Agency Of Defense Development News

Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd. completed phase one of a two phase C-Target 9 program with South Korea. The highly maneuverable, ultra realistic, high speed marine target drones will be used in the test and evaluation of a new weapon system. In early 2013, Korean company GigaRFlooked to ASV to provide four 9-meter target drones for the Agency of Defense Development (ADD).ASV has worked closely with GigaRF to ensure the timely delivery of the first two vehicles. Phase one was completed on October 17 with the first two boats carrying out acceptance tests at ASV’s site in Portchester…

STX Offshore & Shipbuilding received an order for a next generation naval test ship from Agency for Defense Development (ADD). The ship will support marine weapon system tests and conducts environmental surveys on the test sea area. The vessel, worth around $359m, weighs 1,200 tons and is able to accommodate about 30 people. The ship, with 4,000 nautical miles, is scheduled to be delivered to ADD in May 2012. Do Jong-chil, director of STX O&S Specialized Ship Division, said, “Despite severe market conditions, good results were achieved thanks to diversified analysis on customer demands and strategic sales activities.” “We plan to enhance our capability in building specialized vessels through technical cooperation with STX Europe…