Navy News
Largest EU funded defence research project tested in the Mediterranean Sea
The OCEAN2020 project, managed by a 42 partner consortium from 15 EU countries, has successfully launched its first sea demonstration in the Gulf o...
DARPA’s Angler program awards contracts to Advance Autonomous Underwater Systems
DARPA has awarded six contracts for work on the Angler program, which aims to pioneer the next generation of autonomous underwater robotic systems ...
Russia’s Admiral Vladimirsky ocean survey vessel undergoing trials in Baltic Sea
The Admiral Vladimirsky ocean survey vessel has arrived in the assigned area of the Baltic Sea to test its hydrographic equipment and propulsion sy...
Delivery of third Expeditionary Sea Base ESB ship USNS Miguel Keith to U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) November 15, 2019. Delivery marks the off...
Israel Shipyards will deliver floating dock to Israeli Navy
Israel Shipyards Ltd. - one of the largest privately-owned shipbuilding and repair facilities in the Eastern Mediterranean – recently signed a cont...
Future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named Thad Cochran
Secretary of the U.S. Navy Richard V. Spencer announced a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer will be named in honor of late Sen. T...
Huntington Ingalls officially started fabrication of U.S. Coast Guards newest Legend-class cutter
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started the fabrication of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest Legend...
Chinese Navy has commissioned Type 056 Jiangdao-Class Corvette 625 Bazhong
According to the Twitter account Loongnaval, the Chinese navy has commissioned Type 056 Jiangdao-Class Corvette 625 Bazhong on November 5, 2019. Th...
First sea trials for Paolo Thaon di Revel PPA multipurpose offshore ships built for Italian Navy
According to a statement released by the OCCAR (Organization for Joint Armament Co-operation), on November 12, 2019, PPA1, named after “Paolo Thaon...
Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 ready for acceptance trials by Russian Navy
The Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 built by Severnaya verf Shipyard in St. Petersburg arrived in the Belomorskaya naval base of the Northern...
Netherlands sold 2 Tripartite class mine hunter to Bulgaria
According to Novinite news agency, the Council of Ministers has approved a draft contract between the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria and th...
Bulgaria extends bids deadline for its two new patrol vessel
According to Sofia Globe, the deadline for bidders who have applied to supply Bulgaria with two new naval patrol vessels to update their offers has...
China successfully tested JL-3 latest submarine-launched ballistic missile
The scheduled test was normal, China's Ministry of National Defence said on 14 Nov., when asked about the alleged test launch of a JL-3 submarine-l...
Leonardo ULISSES submarine-hunting acoustic system succesfully passes sea trials
Leonardo has proven the submarine-hunting capabilities of its new ULISSES acoustic sensor system in a live sea trial off the coast of Italy, meanin...
Naval exercise Dugong 2019 started in Australia for countermeasure and explosive ordnance disposal professionals
The military naval exercise Dugong 2019 started in Australia bringing together countermeasure and explosive ordnance disposal professionals from fi...
Israel Shipyards Ltd to design new Reshef class vessels for Israeli Navy
Israel Ministry of Defense has signed an agreement with Israel Shipyards Ltd. for the design of the next Israel Navy new and advanced combat vessel...
Russian navy Project 21631 Buyan-M class corvette has tested missile and artillery systems in Black Sea
The Russian Navy crew of the advanced Project 21631 Buyan-M class corvette Ingushetia (NATO reporting name: SS-N-27 Sizzler) has tested missile and...
Australian Navy's 816 Squadron enhances RFS air attack capability
The Royal Australian Navy’s MH-60R Seahawk helicopters’ superior Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) cameras and sensors have been ...
Russia’s Northern Fleet to test Nikolai Skosyrev hydrographic vessel
The advanced Project 19910 small hydrographic vessel Nikolai Skosyrev built by the Vympel Shipyard has arrived in Murmansk in northwest Russia to u...
Australian Navy will receive Sydney Air Warfare Destroyer in 2020
The Australian Defence Force’s third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), NUSHIP Sydney, is on track to be delivered to the Navy in February 2020 after com...