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Construction of 1st Littoral Mission Ship for Malaysia started in China
Chinese shipyard Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group (a member of CSIC China Shipbuilding Industry Co.) started construction of the first Littoral ...
Video: ESSM Block 2 Intercepts a BQM-74E Aerial Target
The United States Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) released a video showing a successful flight test of the Raytheon Evolved Seasparrow Mi...
Lockheed Martin Lays Keel of 12th Freedom-class LCS for U.S. Navy
The Lockheed Martin-led industry team officially laid the keel for the U.S. Navy's 23rd Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cooperstown, in ...
HHI Lays Keel of Royal New Zealand Navy Future HMNZS Aotearoa Tanker
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) laid the keel of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) future fleet tanker HMNZS Aotearoa. The ceremony took place on 13...
Pumpjet-Equipped SSK Alrosa Transferred to Russia's Baltic Fleet
The Baltic fleet will be reinforced with the Alrosa submarine, the only SSK (diesel-electric submarine) in the world equipped with a pumpjet. It is...
Austal Submits Cape-class Patrol Boat Design for Philippine Navy OPV Requirement
Australian shipbuilder Austal intends to conclude a contract for the supply of Cape-class patrol boats to the Navy of the Philippines.
Naval Group delivered multi-mission frigate Bretagne, the fifth FREMM for the French Navy
On July 18 Naval Group delivered the FREMM multi-mission frigate Bretagne to the French Navy (Marine Nationale). This frigate is the fifth of the s...
Project plan for Russia's Leader-class destroyer to be ready by 2022
A project plan of a new Leader-class destroyer will be ready by 2022. A keel-laying ceremony will take place after that, Viktor Bursuk, the Russian...
The Future of U.S. Navy Carrier Onboard Delivery Missions
In August 2018, MV-22 Osprey pilots successfully tested rolling landing and takeoffs in excess of 57,000 pounds on the flight deck of aircraft carr...
Second Tide-class Tanker Joined United Kingdom's RFA Fleet
The British Royal Navy commissioned the second Tide-class tanker Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), Tiderace, into service during ceremony in Portland, U...
Nevskoye Design Bureau offers LHD project to Russian Navy
The Nevskoye Design Bureau has offered a universal landing ship (UDK or LHD in English) project to the Russian Navy, the bureau’s head, Sergei Orlo...
DGA Launched the RFI for Future French Navy OPVs Based Overseas
The French defense procurement agency (DGA) just issued a request for information (RFI) for the procurement of six offshore patrol vessels for the ...
Project 636.3 Submarines for Russian Pacific fleet to be built on time
Six submarines of project 636.3 for the Pacific fleet will be built on time, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said. "(The deadline) is not delaye...
Video: PT Pal Launched the 6th LPD for Indonesian Navy (TNI AL)
Indonesian shipyard PT PAL (Persero) in Surabaya launched the sixth landing platform dock (LPD) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL)on August 3rd. The ...
French Navy Polar Logistic Support Vessel L'Astrolabe is Now on Active Service
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) L'Astrolabe, France's new Polar Logistic Support Vessel (Navire Logistique Polaire or PLV) entered "Active ...
HII Started Fabrication on Richard M. McCool, Jr. LPD 29
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) started fabrication of the 13th LPD-17 San Antonio class ship, LPD-29, July 30, at its shipyard in Pascagoula, ...
Austal's Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 10 Completes Acceptance Trials
Austal successfully completed acceptance trials on Burlington, Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF 10), last week, in the Gulf of Mexico. Burlington ...
Russian Buyan-M Corvettes to be Fitted with Pantsir-M CIWS
The latest Russian corvettes will be armed with Pantsir-M air defense artillery guns, the Izvestia daily reported. Buyan-M-class the Stavropol corv...
Video: Philippine Navy Test-Fires Spike-ER - Will Procure More Missiles
The Philippine Navy (PN) formally entered the missile age after it test-fired its Rafael Advanced Defense Ltd. Spike-ER (extended range) surface-to...
ESSM for Mexican Navy SIGMA 10514 POLA Surface Vessel
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Mexico of six Raytheon Evolved Seasparrow tactical...