2020
First night replenishment at sea for British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
The new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth of British Navy has performed first assessed night replenishment at sea with RFA Tideforce, a Tide-cla...
Russian Navy Petr Morgunov Ivan Gren Class landing ship conducts live firing exercise at sea
Russian Navy Petr Morgunov Ivan Gren Class amphibious assault ship of project 11711 conducts live firing exercise with its naval guns against sea a...
SAIC contract to support torpedoes MK 54 - MK 48 - MK 46 for US Navy
The U.S. Navy awarded Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) a prime contract worth approximately $60 million to continue to provide...
Live firing exercise with Close-In Weapons System of USS Paul Hamilton DDG 60 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
The sailors of US Navy USS Paul Hamilton (DDG 60) conduct live firing exercise with Phalanx CIWS, a Close-In Weapon System that is used to protect ...
Babcock Defense to manufacture 18 Missile Tube Assemblies for UK Dreadnought class and US Columbia class submarines
On June 2, 2020, British Company Babcock, the Aerospace and Defence company has released on its official website, that the company has been awarded...
L3 Harris Technologies contract to deliver updated AN/SPS-48G naval radar components to US Navy
U.S. Defense Government website has released a contract on June 1, 2020, announcing that the company L3 Harris Technologies Inc., Van Nuys, Califor...
Report to Congress on US Navy Light Amphibious Warship
The Navy’s new Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program envisions procuring a class of 28 to 30 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps, par...
US Navy awards contract to Huntington Ingalls to modernize USS Harry-S Truman CVN-75 aircraft carrier
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding Division, Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $17,176,332 cost-plus-fixed fee, cost-...
Norwegian Defense Ministry accelerates investment plans for corvettes, R&D
The Norwegian government wants to support the industry during this difficult period and will accelerate defense investments for more than NOK 1 bil...
Air and maritime assets from NATO allies to kick off Baltic Operations exercise
The 49th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, takes place in the Baltic Sea from June ...
Russian navy official acceptance act of Type 955A Borei-A class submarine Knyaz Vladimir
The acceptance act for the Russian Navy Knyaz Vladimir SSBN nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines of project 955A was signed in Severodvinsk...
Rolls-Royce to produce 16 MT7 gas turbine engines for Landing Craft Air Cushion LCAC100 Class craft
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has announced on June 1, 2020, a contract for Rolls-Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Indiana. The company is awarded...
Lockheed Martin to provide retrofits Mission Computer for MH-60R/S of US Navy and foreign countries
United States Defense Government website has released a contract on June 1, 2020, to announce that Lockheed Martin Corp., Owego, New York, is award...
Two Russian Northern Fleet Project 23040 boats to complete state trials in June
The Nizhegorodsky Teplokhod Shipyard in the Volga area continues the trials of two Project 23040 harbor rescue boats, the Defense Ministry’s press ...
US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt completed carrier qualifications
The US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 completed carrier qualifications, June 2, 2...
Lockheed Martin has delivered first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker aircraft to US Marine Corps Reserve Squadron
The press service of Lockheed Martin has announced on May 29, 2020, the delivery of the first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to Marine Aeri...
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered Coast Guard Cutter Myrtle Hazard to US Coast Guard
Bollinger Shipyards LLC (“Bollinger”) has delivered the USCGC MYRTLE HAZARD to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 162nd vessel ...
Nigerian Navy could take delivery of more FPB 72 patrol boats produced by OCEA
According to a Tweet released on May 30, 2020, by DefenseNigeria Twitter account, the Nigerian Navy will take delivery of more FPB 72 coastal patro...
Navy of Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps receives 112 new fast attack boats
The Tasnim News Agency has announced on May 28, 2020, that the Iranian Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy took delivery of 112 fast a...
US Navy USS Wasp LHD-1 conducts flight operations at sea with MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft
The US Navy USS Wasp LHD-1 amphibious assault ship performs flight operations at sea with MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft assigned to the “Golden E...
