Navy News
Breaking News: UK to allocate $8.1 billion to largest submarine production program in British Navy history
Citing source from the International Press Agency Reuters on June 10, 2025, the United Kingdom will allocate more than £6 billion ($8.13 billion) t...
Spanish Navy’s New Logistic Ship Deployed for First Time to Boost NATO Logistics in Conflict Zones
On June 10, 2025, Spain’s Ministry of Defense confirmed the successful first deployment of the logistics transport vessel El Camino Español, markin...
Spain's Navantia Offers S-80 Submarines as Canada Seeks 12 New Conventional Subs
On June 2025, Spain’s Navantia proposed its S-80 submarines to Canada as part of an offer to support the Royal Canadian Navy’s future fleet renewal...
Exclusive: Polish Soviet-made Mi-17 helicopter conducts deck landing qualifications on U.S. Navy command ship
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on June 7, 2025, a Soviet-made Mi-17 twin-turbine transport helicopter from th...
Exclusive: Future British Royal Navy HMS Venturer Type 31 frigate moves by barge for float-off procedure
According to a picture released on the X account of Gabriele Molinelli on Monday, June 9, 2025, a significant step forward in the British Royal Nav...
Breaking News: U.K. Tests New Underwater Drone to Counter Undersea Cables and Pipelines Sabotages
On June 6, 2025, the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), in partnership with British firms, unveiled a remotely operated underwa...
China challenges US Pacific control with first dual aircraft carrier operation
As reported by Newsweek on June 10, 2025, for the first time, two Chinese aircraft carriers, CNS Liaoning and CNS Shandong, operated simultaneously...
Italy evaluates nuclear-powered aircraft carrier under long-term naval modernization strategy
In an interview with the Corriere della Sera on June 8, 2025, Admiral Enrico Credendino, Chief of Staff of the Italian Navy, confirmed that the Mar...
NATO’s Baltic Sea Uncrewed Vessel Trials Signal Shift Toward Networked Naval Warfare
On 5 June 2025, NATO announced that it will conduct uncrewed vessel demonstrations throughout June in the Baltic Sea, as reported by the Public Aff...
US to create a new base in Philippines to maintain unmanned naval vessels observing Chinese forces
On May 30, 2025, a notice published by the U.S. Department of Defense detailed plans to build a new maintenance and repair facility at Naval Detach...
Exclusive: British Navy to Pair F-35B Fighter Jets with Drones and Add Deck-Launched Missiles on Aircraft Carrier
According to information published by the UK Ministry of Defence in its Strategic Defence Review 2025 on June 2, 2025, the British Royal Navy is pr...
Raytheon to increase AN/SPY-6(V) radars production to boost surveillance capability of U.S. Navy warships
According to information published by the U.S. Department of Defense on June 6, 2025, Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a division of RTX, has been awar...
U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Navy strengthen amphibious combat readiness during quarterly training
The U.S. 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and the U.S. Navy amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) conducted Quarterly Underway Amph...
Exclusive: Brazilian Navy conducts first helicopter interception exercise with AF1 Skyhawk attack aircraft
In a significant evolution of Brazil’s naval airpower strategy, the Brazilian Navy’s 1st Interception and Attack Squadron (VF-1) has successfully c...
US Navy to Develop New Ground Replay System to Enhance Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities
On June 5, 2025, the United States Department of Defense awarded a $12.88 million contract to the American company RTX BBN Technologies Inc., based...
China Reinforces Naval Combat Superiority with New Type 052D Destroyer Equipped with AESA Radar
According to information published by official Chinese media and confirmed by a statement from the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberat...
France Projects Joint Naval Power in Arctic Waters Amid Growing Russo-Chinese Rivalries
As the Arctic emerges as a zone of growing interest, marked by both climatic disruption and intensifying strategic rivalries, France is asserting i...
U.S. Navy USS Tripoli Replaces USS America in Indo-Pacific Amphibious Assault Ship Force Rotation
On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced that the America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LHA 7) has officially departed Naval Base San ...
Portuguese Navy eyes new submarines from South Korea to modernize coastal patrol capabilities
As reported by Opex360, at the 2025 International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition (MADEX), held from May 28 to 31 in Busan, South Korea, HD Hy...
New Philippine Frigate Takes Part in US Drills Amid South China Sea Tensions
Amid growing tensions in the South China Sea, Philippine and American naval forces carried out a new bilateral exercise off the coast of Zambales o...
Netherlands Navy tests new combat vessel data system offering enhanced air detection
On June 3, 2025, Thales Netherlands’ new Plot Level Data Exchange and Fusion (PLDEF) technology was successfully tested on Dutch and French Navy fr...
Greece's Navy orders fourth French-built FDI frigate to boost naval capabilities
As reported by Ekathimerini on June 4, 2025, Greece is expected to finalize by the end of 2025 a contract for a fourth FDI Belharra-class frigate f...
Naval Group Floats Out HS Formion Frigate Strengthening Greek Air Defense and Anti-Submarine Capabilities
On June 4, 2025, Naval Group announced that the official launching ceremony of the third Defence and Intervention Frigate (FDI) intended for the He...
Italian Navy's new Atlante support ship successfully finishes sea trials before official delivery
As reported by the OCCAR on May 20, 2025, the Logistic Support Ship (LSS) Atlante (A 5336), second in the Vulcano-class series, has completed a ser...
US Navy Invests to Speed Up Virginia Class Submarine Production to Preserve Undersea Stealth Edge
According to information published by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime on June 4, 2025, DLA Maritime Mechanicsburg has awarded a $5 b...