Navy News
US Navy to accelerate the development of its fleet of UUVs
The US Navy, through the past few years, has shown an increasing interest in the development of an unmanned underwater fleet. Among such unmanned u...
LIMA 2019: Major presence of Airbus with military aircraft and helicopters
Airbus will be the largest international exhibitor at next week’s Langkawi International Maritime and Aviation Exhibition (LIMA) 2019 in Malaysia, ...
LIMA 2019: Russian Knights aerobatics team will take part to the event
Russia’s world-famous Russian Knights aerobatics team will take part in the LIMA 2019 international defense exhibition of the maritime and aerospac...
LIMA 2019: Large presence of U.S. air and naval forces
United States Air Force and Navy service members, aircraft and ships have arrived in Malaysia to take part in the biennial Langkawi International M...
LIMA 2019: Dassault Aviation will showcase Rafale immersive cockpit demonstrator
The Dassault Aviation group is particularly pleased to showcase its dual civil/military know-how at the 2019 edition of LIMA (Langkawi Internationa...
Viktor Chernomyrdin icebreaker will undergo performance trials
The Viktor Chernomyrdin diesel electric icebreaker, which is under construction at the Admiralty Shipyards enterprise, is due to leave for performa...
ECA Group won €450 million through Belgian-Dutch MCM contract
As part of the Belgian-Dutch Mine Counter Measures (MCM) contract awarded to the Belgium Naval & Robotics consortium, with a worth value of €2....
JMSDF commissions its second 25DD-class Asahi ASW destroyer
On February 27, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Asahi-class guided-missile destroyer, the JS Shiranui, in the...
Baltic Mine Countermeasures Squadron to gather in the Baltic Sea in May
Mine Countermeasures vessels from eight NATO and ally navies are scheduled to gather in the Baltic Sea at the end of May to take part to the "Balti...
ASC has constructed the keel of the first Australian Arafura-class OPV
Australia's MoD officially announced that Australian shipyard ASC has constructed the keel of the Arafura, the lead ship of the new class of Royal ...
Russian Navy to boost its training activities by the end of 2019
Russian Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF) is boosting its training activities, the head of the Naval Scientific and Research Center (Naval Academy) ...
Royal Navy to send a carrier group in the South China Sea in 2021
The Royal Navy may have plans to task its aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, leading a strike-force that will include the aircraft carrier HMS P...
Indian Navy to induct second Scorpene sub by early May
The Indian Navy is scheduled to induct its second Scorpene-class submarine, the INS Khanderi, by early May, according to a defense source. As for t...
US Navy to name DDG130 after Medal of Honor William Charette
A Medal of Honor recipient from Michigan will have a guided-missile destroyer named after him, the United States Navy announced on Monday 18th of M...
Russian USC says aircraft carrier overhaul could be delayed
The overhauled Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier of Project 11435 is to be handed over to the Navy in 2021, but a three-four month delay is possib...
China to develop new island cities in the South China Sea
China has plans to develop a new island city in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, in spite of the growing international concern and US cr...
Anglo-French FC/ASW missile programme achieved key review
Two years into the FC/ASW (Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon) Concept Phase, MBDA announced on March 19 the successful achievement of its “Key Review”...
Russian Kazan SSGN to test fire Tsirkon missile in 2020
The Russian Navy's Kazan SSGN of Project 885M will for the first time test fire the latest Russian hypersonic Tsirkon missile in 2020, a source in ...
US Navy ordered thousands of APKWS kits from BAE Systems
The combat-proven Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®) kits transform standard 2.75” (70mm) Hydra rockets into guided munitions that prov...
Russia to change its nuclear submarine crew training methods
Russian MoD decided to change the training system of the crews of the latest Borey-A-class SSBN of project 955A and Yasen-M-class SSGN of project 8...