2020
Indonesia plans to buy 4 Scorpene submarines and 2 Gowind corvettes
Recently, the Indonesian Minister of Defense explained to France that his country wanted to arm itself to counter the Chinese threat. According to ...
Navy Recognition Media Plan 2020 Marketing Communication Services Defense Naval and Maritime
Navy Recognition, the Online Defense Naval and Maritime magazine, a subdivision of Army Recognition Group, presents its media plan for 2020. Today,...
Russian shipbuilders to float out latest minesweeper Project 12700 Yakov Balyayev
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest will float out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balyay...
Philippine Navy could acquire 8 Israeli Shipyard Shaldag-class patrol boats
According to news published on the POLITIKO website on January 16, 2020, the Philippine Navy (PN) could acquire eight Israeli Shipyard Ltd Shaldag-...
China Builds its last and final Type 056 Corvette
China will reportedly stop building its Type 056 corvettes after the navy shifted its focus to ordering bigger warships for high sea missions. Chin...
Seaspan lays Keel for Royal Canadian Navy’s First Joint Support Ship, HMCS Protecteur
On January 16, 2020, Seaspan Shipyards and its more than 2,800 employees were proud to host the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environm...
Philippine Navy & DOST launches Heavy-Barrel Automated Weapon Project BUHAWI
Awed by the initial success of the Project BUHAWI or Building a Universal Mount for Heavy-Barrel Automated Weapon Integration, Secretary Delfin N. ...
Australia Surface Combatant (ASC) Program
January 15, 2020 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of long-lead items, engine...
UK Royal Navy unveils futuristic ray-shaped submarine concept
The Royal Navy has unveiled a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine lifeforms and radically change the way underwater war...
Raytheon delivered 10th AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar to US Navy
Raytheon Company delivered its 10th AN/AQS-20C minehunting sonar system to the U.S. Navy. The sonar-towed body was officially transferred to the Na...
New Spanish frigate to be named after former Majorcan admiral
The Spanish Navy will name one of five F-110 frigates that are to be built by the Navantia state-owned shipbuilding company after the Majorcan admi...
Royal Navy to Begin Unmanned Mine Hunting and Surveying Ops
Unmanned mine hunters and survey technology will soon be on frontline duties with the Royal Navy. The specialist autonomous kit has now been handed...
Patria delivered the first modernized Hamina class missile boat
Patria has delivered the first modernized Hamina class missile boat Tornio to the Finnish Defence Forces. In the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) project fou...
Lockheed Martin to continue production of advanced electronic warfare systems for US Navy
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will continue supporting engineering and fielding efforts for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP...
The French Armed Forces Ministry orders eight diving support flagships
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the notification by the General Directorate of Armament (French: DGA) on December 18, 2019, ...
Singapore Hosts 14th Malacca Straits Patrol Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is hosting the 14th Malacca Straits Patrol (MSP) Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) Meeting from 15 to 16 Jan ...
DAMEN signs MOU for development of Bangladesh shipbuilding initiative
On 14th January, Gentium and Damen Shipyards Group signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Industry of Bangladesh in Dhaka....
Italian Navy landing helicopter dock Trieste to replace Giuseppe Garibaldi
The new 33,000 tons Italian Landing helicopter dock (LHD) Trieste has arrived in the Gulf of La Spezia on January 7, 2020, to continue her fitting-...
German Navy selects Damen/Blohm + Voss for construction MKS180 frigates
The German government has announced its intention to select Damen as the main contractor, together with partners Blohm + Voss and Thales, for suppl...
Turkish Naval Forces to get new MRTP 24/U special operations craft
The Defense Industry Presidency announced that the second of the new SAT boats developed for the transfer of the Underwater Attack (SAT) teams to t...