Navy News
Keel laying ceremony for future USNS Cherokee Nation T-ATS 7 Navajo class of Towing Salvage and Rescue vessel
A keel laying ceremony was held on February 12, 2020, for the future US Navy USNS Cherokee Nation (T-ATS 7), the second ship of the Navy's Navajo c...
US Navy test fired Trident 2 ballistic missile from USS Maine submarine
The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled, one-missile test flight of an unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missile from USS Maine (SSBN-741), an Oh...
Raytheon to deliver over-the-horizon weapon systems to U.S. Navy
Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $35,874,452 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously-awarded contract (N00024-18-...
Saab to provide Australian Navy with next generation combat management system
In another major milestone for the Morrison Government’s Naval Shipbuilding Plan, Defence has signed an Enterprise Partnering Agreement with Saab A...
Damen from Netherlands delivers Long Range Ocean Patrol POLA-Class Vessel to Mexican Navy
The Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico (SEMAR) has held a ceremony marking final acceptance and delivery of the Long Range Ocean Patrol (POLA) Class...
Poland orders Saab Double Eagle SAROV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
Saab has received an order for deliveries of Double Eagle SAROV systems to be used for mine countermeasure (MCM) operations. The system will be del...
MBDA Marte ER anti ship missile completes second firing test
MBDA’s Marte ER anti-ship missile has completed its second firing carried out at the PISQ (Poligono Interforze del Salto di Quirra) test range in S...
AeroVironment receives $8.5 Million Puma 3 AE foreign military sales contract award for US Central Command Ally
At Singapore Air Show 2020, AeroVironment, Inc., a global leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), announced it received a $8,584,734 firm-fixed-...
U.S. Navy and Japan sign logistics interoperability framework
Vice Adm. Rick Williamson, U.S. Navy deputy chief of naval operations for fleet readiness and logistics (N4), and Rear Adm. Masatomi Dairiki, direc...
Russian Project 22350 frigate Admiral Kasatonov tested Electronic Warfare at sea
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 completed another stage of acceptance trials in the Northern fleet, the Defense Ministry said.
Russia ready to start production of Indian Alexandrit-E minesweeper
Russia is ready to set up the production of the Project 12701 Alexandrit-E class minesweeper with a fiberglass hull in India under the Make in Indi...
Mexican Navy new Damen dredgers enters service
Damen congratulates the Mexican Navy for the flagging and entering into service of their two new dredgers, among which is the Damen Cutter Suction ...
Four H160 helicopters for the French Navy’s search and rescue missions
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) is to supply four H160s to the French Navy for search and rescue missions through a partnership betwe...
First delivery of F/A-18 service life modification jet to US Navy
Boeing has given an F/A-18 a new lease on life after delivering the first Super Hornet under the Service Life Modification to the U.S. Navy. The se...
Newest Ukrainian R-360 cruise missile of Neptun coastal system unveiled
The Defense Express Media & Consulting Company has released new footage of the newest Ukrainian RK-360MTs Neptun coastal missile system with R-...
USS Little Rock LCS 9 began its maiden deployment
Beginning its maiden deployment, USS Little Rock (LCS 9) departed its Mayport, Florida, homeport Feb. 6 for the U.S. Southern Command area of respo...
Russia to deliver two Project 11356 frigates to India in first half of 2024
India will receive two Talwar-class Project 11356 frigates currently under construction at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in west Russia by the...
US Navy plans to conduct a crucial hypersonic weapons test in the coming months
The US Navy plans to conduct a crucial hypersonic weapons test in the coming months, said Secretary of the U.S. Navy Thomas Modly on Friday, Februa...
U.S. Navy has received first CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft built by Bell Textron
According to a press release published on February 7, 2020, to the Bell-Boeing official website, the U.S. Navy has received the first CMV-22B Ospre...
US approves a sale to Australia for 200 AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles LRASM
On February 7, 2020, the U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of up to two hundre...
