Navy News
ESG Awarded First Construction Contract for U.S. Coast Guard OPC
Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced on September 28, 2018 that the U.S. Coast Guard exercised the fixed-price, incentive option on its Offshore Pa...
Fincantieri to build 15th Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship
Within the Littoral Combat Ship Program (LCS), the US Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri...
F-35B Fighters Land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the First Time
Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth...
Russia's Project 885M Yasen-M Submarine Kazan Started Sea Trials
The lead Yasen-M-class Kazan nuclear cruise missile submarine (SSGN) of project 885M sailed into the open sea for factory trials on September 24, M...
SSN 790 South Dakota attack submarine delivered to US Navy
The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of the SSN-790 “South Dakota”, the service’s seventeenth Virginia-class submarine. The Block III Virginia-class at...
US Navy awards MK54 torpedo contract
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Braintree, Massachusetts, is awarded a $42.1 million fixed-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed price, cost and cost-pl...
ECA Group announces a new sale of its autonomous underwater vehicle AUV A18
ECA Group announces a new order for its autonomous naval drone AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) from the range A18. A large depth version of thi...
US Coast Guards receives 7th National Security Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard accepted delivery of the seventh national security cutter (NSC), Kimball, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, September 19. Kimball is...
Naval Group showcases its multi-missions Offshore Patrol Vessel 90 at ADEX 2018 in Baku
Naval Group will showcase its Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) 90 at ADEX 2018. With the OPV 90, the Naval Forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan will ac...
Modern Multi-Role Offshore Patrol Vessel by Babcock
Babcock International, the highly-skilled engineering service company, is showcasing its design of modern multi-role Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs)...
Modernization of Russian navy tracking ship Marshal Krylov completed
The modernization of the only tracking ship (also called a missile range instrumentation ship) in the Russian Navy, The Marshal Krylov (o...
NOSKE-KAESER Maritime Solutions Selected for K130 Batch II Corvettes
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has commissioned the K130 consortium to ...
ROK Navy Commissions First AOE-II class Logistics Support Ship 'Soyang'
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) commissioned the first vessel in a new class of fast combat support ship (local designation is "military logi...
US Approves Sale of MK 11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles to the UK
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to the United Kingdom of three (3) SEAL Delivery Vehicles (SDV) MK 11 Shallow W...
US Air Force & US Navy Team Up to Test Improved Quickstrike Naval Mines
The U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force teamed to test Quickstrike heavy naval mines fitted with JDAM-ER guided wing kits during Valiant Shield 2018. Vali...
AAD 2018: China's CSOC Unveils 'JARI' Unmanned Surface Combatant - USV
During AAD 2018, the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition held this week in South Africa, Chinese company China Shipbuilding and Offshore Intern...
AAD 2018: South Africa's MILKOR Launches MN Centurion Interceptor
During AAD 2018, the Africa Aerospace and Defence exhibition held this week in South Africa, local company MILKOR announced that its MN Centurion h...
GD NASSCO Begins Construction of 1st T-AO Fleet Oiler for U.S. Navy
On September 20, 2018, General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, began construction on the future USNS John Lewis (T-...
ECA Group to Deliver A18 AUV to Undisclosed Customer
ECA Group announced a new order for its A18 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). A high depth version of this AUV dedicated to commercial applicati...
F-35 Pax River ITF team nears historic testing with RoyalNavy's HMS Queen Elizabeth
The F-35 Patuxent River Integrated Test Force (ITF) is nearing another milestone as they prepare to embark two F-35Bs on board the United Kingdom’s...