2020
United States will hand over three more Island-class patrol boats to Ukrainian Navy
On January 28, 2020, representatives of the Ukrainian Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard start negotiating in Odesa the transfer to Ukraine of more U.S....
Royal Australian Navy demonstrates capability to manage AUVs during sea trials
Recently, thirty-two autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) experts from the Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science and Technology (DST), industry and...
Shipbuilders float out latest minesweeper in Russia’s northwest
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has floated out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balya...
Maritime Tactical Systems will provide five MANTAS T12 Autonomous vessel to Royal Navy
The Royal British Navy will soon get a new stealth spy craft named MANTAS T12 right after its Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator 'Navy X' ordered f...
US Navy selects Raytheon for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band
Raytheon Company was awarded a $403M System Demonstration Test Articles contract with the U.S. Navy for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. The SDTA p...
F-35B Fighter Jets flies from British Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in UK waters
British F-35B Lightning jets have flown from the decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth in UK waters, the first time fighter jets have operated from a Britis...
Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs Philippe Goffin visits Naval Base at Zeebrugge
On Monday, January 27 2020, the Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs, Philippe Goffin, travelled to the naval base in Zeebrugge. It was ...
Royal Navy's future type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow more than half built
Construction of the future HMS Glasgow, the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s future Type 26 frigates, is advancing at BAE’s Govan shipyard; seen here ...
MQ-4C Triton arrives in Pacific Region for first deployment
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system deployed for the first time Jan. 26, to provide military commanders in the Pac...
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has launched the tenth multipurpose frigate Emilio Bianchi
On January 25, 2020, Italian Shipbuilding Company Fincantieri has officially launched the "Emilio Bianchi" frigate, the tenth and last FREMM vessel...
Russian submarines to get unguided shells to break ice
Rocket-propelled projectiles to break ice drifts have been designed and are tested for the latest Russian nuclear submarines. They create a hole fo...
Telephonics conducts flight test of its MOSAIC AESA radar system on US Navy MH-60S Seahawk multi-mission helicopter
Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced on January 21 that it has successfully demonstrated its MOSAIC...
British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth sails for F-35B jet trials in UK waters
British navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has sailed from her home port of Portsmouth on January 24, 2020, to conduct flight trials with UK...
Fincantieri Strengthens The Strategic Partnership With Qatar
Fincantieri, one of the world’s top shipbuilding groups, and the Ministry of Defence of Qatar through Barzan Holding, a company wholly owned by the...
Chief of Naval Operations meets Chief of Royal New Zealand Navy for Advances Partnership
Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday hosted Chief of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Rear Adm. David Proctor, at the Pentagon for a m...
Black Sea Fleet small-size missile ship Vyshny Volochek trains use of missile weapons
Black Sea Fleet small-size missile ship Vyshny Volochek is training use of missile weapons. According to the exercise, the ship’s crew repelled the...
F-35 lightnings depart to take part in exercise red flag
Royal Navy F-35 pilots have left the UK to take part in a multi-national combat exercise in the USA for the first time. Group Captain Jim Beck, RAF...
Revolutionary Artificial Intelligence warship contracts announced
The funding aims to revolutionise the way warships make decisions and process thousands of strands of intelligence and data by using Artificial Int...
Indonesia's first domestic submarine undergoing sea trials
Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL launched the first diesel-electric submarine built in Indonesia on April 11, 2019, in Surabaya. The Alugo...
Russian-Japanese anti-piracy exercise successfully completed in the Arabian sea
On January 20 and 21 the anti-piracy exercise between the ships of the Baltic Fleet and the Japanese MSDF was held in the Arabian sea for the first...