2020
India to buy Raytheon MK 54 Lightweight Torpedoes
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of 16 MK 54 All Up Round L...
Leonardo DRS gets potential $462M U.S.Navy contract to insert new surface ship display technology
Leonardo DRS has secured a potential five-year, $462.2M contract from the U.S. Navy to produce console, display and peripheral equipment for the br...
Advanced nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir to be delivered to Russian Navy by late June
Officially announced only on April 13, Russian Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu confirmed at the ministry’s conference call on March 3 t...
U.S. to sell AGM-84L Harpoon Air-Launched Block II missiles to India
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of India of 10 AGM-84L Harpoon Bloc...
United States Marine Inc will produce Combatant Craft Assault for U.S. Special Forces
United States Marine Inc., Gulfport, Mississippi, was awarded on April 13, 2020, a $108,000,000 maximum indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity del...
First stage of training for crews of Russian Navy Tsiklon Karakurt-class corvette and Graivoron Buyan-M-class corvette
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov held a conference call on the training of crews for the Tsiklon Karakurt-class corvette of...
General Dynamics Electric Boat rolls out US Navy SSN 793 Oregon Virginia Class nuclear attack submarine
According to a Tweet released on April 14, 2020, General Dynamics Electric Boat operations team made some terrific progress over the weekend in rol...
Kalashnikov company has delivered new BK-10 high-speed patrol boat to Sub-Saharan African country
A Sub-Saharan African country acquired the newest BK-10 high-speed patrol boat designed by the Kalashnikov Group (a subsidiary of state corporation...
US Navy CMV-22B Carrier Onboard Delivery variant of Osprey operational test in real-world environment
The recent cross-country flight of the Navy’s new CMV-22B Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) variant of the Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft was not only a m...
Chinese Navy conducts live-fire drills by Type 022 stealth missile boats
Type 022 stealth missile boats of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command Navy recently held live-fire combat-oriented d...
Royal Navy carries on testing of its newest ship HMS Tamar
HMS Tamar is a Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel of the Royal Navy currently undergoing Sea Trials. Named after the River Tamar, she will ...
China resumes testing AVIC AG600 Kunlong flying boat
China is about to resume work to further test the first of four planned prototypes of its AG600 “Kunlong”, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft ...
Australian Navy ceremonial keel laying for second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel
During the ceremonial keel laying for the second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, Chief of Navy, Vic...
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems from Germany hands over third HDW Class 209/1400mod submarine to Egyptian Navy
On April 9, 2020, "S43" as the third of four HDW Class 209/1400mod submarines was officially handed over by German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Syst...
Huntington Ingalls Industries has started fabrication of Arleigh Burke-class Ted Stevens DDG 128
Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started the fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Ted S...
USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier puts combat systems to the test
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. These tests, conducted during ...
U.S. Navy awards USD200 million contract to BAE Systems to upgrade USS Boxer
BAE Systems has received a $200.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work...
New U.S. Navy ship-to-shore connector landing craft contract increases
Textron has been awarded a $7,261,214 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-17-C-2480, from the U.S. Navy, fo...
US Navy USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier recently completed testing of vital combat system
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean.&nbs...
Aft-section of Swedish Blekinge-class submarine has been put together
The Blekinge-class submarine is next generation of submarines developed by Kockums for the Swedish Navy, also known as the A26 type. Two units are ...