2020
US Navy has commissioned USS Hershel Woody Williams ESB 4 Expeditionary Sea Base ship
The U.S. Navy has commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), during a 10 a.m. EST ceremony Saturday, Mar...
ECA GROUP: Factory Acceptance Test for Electric Propulsion Motor of 4th Barracuda Submarine
Late 2019, ECA GROUP carried out the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of the 4th Ship set of the Electric Propulsion Motor (MEP) for the 4th Barracuda...
MBDA first qualification firing trial of Sea Venom ANL anti-ship missile
MBDA has successfully carried out the first qualification firing trial of the Sea Venom/ANL anti-ship missile at the DGA Essais de missiles (DGA EM...
Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition DIMDEX 2020 Cancelled
Following the cancellation of a number of international events and in light of the current situation and global concern regarding the COVID-19 outb...
Leonardo signs contract to upgrade Italian Armed Force’s identification systems
Leonardo will supply and integrate ‘New Generation Identification Friend or Foe’ (NGIFF) systems onto the Italian Armed Forces’ land and naval plat...
Thyssenkrupp, Embraer and Atech sign contract to build Brazilian Navy’s Tamandaré Class Ships
On March 5th, in Rio de Janeiro, Emgepron, an independent state company, linked to the Ministry of Defense through the Brazilian Navy Command, and ...
Chinese Navy new Type 052D destroyer and Type 054A ready to do battle
Two recently commissioned warships of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy including a Type 052D destroyer and a Type 054A frigate are n...
US Navy's First Unmanned Surface Vessel equipped with FN Herstal Sea DeFNder
During Exercise Citadel Shield-Solid Curtain 2020, the Unmanned Surface Vessel was demonstrated during a force protection scenario at Naval Station...
British Royal Navy has awarded contract for large autonomous underwater vehicle
The Royal Navy has awarded a contract for a large autonomous underwater vehicle, First Sea Lord Admiral Tony Radakin revealed at the Underwater Def...
Report to Congress on Columbia-class Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine Program
Congressional Research Service report, Navy Columbia(SSBN-826) Class Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress.
Mooring trials of Volkhov diesel-electric improved Kilo-class submarine of project 636.3
The Admiralty Shipyard began mooring trials of the Volkhov diesel-electric submarine of project 636.3, improved Kilo-class submarine. The impr...
German Navy is participating in Dynamic Manta exercise 2020
From February 24th to March 6th, the Dynamic Manta manoeuvre will take place in the Mediterranean. The German Navy is participating in the large su...
BAE to Support Navy Ship Weapons, Combat Systems Under $188M Contract
BAE Systems Inc. was awarded a five-year $188.2 million contract to provide the U.S. Navy’s AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organiza...
Croatia orders four additional Omis-class coastal patrol vessels
The Croatian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has given the green light for Brodosplit Shipyard to start building the four remaining Omis-class inshore pa...
German Navy takes delivery of F125 Baden-Württemberg-class frigate NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN
On 3 March 2020, the F125 Baden-Württemberg-class frigate NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN was handed over by the ARGE F125 consortium to the Federal Office of ...
San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock begins first underway in three years
San Antonio class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) began Sea Trials February 29. This is the ship’s first underway following a th...
Indian Offshore Patrol Vessel-6 “VAJRA” launched to enhance coastal security
VAJRA, the sixth coast guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV-6) was launched in Chennai on February 27, 2020, to enhance coastal security. The Minister...
Royal Navy work with Apache helicopters during Cold Response Excercise
Royal Marines and Royal Navy aviators are working alongside the British Army’s Apache attack helicopters during winter exercises in the Arctic Circle.
Shipbuilders start dockside trials of diesel-electric submarine for Russia’s Pacific Fleet
The Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has started the dockside trials of the Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarine Volkh...
Australian DoD receives third Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer
On February 28 2020, Defence Minister Linda Reynolds and Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, have presided over the formal acceptance o...