informative presentations and networking opportunities. With the aim of delivering clear and accurate maritime situational awareness, the conference will provide an unrivalled insight into the activity and priorities of military fleets, maritime authorities and industry experts that are at the forefront of innovation in the marine domain. The two-day programme will cover the core areas of maritime reconnaissance and surveillance in details, exploring the new and emerging ISR technologies and platforms, space-based surveillance systems, unmanned maritime systems and other crucial areas.

Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, today announced another Australian defence industry collaboration success with Melbourne firm AMOG Technologies contracting with Thales on new research into stealth technology for submarine periscopes and optronic masts. 
 

TEWKSBURY, Mass.--– Raytheon Company has completed design, development and testing of its Cooperative Engagement Capability system, which will be certified by the U.S. Navy for the system’s first international installation. Onboard the Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Hobart, CEC will expand the ship’s battlespace awareness by sharing sensor data among a network of other Australian and allied CEC-equipped ships and aircraft. 
 

BRUSSELS --- The “SPACE NOSTRUM - High Performance Dual Satellite Constellation for Maritime Surveillance” study was awarded European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF), accessing the highest co-funding rate (50%) available in that region. 
 

Indra and Lockheed Martin recently signed a Heads of Agreement that extends their exclusive relationship in the development of a state-of-the-art S-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the Spanish Navy’s F-110 program and establishes a framework for the commercialization of this solid-state radar for other anti-air warfare opportunities worldwide. 
 

BEIJING --- The China Central Television (CCTV) recently broadcast a story introducing the new radars developed by the No.14 Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETGC), which is considered as the birthplace of China's radar industry. 
 

LONDON --- Following the announcement in February 2017 that Kelvin Hughes will be supplying the SharpEye Doppler submarine radar system to the mid-life upgrade program for the Pakistan Navy's Agosta 90B-class (also known as the Khalid class diesel electric attack submarine), the order for the next submarine in this program has been placed. 
 

AARHUS, Denmark --– Danish aerospace, defense, and security company Terma in partnership with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd (TASL), India as Prime contractor has been awarded a contract to execute Indian Navy’s Surface Surveillance Radar (SSR) project for 31 radars. 
 

TAIPEI --- Taiwan will hold a ceremony in December to commission 12 military aircraft acquired from the United States to boost its anti-submarine warfare capabilities, the Air Force said Sunday. 
 

OWEGO, N.Y. --- Lockheed Martin received a $158.5 million contract for the second phase of the German Navy P-3C Mission System Refresh program. The program will upgrade the mission system processing suites on the fleet of eight P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft to support operations through 2035. The Mission System Refresh is part of an overall fleet upgrade that includes structural mid-life upgrades as well as an upgrade to the Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) cockpit capability. 
 

Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Massachusetts, is being awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a stated maximum value of $371,200,000. 
 

SMi reports: SMi’s latest sponsor for Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology 2018 is Airborne Technologies GmbH Airborne Technologies GmbH is the latest sponsor for SMi’s Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology conference 2018.  The organisation will be presenting an exclusive session on day 1 of the event. Presentation details to follow. SMi offer sponsorship, exhibition, advertising and branding packages, uniquely tailored to complement your company’s marketing strategy.

NEWPORT, RI --- From Aug. 15-16, the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) 2017 Battlespace Preparation in a Contested Environment (BPCE) took place at both the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport and the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division, partnering with fleet operators from Submarine Development Squadron Five from Keyport, Washington, and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit One in Panama City, Fla. 
 

SMi Reports: Captain Sacha Bailly, Officer in Charge of Protection and Safeguarding Capability Plans and Programs for the French Navy, will be joining Maritime Reconnaissance & Surveillance Technology this January to discuss "Optimising French Naval Surveillance and Reconnaissance Capabilities through the Introduction of Advanced Technologies".

The SMART-L MM radar system mounted on the test tower at the Thales premises in Hengelo, detected and tracked a ballistic missile at an average range of more than 1500 km without difficulties. 
 

Terma has successfully delivered naval and surveillance systems for various Royal Australian Navy (RAN) programs. 
 

RICHMOND, BC --- MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. today announced that it has signed a five-year contract with Canada’s Department of National Defence (DND) that includes one base year in addition to four one-year renewals. 
 

SMi Group’s Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology conference 2018 will have a unique focus on Space-Based Maritime Domain Awareness for greater action at sea. Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology will return to Rome on 30^th and 31^st of January, and will have a unique focus on Space-Based Maritime Domain Awareness. 

Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Technology returns to London on 30th-31st January 2018 to maximise maritime situational awareness.   In light of current international challenges relating to climate change, piracy, and international migration, it is clear that that there are many activities both legal and illegal taking place in territorial waters and on the high seas. Following this maritime intelligence gathering and ISR capabilities have returned to the forefront of the defence industry. National maritime agencies are increasingly seeking to optimise their fleets and capabilities to address the challenges arriving from the surrounding seas. This can be illustrated in the multilateral coalition operation to address the migration crisis in the Mediterranean or with the Nordic response to climate change and the receding ice cap.