Navy News
Video: USS Milwaukee Kicks Off LCS SSMM Missile Module Developmental Testing
The Freedom variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) conducted a live-fire missile exercise off the coast of Virginia May 11. The Milwauk...
BSDA: Naval Group Partnering with Romanian Shipyard SNC for Gowind Corvettes
At the Black Sea Defense and Aerospace (BSDA) exhibition in Bucharest, Romania, Naval Group is showcasing the state-of-art innovations created for ...
15th edition of the BALT-MILITARY-EXPO will be Held in Gdansk - Poland in June
More than 80 companies confirm their participation in 15th edition of the BALT-MILITARY-EXPO Baltic Military Fair, which will take place at the Amb...
FarSounder Sonar for Royal New Zealand Navy Future HMNZS Aotearoa Tanker
FarSounder's flagship forward-looking sonar, the FarSounder-1000, is the latest cutting-edge gear slated to equip the Royal New Zealand Navy's (RNZ...
GA-ASI MQ-9 Guardian UAV conducts maritime surveillance flights in Japan
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. is currently demonstrating its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan. The demonstration...
Russian MoD to upgrade 32 Kh-22 long-range anti-ship missiles
The Russian Defense Ministry decided to make Kh-22 missiles operational again. They have been the main weapon for supersonic Tu-22M3 bombers for a ...
GE Marine Gas Turbines for United States Navy FFG(X) Frigates
The United States Navy plans to purchase up to 20 new FFG(X) frigates that are more lethal than the present Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). GE’s LM250...
Russian Navy to Receive Poseidon/Status-6 Nuclear-Powered UUV by 2027
Russia’s Navy will receive Poseidon (Status-6) nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicles under the current state armament program for 2018-2027,...
BIW Lays Keel of Flight IIA Technology Insertion Destroyer Daniel Inouye
The keel of the future USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) was ceremoniously laid on May 14 at the Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard. DDG 118 is the third (of...
Russian aircraft carrier to be armed with Poliment-Redut SAM
The Russian Navy’s Project 11435 aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov will be armed with a Poliment-Redut shipborne air defense missile system during...
UK MoD awards BAE Systems £2.4bn for Royal Navy Submarine Programmes
BAE Systems has been awarded a £1.5bn contract for delivery of the seventh Astute class submarine and a further £900m for the next phase of the Dre...
Russian Project 22160 Corvettes to be fitted with BPV-500 VTOL UAVs
Russian Project 22160 corvettes will be fitted with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for searching for submarines, and surveillance of surface vessel...
South Korea's HHIC Launched V-22 Capable LPH Marado for ROK Navy
The South Korean defense procurement agency (DAPA), Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) and local shipyard Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (...
Frigate Admiral Makarov to join Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in 3rd quarter
The third Project 11356 frigate, ‘Admiral Makarov’, (NATO reporting name: Krivak V) will arrive at its Black Sea Fleet permanent base in the third ...
USS George H.W. Bush Conducts Flight Ops With French Navy
The wing of a French Rafale Marine crests the horizon, on glidescope to be the first French navy (Marine Nationale) fighter jet to touch down as pa...
Video: China's First Home-Built Aircraft Carrier Started Sea Trials
China's first home-built aircraft carrier, known as the Type 002, set out from a dock of Dalian Shipyard, northeast China's Liaoning Province, for ...
U.S. Navy & GDEB Laid Keel of Future USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795)
The U.S. Navy held a keel laying ceremony for the Virginia-class submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 795) at General Dynamics E...
India interested in Russian Project 11661 Gepard-class frigates
Moscow and New Delhi have started consultations on the potential construction of frigates for India on the basis of the Russian Project 11661 Gepar...
Z-18 Helicopter Tested aboard China's Type 002 Aircraft Carrier
A Z-18 helicopter (in VIP configuration) landed and took off from China's first domestically developed aircraft carrier for the first time on Satur...
U.S. Navy Over-The-Horizon Weapon System Selection Expected for June
The U.S. Navy is expected to announce the winner of its Over-The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH WS) competition by the end of June. The information com...