2018
NAVAIR Completes AAG Performance Testing with Propeller Aircraft
The team behind the U.S. Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft recovery system, the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), completed C-2A Greyhound, E-2C Ha...
Russian Navy to receive Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser in 2022
The Russian Navy will receive the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser in 2022, Mikhail Budnichenko, director-general of the Sevm...
Littoral Combat Ships 11 (Sioux City) and 13 (Wichita) Delivered to U.S. Navy
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, ...
Russia's Krylov Research Center Unveils Light Aircraft Carrier Design
The Krylov State Research Center (KGNC) has presented the model of a light multi-purpose aircraft carrier at the Army-2018 International Military-T...
Experts from Japan to Assist Taiwan with Submarine Project
Retired submarine experts from Japan have been invited to Taiwan in September, to train the necessary personnel and present a report on Taiwan’s do...
Russia Developing VTOL Aircraft on Instructions from President Putin
Russia is developing a vertical rising aircraft on instruction from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov ha...
F-35B pilots ramp up training for HMS Queen Elizabeth debut
Four test pilots are getting in last-minute training ready to take their specially-modified stealth fighters aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth next month....
LCAC Construction to Resume in Russia for Zubr and Murena
The State Armaments Program for 2018-2027 envisages resumption of construction of Zubr type of small air-cushioned landing craft and Murena type of...
Royal Navy Accepts New Thales 2093 Wideband Mine Hunting Sonar
Thales UK’s most advanced new mine countermeasures (MCM) sonar has been accepted for use by the Royal Navy after the successful completion of inten...
Iran Could Show Interest in Russian Karakurt-class Corvette Design
The developers of Project 22800 ‘Karakurt’ missile corvettes expect a whole group of countries, including Iran, to display their interest in the wa...
RAF P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft to be Known as 'Poseidon MRA Mk.1'
The Royal Air Force announced on its Twitter account that the UK’s new maritime patrol aircraft will be formally known in RAF service as the Poseid...
NH90 NFH Helicopters with Marte ER Anti-ship Missiles for Qatari Navy
Leonardo announced that it has made effective the contract, signed on March 14, 2018, for the supply of 28 NH90 medium twin-engine multirole milita...
P-8A Poseidon MPA Training Commences in South Australia
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, announced the handover of t...
Russian Project 11356 Frigate Admiral Makarov Heading to Black Sea
The project 11356 Admiral Makarov frigate has started a sea passage to the permanent deployment base in the Black Sea. The Admiral Makarov, which c...
Cammell Laird Announces Strong Supply Chain for Type 31e Frigate Bid
Birkenhead-based shipbuilder Cammell Laird has announced it has built a network of more than 2,000 suppliers as it steps up its bid to build a cutt...
Russian Navy to Use UAV for Cruise and Anti-ship Missile Targeting
Forpost UAVs can efficiently guide Kalibr cruise missiles and Yakhont anti-ship missiles onto sea targets. On an exercise at the Baltic Sea such UA...
RAMSES EW Suite Upgrade for Royal Canadian Navy's Halifax-class Frigates
The Canadian department of national defence announced that the Royal Canadian Navy’s Halifax-class frigates will be getting two upgrades related to...
Russia’s Latest Buyan-M Corvette Reinforces Russian Mediterranean Group
The latest guided missile corvette Vyshny Volochek (Buyan-M) is sailing to the Mediterranean Sea to join the Russian naval force at the Syrian coas...
Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Bound for the United States for F-35B Trials
Royal Navy aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, has departed her home port of Portsmouth, bound for the USA to land fast jets on deck for the ver...
Final French Navy SSBN 'Le Temeraire' Upgraded for M51 SLBM
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) announced that its nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Le Téméraire, left a dry dock at Brest nav...