Navy News
US Navy USS Tripoli LHA 7 amphibious assault ship departs Huntington Ingalls for its San Diego homeport
According to information released by the U.S. Navy, on July 24, 2020, the U.S. Navy’s newest amphibious assault ship, USS Tripoli (LHA 7), departed...
Second Admiral Kasatonov frigate of Project 22350 joins the Russian Navy
"Admiral Kasatonov", the second project 22350 (Admiral Gorshkov-class) frigate built by Severnaya Verf Shipyard has joined the Russian Navy. The St...
Last new Egyptian Type 209 submarine to be delivered in 2021
The Egyptian Navy will receive its fourth and final Type 209 submarine from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in 2021.
Ukraine inks contract with French company to build 20 fast patrol boats 98 Mk I
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGSU) and OCEA (France) have inked a contract for the manufacture of 20 patrol boats under the Framewor...
US Navy certifies USS Gerald R. Ford’s sixth advanced weapons elevator
Program Executive Office (PEO) Aircraft Carriers announced the on-schedule certification and turnover of a sixth Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) ab...
Navantia launches first of five corvettes for Royal Saudi Naval Forces
Al Jubail, the first of five corvettes being built in Spain by Navantia for the Royal Saudi Navy, was launched Wednesday at the San Fernando shipya...
Brigade of Marine Corps under PLA Navy holding live-fire training exercise
All-terrain wheeled assault vehicles attached to a brigade of Marine Corps under the PLA Navy spitfires while advancing during a recent live-fire t...
HENSOLDT UK to supply coastal surveillance radar to the Lithuanian Border Guard
HENSOLDT UK, manufacturer of Kelvin Hughes SharpEye radar systems, is pleased to announce that the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service (SBGS) has...
Lockheed Martin begins construction on future Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship USS Beloit
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine marked the beginning of construction on Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, the future USS Beloit, with...
Russian Navy second diesel-electric submarine Volkhov wraps up shipbuilders’ trials
The second out of six Project 636.3 submarines ordered for Russia’s Pacific Fleet completed shipbuilders’ sea trials, the Admiralty Shipyard report...
Pakistan Navy inducts Damen-built Newest corvette PNS Yarmook
On July 13 the Pakistani Navy held a ceremony in Karachi to mark the induction of its newest corvette, the PNS Yarmook. Preparations for the ceremo...
Australia with Japan and US Navies joined for trilateral naval exercise in Philippine Sea
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Australian Defense Force (ADF), and the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group began a trilateral exerci...
Royal Australian Navy to get second of six cape class patrol boats
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Australia’s Defence Industry Minister, the Honourable Melissa Price MP, officially ‘cut metal’ on the se...
US Navy and JMSDF started Mine Warfare Exercise MIWEX 2JA
Mine warfare forces from the U.S. Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) started Mine Warfare Exercise (MIWEX) 2JA 2020 off the coast o...
US Navy USS Jason Dunham Arleigh Burke destroyer returns to the fleet after maintenance
The U.S. Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) completed USS Jason Dunham’s (DDG 109) Docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) Ju...
Future Turkish Navy test and training ship TCG Ufuk begins sea trials
The new Test and Training Vessel (TVEG) TCG Ufuk (A-591) of the Turkish Navy recently began sea trials. Ufuk has a similar hull and superstructure ...
US Navy exercises $126M option on Raytheon technologies air surveillance radar contract
Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business has received a $125.9M contract modification to continue manufacturing Enterprise Air Surveill...
Russian Navy latest Raptor-class patrol boats officially enter the Baltic Fleet
The latest two Raptor high-speed patrol boats have officially entered the Baltic Fleet on July 16 2020. The Project 03160 Raptor-class patrol boats...
Japan confirms that F-35B jets will operate from Izumo-class helicopter destroyer
Japan published its 2020 Defense White Paper today and in the section on the F-35B, the government has confirmed that the stealth fighter will oper...
NATO forces en route to Black Sea for Exercise Sea Breeze 2020
This annual naval exercise in the Black Sea coast will involve 27 vessels, 9 aircraft, and 2,413 sailors from ten countries (Bulgaria, Belgium, Geo...