2019
Russia plans to manufacture 12 upgraded Project 22350M frigates
Russia plans to manufacture 12 upgraded Project 22350M frigates capable of carrying each up to 48 Kalibr, Oniks and Tsirkon cruise missiles, a sour...
Ukrainian and UK navies hold joint exercises in the Black Sea
The Ukrainian Navy, with its Pryluky missile boat, and the UK Royal Navy, with its Echo hydrographic survey vessel, conducted joint military exerci...
USS Rhode Island successfully test-fired a Trident II D5 Missile
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) along with the U.S. Navy's Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) conducted a succ...
US Navy and Romanian Air Force conducted close air support exercises
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG 12) of the US 6th Fleet and components of its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, along with...
US Navy Hospital ship to deploy in Latin America in response to humanitarian crisis
The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is scheduled to deploy in June from Naval Station Norfolk to the Caribbean, Central America and ...
Sea-Air-Space 2019: Boeing plans to deliver newest F/A-18 Block III tactical aircraft in 2020
Boeing is expected to deliver its first F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet newest highly capable, affordable and available tactical aircraft in 2020, a ...
French and Indian navies started on-sea phase of the Varuna exercise
The exercise Varuna started on May 01, off Goa and Karwar. This maritime exercise will be held jointly by the Indian Navy and the French Navy (Mari...
Indian Navy to get 10 Ka-31 helicopters from Russia
The Indian Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), headed by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, recently approved the Rs 3,600 crore ($US 5 million) p...
US Navy test-fires ship variant of the Excalibur precision artillery shell
The U.S. Navy recently conducted a firing test of the N5 naval variant of the Excalibur precision-guided projectile. The test took place in Septemb...
US and allied navies sailed together in the South China Sea
A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer joined ships from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Republic of Philippine Navy sail...
Russian Northern Fleet disposes of the Mitrofan Moskalenko large landing ship
The Russian Navy's Northern Fleet has decided to dispose of the Mitrofan Moskalenko large landing ship (LLS), which has been in reserve since 2002,...
Northrop Grumman releases SeaFIND next-gen maritime inertial navigation system
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has released SeaFIND™ (Sea Fiber Optic Inertial Navigation with Data Distribution), a next-generation mari...
Sea-Air-Space 2019: Boeing unveiled long-duration Wave Glider USV
U.S. defence contractor Boeing has unveiled the “most experienced unmanned surface vehicle on the planet” during annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, t...
Russia to begin developing its first nuclear aircraft carrier 2023
Russian R&D works scheduled to design and build Russia’s first nuclear aircraft carrier will begin in 2023 under the state armament programme, ...
Exercise Formidable Shield 19 started off Scotland
On May 07, exercise Formidable Shield 19 started at the MoD's Hebrides Range located on the Western Isles of Scotland. The US 6th Fleet is taking t...
Russian Gremyashchiy corvette undergoing sea trials in Gulf of Finland
The Gremyashchiy corvette of project 20385 has entered the Gulf of Finland for sea running trials, Captain 1st rank Igor Dygalo, the Russian Navy o...
Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to be docked in 2020
Russia’s aircraft carrier The Admiral Kuznetsov, currently undergoing repairs and maintenance at the 35th ship repair plant in Murmansk, will be do...
Egypt received third of four Type 209 submarines from Germany
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has launched the third of four Type 209/1400mod class submarines for the Egyptian Navy at a ceremony in Kiel, Ge...
Sea-Air-Space 2019: Boeing announced MQ-25 tanker approchaing first flight
On May 06, during the US Navy League's annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Angie Knappenberger, deputy director of air warfare for the deputy chief of...
Sea-Air-Space 2019: New US presidential helicopter nears production
The USMC’s VH-92A presidential helicopter replacement could soon receive the go-ahead to enter production, according to a key official.