2020
Admiral Kasatonov frigate completes trials with Russian Northern Fleet
The first serial-produced Project 22350 frigate Admiral Kasatonov has completed its trials with the Northern Fleet, the Defense Ministry’s press of...
Russian Navy will perform another test launch with anti-ship 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic missile
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate of project 22350 arrived in Belomorskaya naval base for maintenance and loading of hypersonic 3M22 Tsirko...
HMS Audacious attack submarine sets sail for her home base
HMS Audacious, the fourth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, set sail from our Barrow-in-Furnes...
AI-based control system for underwater robots developed by Chinese and British scientists
British and Chinese researchers have developed a new deep learning method for autonomous mobile manipulators in unstructured environments, which co...
Ultra Electronics installs first S2150 hull mount sonar on Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland
HMS Portland becomes the first ship to be fitted with Ultra’s next-generation Hull Mounted Sonar Type 2150 as part of a wider refit to the Royal Na...
German-designed Fassmer MPV70 Mk.II patrol ship to be built in Ecuador
German shipbuilding company Fassmer reported that, in December 2019, it signed a contract with Ecuadorian Naval Shipyard Astilleros Navales Ecuator...
Iran to start building new destroyer in 2020
Iran is preparing to start building a new destroyer with a displacement of almost 6,000 tons this year, the head of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s ...
US Navy has commissioned USS Delaware SSN 791 Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, April 4, 2020. The contract to build the USS Dela...
US Navy will receive three additional MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft from Boeing
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract modification for three additional MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft, bringing the total number o...
Huntington Ingalls contract to build amphibious transport dock LPD 31 for US Navy
American Company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on April 3, 2020, that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $1.50 billion fixe...
GeoSpectrum Technologies Launches Game Changing LF Active VDS Deployable by USVs
GeoSpectrum Technologies (“GeoSpectrum”) announces the debut of a new and compact version of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) suitab...
German Government approves TKMS license to supply submarine to Egypt and four warships to Israel
The German government has approved Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ license to supply a submarine to Egypt and four warships to Israel. Minister for Ec...
Canadian Navy HMCS Victoria Undergoes Crucial Dive Testing
Her Majesty’s Canadian Submarine (HMCS) Victoria and crew have completed a critical step in the submarine’s workups in preparation for 2020 submari...
South Korea installs new submarine monitoring system at busy ports
South Korea has built a new port surveillance system with indigenous technologies that improve detection of quiet submarines and other underwater m...
Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 exercise with Romania in the Black Sea
As part of their deployment to the Black Sea, the five Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) ships exercised with the Romanian Navy and Air Forc...
US Naval Forces conduct joint naval and air operations with U.S. Army attack helicopters
U.S. Navy Expeditionary Landing Base ship USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (USNAVCENT), has been conducti...
Fincantieri’s subsidiary to build innovative trawler for Akraberg
VARD, Fincantieri’s subsidiary and one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of specialized vessels, signed an important contract for the ...
Russia’s Navy to get 14 Marlin-350 unmanned submersibles by late 2020
The Russian Navy’s search-and-rescue service is planned to receive 14 more Marlin-350 remote-controlled unmanned submersible vehicles before the en...
Construction of two Russian upgraded Project 11711 large amphibious assault ships behind schedule
The construction of the first pair of the upgraded Project 11711 large amphibious assault ships at the Yantar Shipyard on the Baltic coast is laggi...
Naval contracts released by US Department of Defense for the last days
Let's have look on several important contracts released by the US Department of Defense. First, General Dynamics got $327M Navy Aegis Combat System...