2018
Seventh Littoral Mission Vessel 'Dauntless' Launched for Republic of Singapore Navy
ST Engineering’s Marine sector today launched the seventh Littoral Mission Vessel (LMV), Dauntless, designed and built for the Republic of Singapor...
Video: Ukraine Test-Fires Neptun Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Ukraine armed forces conducted today a test firing of the locally developed Neptun anti-ship cruise missile. The test was attended by Oleksandr Tur...
ROK Navy Considers Adapting Dodko-class LPH for F-35B Aircraft
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) is looking to adapt its two Dokdo-class LPHs to deploy the F-35B STOVL aircraft. According to Yonhap News Age...
French Navy Frigate Cassard Escorted U.S. Vessel Through Strait of Hormuz
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) recently announced that the anti-air warfare frigate Cassard was tasked in mid-July to escort the American vesse...
Trinidad and Tobago Procuring Two Austal Cape-class Patrol Boats
Austal Limited (Austal) is pleased to report that the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT) has announced its intention to purc...
German Navy Selects Skeldar V-200 VTOL UAV for K130 Corvettes
UMS SKELDAR, the world-class provider of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions and avionics software has been awarded a procurement contra...
Kaspiysk to Become Main Naval Base of Russia's Caspian Flottila
A full-fledged naval base will be built in Kaspiysk, Russian Defense Minister General Sergei Shoigu has said.
IAI to Supply Barak-8 SAM System for Israeli Navy Saar 6 Corvettes
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has entered an agreement to provide advanced defense systems to Israel Navy's Sa'ar-6 corvettes. The systems will...
Russia Needs Four Aircraft Carriers - Krylov State Scientific Center
The Russian Navy needs at least four aircraft carriers, Valery Polovinkin, scientific director of the Krylov State Scientific Center, has said.
Construction of 1st Littoral Mission Ship for Malaysia started in China
Chinese shipyard Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group (a member of CSIC China Shipbuilding Industry Co.) started construction of the first Littoral ...
Video: ESSM Block 2 Intercepts a BQM-74E Aerial Target
The United States Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) released a video showing a successful flight test of the Raytheon Evolved Seasparrow Mi...
Lockheed Martin Lays Keel of 12th Freedom-class LCS for U.S. Navy
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown, in ...
HHI Lays Keel of Royal New Zealand Navy Future HMNZS Aotearoa Tanker
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) laid the keel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) future fleet tanker HMNZS Aotearoa. The ceremony took place on 13...
Pumpjet-Equipped SSK Alrosa Transferred to Russia's Baltic Fleet
The Baltic fleet will be reinforced with the Alrosa submarine, the only SSK (diesel-electric submarine) in the world equipped with a pumpjet. It is...
Austal Submits Cape-class Patrol Boat Design for Philippine Navy OPV Requirement
Australian shipbuilder Austal intends to conclude a contract for the supply of Cape-class patrol boats to the Navy of the Philippines.
Naval Group delivered multi-mission frigate Bretagne, the fifth FREMM for the French Navy
On July 18 Naval Group delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Bretagne to the French Navy (Marine Nationale). This frigate is the fifth of the s...
Project plan for Russia's Leader-class destroyer to be ready by 2022
A project plan of a new Leader-class destroyer will be ready by 2022. A keel-laying ceremony will take place after that, Viktor Bursuk, the Russian...
The Future of U.S. Navy Carrier Onboard Delivery Missions
In August 2018, MV-22 Osprey pilots successfully tested rolling landing and takeoffs in excess of 57,000 pounds on the flight deck of aircraft carr...
Second Tide-class Tanker Joined United Kingdom's RFA Fleet
The British Royal Navy commissioned the second Tide-class tanker Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), Tiderace, into service during ceremony in Portland, U...
Nevskoye Design Bureau offers LHD project to Russian Navy
The Nevskoye Design Bureau has offered a universal landing ship (UDK or LHD in English) project to the Russian Navy, the bureau’s head, Sergei Orlo...