2021
Thales participation to UK CSG's international deployment
As the Carrier Strike Group gets underway on its international deployment, it is only fitting that it should be led by one of the most distinctive ...
MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage
According to a press release published by Northrop Grumman on May 25, 2021, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter...
Egypt receives Aster-30 missiles and Vulcano guided munitions for its FREMM frigates
According to a Tweet published by Mahmoud Gamal, Egypt has received ASTER-30 vertically launched surface-to-air missiles and Vulcano precision-guid...
Algeria has ordered one Chinese-made Pattani or Type 056 class corvette
According to information published by the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) arms trade database, in 2020, Algeria has ordere...
State trials of Tsirkon hypersonic missile from Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate to start in June
According to information published by the Russian press agency on May 20, 2021, the state trials of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the Russian...
Maiden operational deployment for British Navy Carrier Strike Group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
According to information published by the British Navy on May 22, 2021, the HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group starts its maiden operational ...
General Dynamics NASSCO starts construction of USNS Robert F. Kennedy replenishment oiler ship for US Navy
According to information published on May 21, 2021, General Dynamics NASSCO started construction of the future USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208), t...
UK launches competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support FSS ships
According to information published by the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) on May 21, 2021, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a c...
British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers at sea together for the first time
Following the British-led multinational naval exercise, the UK’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales were deployed a...
Dutch Navy HNLMS De Zeven Provincien has launched two Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles against subsonic target
On May 19, 2021, during NATO naval exercise Formidable Shield, the Royal Netherlands Navy Air Defense and Command Frigate (ADCF) HNLMS De Zeven Pro...
WE Tech Solutions to provide WE Drives for Pohjanmaa-class Corvettes of Finnish Navy
According to information published on May 17, 2021, Finnish company, WE Tech Solutions has been awarded an order for its WE Drives to control the R...
Kurganets-25 AIFV
Kurganets-25 BMP AIFV Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle
The Kurganets is a new platform designed and develo...
Rolls-Royce Defence contract to deliver support of MT30 and WR-21 marine engines of British Navy
According to information published on May 20, 2021, Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) to strengthen ...
US Navy has commissioned future USS Mobile LCS 26 Independence-variant littoral combat ship
According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the U.S. Navy has commissioned its newest Independence-variant...
US Navy declares Initial Operation Capability for JPALS
According to information published by the US Department of Defense on May 18, 2021, the U.S. Navy declared initial operational capability for the J...
Proteus USV launched by Huntington Ingalls Industries
According to a press release published by Huntington Ingalls Industries on May 21, 2021, the company announced the debut of the Proteus unmann...
General Dynamics launches Arleigh Burke-class Carl M. Levin
According to a tweet published by General Dynamics Bath Iron Works on May 20, 2021, the US firm General Dynamics Corporation launched Arleigh ...
HNLMS De Zeven Provincien successfully fires two RIM-162 ESSM
According to a tweet published by the U.S. Sixth Fleet on May 20, 2021, HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën (F802) engages a subsonic target with two Ev...
Overhaul's combat IFF system of HMAS Canberra by Hensoldt
According to a press release published by Hensoldt on May 21, 2021, the first of the Navy’s IFF system’s antenna and pedestals from Canberra Class ...
French Navy will receive two more Airbus Helicopters H160s
According to a press release published by Airbus on May 20, 2021, the French Armament General Directorate (DGA) has confirmed an option to Air...