Navy News
British Coastguard Beechcraft King Air aircraft upgraded with Leonardo Osprey 30 radar
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border pr...
NATO joins Swedish naval exercise SWENEX in the waters of Skagerak and Baltic Sea
SNMG1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group One) with the flagship HNoMS Otto Sverdrup and FGS Rhon played the role of a simulated adversary to the Swedish...
US Navy USS Portland LPD 27 conducts laser weapon system firing test
U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Te...
First I-Class or Istanbul-class frigate of MILGEM project will be launched in 2020
According to news published on Turkish website Defense and Technology May 21, 2020, the first I-Class or Istanbul-class frigate of MILGEM project, ...
US Navy USS Pinckney destroyer with Coast Guard team seized 1400 kilograms of cocaine
The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-Class Aegis Missile Destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) with embarked U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Law Enforcement Detachment (L...
Russian Navy Black Sea fleet will get the Retivy corvette of project 20380 by the end of the year
The Russian Navy Black Sea fleet will get the Retivy Steregushchiy-class corvette of project 20380 by the end of the year. It was built with stealt...
Boeing continues to procure logistic support for P-8A Poseidon of Australia and UK
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $27,770,370 modification (P00174) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-14-C-...
Russian Navy Odintsovo Karakurt-class corvette sailed out to Baltic Sea for running trials
The Odintsovo Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800 built by Pella Shipyard sailed out to the Baltic Sea for running trials, the Russian Defense...
Royal Navy Merlin Mk.4 helicopter makes debut on HMS Medway
The Royal Navy’s largest helicopter has debuted on its global patrol ships for the first time, during three days of intensive training in the Carib...
Lockheed Martin contract to produce launch sequencer MK 5 Mod 2 of Vertical Launch System
Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $48,965,154 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded...
US Navy USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 completes firing test of Mark 46 MOD 2 Gun Weapon System
According to news published on the United States Department of Defense (DoD) official web site, the U.S. Navy USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 guided missile d...
French Ministry of Defense orders 20 port tugs including RP30 and RPC30 variants
The DGA (French Directorate General of Armaments, placed an order for 15 port tugs RP30 (Remorqueurs Portuaires) and 5 coastal port tugs RPC30 (Rem...
Acceptance trials for future USS Oakland LCS-24 Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship
The Future USS Oakland (LCS-24) Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has left Austal on May 20, 2020, for acceptance trials in the Gulf of...
Boeing contract for construction and modernization of DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers
The Boeing Co., Huntington Beach, California, is awarded a $13,211,471 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only modification to previously awarded contrac...
Russian Navy Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 acceptance trials with naval aviation
The Russian naval aviation of the Baltic fleet landed on the Gremyashchy corvette of project 20385 to promote acceptance trials of the warship, the...
General Dynamics contract to produce Mk 82 guided-missile directors and Mk 200 director control units
On May 20, 2020, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Williston, Vermont, is awarded a $58,590,570 firm-fixed-price modification to prev...
First fleet aerial refueling certification between an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and F/A-18F Super Hornet
The “Greyhawks” of Airborne Command & Control Squadron (VAW) 120 successfully conducted the first fleet aerial refueling dry-plug certification...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt returns to sea to conduct carrier qualification flights
U.S. Navy nuclear powered aircraft USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returns to sea and entered the Philippine Sea on May 21, 2020, to conduct carrie...
Taiwan requests to United States 18 MK-48 Mod 6 Advanced Technology torpedoes
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to TECRO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative...
Russian Navy Kamov Ka-27PS rescue helicopter practices take-off and deck landing exercise
A Kamov Ka-27PS (NATO reporting name: Helix) helicopter of the Pacific Fleet’s air arm has practiced taking off from and landing on the deck of the...