Navy News
Spain confirms the construction by Navantia of one patrol boat for Morocco
According to a Tweet published by Navantia on January 8, 2021, during a visit to San Fernando shipyard, the Spanish Minister of Finance, María Jesú...
HMS Spey Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel has formally joined British Navy
According to information released by the British Navy on January 8, 2021, HMS Spey Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) has formally jo...
Colombian Navy commissions ARC Almirante Tono Pohang-class corvette donated by South Korea
According to a statement published by the Colombian Navy on January 6, 2021, the Pohang-class missile corvette donates by South Korea to Colombia w...
Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Tanjung Manis zone receives Semilang-class patrol boat KM Semilang
According to information published on January 6, 2021, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Tanjung Manis zone has received the Semilang-class...
PT Pal shipyard launches Hospital Assistance Ship Wahidin Sudirohusodo 991 for Indonesian Navy
According to information published by PT Pal Indonesia on January 7, 2021, the company has launched Hospital Assistance Ship (BRS) Sudirohusodo-cla...
Ingalls Shipbuilding starts fabrication of US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Jeremiah Denton DDG 129
According to a press release published on January 7, 2021, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabricat...
Australian Navy officially accepts NUSHIP Supply Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ship from Navantia
According to a statement released by the Australian Ministry of Defense on January 8, 2021, Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda ...
French Navy ballistic nuclear submarine Le Terrible continues its Full Cycle Docking
According to a press release published on January 8, 2021, the ballistic nuclear submarine of Triomphant-class (SSBN) Le Terrible of the French Nav...
Saab signs contract on MUMNS for franco-british maritime mine countermeasures programme
Saab has received the first order from prime contractor Thales, acting as system integrator of the end-to-end solution, for the Multi-Shot Mine Neu...
Northern Shipyard from Malaysia finalizes construction of four Manta Mk II patrol boats for Nigerian Navy
According to information published by forum.lowyat.net in December 2020, Northern Shipyard from Malaysia has finalized the construction of four Man...
Egyptian Navy takes delivery of second El Fateh-class corvette ENS Port Said 976
According to a Tweet published on January 7, 2020, by Mahmoud Gamal, the second Gowind-2500 El Fateh-class class corvette ENS Port Said 976 has off...
Australia begins prototyping of Hunter-class frigates for Australian Navy
According to information published by the Australian Ministry of Defense on January 7, 2021, prototyping is underway at the Osborne shipyard in Ade...
British Navy sailors conduct training and trial with Puma drone from HMS Tamar patrol vessel
According to a picture published on the NavyLookout Twitter account on January 6, 2020, British Navy operators from 700X Naval Air Squadron have co...
MBDA surface attack missile to arm UK Lockheed F-35 Lightning II
British Defence Minister Jeremy Quin announced on January 6 that a £550 million contract for new surface-attack missiles will secure hundreds of UK...
BAE Systems receives US Navy contract to demonstrate leading-edge countermeasure system
BAE Systems received a $4 million contract from the U.S. Navy to conduct a quick-turnaround demonstration of a new radio frequency countermeasure (...
SAFE Boats International from US to deliver two MK VI patrol boats to Ukraine
SAFE Boats International LLC, Bremerton, Washington, was awarded a $19,969,119 not-to-exceed, firm-fixed-price, undefinitized contract action for l...
Camcopter S-100 VTOL UAS now operational from French Navy helicopter carrier
French Admiral Vandier, chief of staff of the French Navy, tweeted on January 5 that PHA (Porte-Hélicoptères Amphibie, Amphibious Helicopter Carrie...
Lockheed Martin awarded USD731 Mn contract for foreign users of Aegis system
On January 5, the U.S. Departement of Defense announced that Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, was awarded a $731...
Delivery of serial production of Tsirkon hypersonic missile to Russian armed forces to start in 2022
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS, delivery of serial production of Tsirkon hypersonic missiles to Russian armed ...
United States confirms the procurement of three Hawkeye E-2D tactical airborne early warning aircraft by France
According to information published on January 5, 2021, France became the second international customer of the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE), December...