2020
French Navy to start testing new aircraft carrier by 2036
The French Defense Ministry has announced that a new generation aircraft carrier, to be built in Saint-Nazaire, will begin sea trials in 2036.
USS Harry S. Truman Strike Group and 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Complete Week of Integrated Training
The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, underway in the Atlantic Ocean, conducted a week of naval air integration exercises with Marine Corps ele...
Royal Australian Navy commissions its Final Air Warfare Destroyer HMAS Sydney V
The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest Air Warfare Destroyer into the Fleet in the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea s...
Russian Baltic Fleet to receive 6 ships with Kalibr missiles and Pantsir systems
The Baltic Fleet will receive a batch of six Project 22800 missile corvettes, armed with the Kalibr cruise missiles; four of them will also be arme...
Vice Admiral Paromov first tanker ship of project 03182 to join Black Sea fleet of Russian Navy
The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will be the first to obtain the Vice Admiral Paromov first tanker ship of project 03182. It can sail in ver...
During 800 days USS Florida submarine was one of the most versatile and clandestine platforms for US Navy
During 800 days of deployment, the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN 78) was one of the most versatile and clandestine platform...
Naval Group starts construction of first new Replenishment Vessel for French Navy
The first steel plate of the hull of the first of the four new Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force (BRF) - replenishment vessels - of the French Navy ...
Report to Congress on US Navy Gerald R. Ford Carrier Program
This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) class nuclear-powered aircra...
Russia to operate new ekranoplan A-050 Chaika-2 soon
Russia’s new ekranoplan A-50 Chaika-2 armed with missiles was announced by Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov as to be dedicated to patr...
USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier conducts fast cruise at Guam
U.S. Sailors aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) are simulating being at sea while moored at Naval Base Guam. During the simulation, or “fast cr...
Philippine Navy Will soon accept the first of two Jose Rizal-Class Frigate
Hyundai Heavy Industries released a photo of the future BRP Jose Rizal-class (FF-150), which is planned for delivery next week. The frigate would u...
US Navy Yard Patrol 686 Craft Completes Service Life Extension Program
The Navy recently completed a Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) on Yard Patrol (YP) 686 and returned the modernized craft to the U.S. Naval Aca...
Commissioning of Seventh Ship of Landing Craft Utility MK-IV 'INLCU L57' for Indian Navy
Lieutenant General PS Rajeshwar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, Commander-in-Chief A&N Command, commissioned INLCU L57 into the Indian Navy on 15 May 20...
Egyptian Alexandria shipyard has launched the 4th El Fateh-class Gowind-2500 corvette Luxor L986
According to a Tweet released by the French company Naval Group on May 14, 2020, Egyptian Alexandria shipyard has launched the 4th El Fateh-class G...
Third Project 22220 LK-60 icebreaker of Russian Navy to be laid by July 2020
The Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia, which is a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), will lay down the th...
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 performs a replenishment-at-sea
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) pulls alongside USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) perform a replenishment-at-sea on May 15, 2020, to ...
Trials continue for Russian Navy Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir
Russian Navy Search-and-rescue forces of the Northern Fleet and the White Sea naval base are supporting the state trials of the Project 955A Borei-...
US Navy conducts maritime security operations in the Caribbean with littoral combat ships and destroyers
The U.S. Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82), US...
For 2021 Boeing will integrate Super Hornet Block III to US Navy aircraft carrier fleets
According to a Tweet released by Boeing Defense on May 15, 2020, next year, Boeing will begin integrating Block III Super Hornets multi-role strike...
US Navy receives its 100th P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft from Boeing
The U.S. Navy received its 100th P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft from Boeing on May 14, 2020, as the global fleet, which also includes...