Navy News
India to buy 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters late in 2019
The Indian Defense ministry is expected to move forward with the procurement of 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters by this year’s end, Franz-Stefa...
UK: Royal Navy welcomes RFA Tideforce new-generation tanker
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary saw its numbers bolstered as RFA Tideforce – the last of four new-generation tankers – was welcomed into the Fleet.
British Ironman to test his jet-powered body suit over the water after French Flying Man
The inventor, test pilot and former Royal Marines Reservist headed into the Solent with fast patrol boat HMS Dasher and a couple of boats to test h...
Australian Navy uses for the first time LHD Landing Craft to carry M1A1 Abrams tank
According to the Twitter account of the Chief of Australian Navy, the Australian Navy has used for the first time LHD Landing Craft to carry M1A1 A...
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force looking for surveillance UAV
The Japanese defence ministry plans to introduce about 20 large, unmanned helicopters to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyers and other...
Russian navy Project 20380 corvettes to get new radars
Russian corvettes of project 20380 will get innovative radars which detect both aircraft, anti-ship missiles and small drones. Together with Redut ...
Sea-Launched BrahMos cruise missiles delivered to Indian navy frigates
BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles will replace Klub-N anti-ship missiles as the Talwar-class’ primary weapon system, Franz-Stefan Gady reports on ...
Amphibious ship LCU L-56 commissioned into Indian Navy
The sixth of eight indigenously built Landing Craft Utility (LCU) MK IV class ships 'LCU L 56' was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admira...
U.S. Navy conducts tests of VTOL V-BAT revolutionary unmanned aircraft
U.S. Navy has announced that it conducts tests of newest and revolutionary unmanned aircraft, called the V-BAT, at the flight deck of the Military ...
Myanmar to receive its first Kilo class submarine from India
India is set to hand over Myanmar its first ever submarine, with a Kilo class boat likely to be sent across this year after being refitted indigeno...
Philippines Navy showed interest to purchase Scorpene-class submarines from France
According to a news published on the Philippine news agency website, July 25, 2019, the Navy of Philippines shown interest to purchase French Scorp...
USA: Newest Towing, Salvage and Rescue ship T-ATS 8 will be named Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinabek
Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer has announced the newest Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ship (T-ATS 8) will be named Saginaw Ojibwe Anishinab...
German Navy has approved the acquisition of two new ship tankers Type 707
The German Navy has approved the acquisition of two new ship tankers referred as Type 707 to replace the old Type 704 ships that were built in the ...
Seine BSAM naval support and metropolitan support ship was commissioned with the French Navy
The "Seine", the third of the four new naval support and metropolitan support ships BSAM Loire-class vessel (former BSAH) of the French Navy, was c...
U.S. Navy successful test firing of the ship’s Surface-to-Surface Missile Module SSMM
The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules (MM) program will begin developmental testing on an Independence-variant LCS in August, following a ...
BAE Systems: Successful trials with autonomous Pacific 950 Rigid Inflatable Boat RIB demonstrator
BAE Systems has successfully completed a series of trials on a ‘first of its kind’ autonomous Pacific 950 Rigid Inflatable Boat that will allow nav...
Indonesia takes delivery of four Fast Attack Craft KCR-60M ships
On July 25, 2019, the Indonesia Navy has officially taken delivery of four Fast Attack Craft KCR-60M, according to a plan to modernize the Navy For...
Russian Navy maintains high combat readiness
The Russian Navy maintains high combat readiness, Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov told the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
BAE Systems to produce 28 more payload tubes for the US Navy’s Block V Virginia-class attack submarines
BAE Systems has received a follow-on contract to produce 28 more payload tubes for the U.S. Navy’s Block V Virginia-class attack submarines.
US Navy awards BAE Systems $70 million contract for upgraded Mk 45 gun systems
BAE Systems will deliver five Mk 45 naval gun systems to the US Navy under a recently issued $70.6 million contract to upgrade existing guns to the...