2020
US Navy USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 completes firing test of Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System
According to news published on the United States Department of Defense (DoD) official web site, the U.S. Navy USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 guided missile d...
French Ministry of Defense orders 20 port tugs including RP30 and RPC30 variants
The DGA (French Directorate General of Armaments, placed an order for 15 port tugs RP30 (Remorqueurs Portuaires) and 5 coastal port tugs RPC30 (Rem...
Acceptance trials for future USS Oakland LCS-24 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship
The Future USS Oakland (LCS-24) Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has left Austal on May 20, 2020, for acceptance trials in the Gulf of...
Boeing contract for construction and modernization of DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded a $13,211,471 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previously awarded contrac...
Russian Navy Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 acceptance trials with naval aviation
The Russian naval aviation of the Baltic fleet landed on the Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 to promote acceptance trials of the warship, the...
General Dynamics contract to produce Mk 82 guided-missile directors and Mk 200 director control units
On May 20, 2020, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Williston, Vermont, is awarded a $58,590,570 firm-fixed-price modification to prev...
First fleet aerial refueling certification between an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and F/A-18F Super Hornet
The “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 successfully conducted the first fleet aerial refueling dry-plug certification...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt returns to sea to conduct carrier qualification flights
U.S. Navy nuclear powered aircraft USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returns to sea and entered the Philippine Sea on May 21, 2020, to conduct carrie...
Taiwan requests to United States 18 MK-48 Mod 6 Advanced Technology torpedoes
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to TECRO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative...
Russian Navy Kamov Ka-27PS rescue helicopter practices take-off and deck landing exercise
A Kamov Ka-27PS (NATO reporting name: Helix) helicopter of the Pacific Fleet’s air arm has practiced taking off from and landing on the deck of the...
US Navy launches Newest Yard Tug 808 class vessel
The U.S. Navy’s first Yard Tug (YT) 808 class vessel was successfully launched at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) shipyard, May 16, 2020. The YT...
Russian Navy Pacific Fleet to receive three ships armed with Kalibr cruise missiles
The Pacific Fleet (TOF) of the Russian Navy (VMF) is set to receive three surface ships with the Kalibr (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) crui...
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems signs contract to obtain the Oceana shipyard in Brazil
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (Kiel, Germany) has signed a contract to acquire the Oceana shipyard in Brazil (Itajaí, state of Santa Catarina). The s...
Damen Shipyards Group delivers complete package for Korean Mulit-Purpose Vessel
Damen Shipyards Group has signed an agreement with Korean yard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) to deliver a complete components pac...
First New Replenishment Vessel's construction for the French Navy Begins
The French Minister for the Armed Forces, Mme Florence Parly, took a tour of selected Defence Industry sites in the Loire-Atlantique region on Mond...
Russian Navy Baltic Fleet minesweepers kick off drills in Gulf of Finland
Two harbor and one base-type minesweepers of the Baltic Fleet will practice searching for mines planted by a notional enemy during drills that kick...
Russian Navy tested new Unmanned Underwater Vehicles UUV Diamant and Alexandrite-ISPUM
The Russian Navy tested new Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUV). An exercise to overcome a minefield was held in the Mediterranean Sea. The Dmitry R...
Australian Navy has commissioned on sea Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney V
On Monday, 18 May 2020, the Royal Australian Navy has commissioned on sea its newest Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney (V). It is the first commiss...
Russian Navy Knyaz Vladimir Borei-A SSBN class nuclear submarine began underwater trials
The Knyaz Vladimir Borei-A class nuclear submarine of project 955A SSBN (ballistic missile submarine) began underwater trials in the White Sea befo...
Pictures of Chinese next-generation frigate Type 054X are circulating in Chinese social media
These last days, Chinese social media accounts have released pictures of China’s next-generation frigate. The Type 054A's successor is referred to ...