Navy News
JMSDF commissions its second 25DD-class Asahi ASW destroyer
On February 27, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its second Asahi-class guided-missile destroyer, the JS Shiranui, in the...
Baltic Mine Countermeasures Squadron to gather in the Baltic Sea in May
Mine Countermeasures vessels from eight NATO and ally navies are scheduled to gather in the Baltic Sea at the end of May to take part to the "Balti...
ASC has constructed the keel of the first Australian Arafura-class OPV
Australia's MoD officially announced that Australian shipyard ASC has constructed the keel of the Arafura, the lead ship of the new class of Royal ...
Russian Navy to boost its training activities by the end of 2019
Russian Navy (Voyenno-Morskoy Flot, VMF) is boosting its training activities, the head of the Naval Scientific and Research Center (Naval Academy) ...
Royal Navy to send a carrier group in the South China Sea in 2021
The Royal Navy may have plans to task its aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, leading a strike-force that will include the aircraft carrier HMS P...
Indian Navy to induct second Scorpene sub by early May
The Indian Navy is scheduled to induct its second Scorpene-class submarine, the INS Khanderi, by early May, according to a defense source. As for t...
US Navy to name DDG130 after Medal of Honor William Charette
A Medal of Honor recipient from Michigan will have a guided-missile destroyer named after him, the United States Navy announced on Monday 18th of M...
Russian USC says aircraft carrier overhaul could be delayed
The overhauled Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier of Project 11435 is to be handed over to the Navy in 2021, but a three-four month delay is possib...
China to develop new island cities in the South China Sea
China has plans to develop a new island city in the disputed waters of the South China Sea, in spite of the growing international concern and US cr...
Anglo-French FC/ASW missile programme achieved key review
Two years into the FC/ASW (Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon) Concept Phase, MBDA announced on March 19 the successful achievement of its “Key Review”...
Russian Kazan SSGN to test fire Tsirkon missile in 2020
The Russian Navy's Kazan SSGN of Project 885M will for the first time test fire the latest Russian hypersonic Tsirkon missile in 2020, a source in ...
US Navy ordered thousands of APKWS kits from BAE Systems
The combat-proven Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS®) kits transform standard 2.75” (70mm) Hydra rockets into guided munitions that prov...
Russia to change its nuclear submarine crew training methods
Russian MoD decided to change the training system of the crews of the latest Borey-A-class SSBN of project 955A and Yasen-M-class SSGN of project 8...
US Navy teamed up with commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden
US Navy 5th Fleet’s Task Force 55 and commercial shipping industry representatives joined forces recently to complete exercise Lucky Mariner 19, in...
Indian Navy maintains deterrent presence in Arabian Sea
After the February 14 Pulwama terror attack, the Indian Navy had to cut short a leading exercise in the Indian Ocean (the Theatre Level Operational...
Royal Navy to build three support ships for its aircraft carriers
A new batch of vessels forming naval sidearm of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary are required to supply both UK’s aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth a...
Iran deployed its 61st naval group in the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
During the beginning of March 2019, Iran decided to dispatch its 61st naval group (consisting of the Sabalan frigate and the Bandar Abbas logistica...
Russian anti-submarine ships take part to exercises in Barents Sea
Project 1124M small anti-submarine ships - the Yunga, the Brest and the Snezhnogorsk - of the Kola Flotilla of the Northern Fleet are learning to s...
Russia designs various models of the Filin optical blinder
Filin optical disturbance station can blind the adversary at a distance of two kilometers and deny him a chance of precision fire at a warship. Int...
Shortlist of the Type 31e frigate competitors for the UK
Team Leander (BAE Systems and Cammell Laird), Babcock’s Team31 (Babcock with BMT and Thales), and Atlas Elektronik UK in association with Thyssenkr...