Navy News
Russia to test-launch Zircon missile from a frigate at the end of 2019
Russian hypersonic missile, the Zircon, will for the first time be launched from a military vessel at the end of 2019, a source in the Russian mili...
New US class of Towing, Salvage and Rescue ship named Navajo
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Richard V. Spencer has announced the new class of Towing, Salvage, and Rescue ships will be named "Navajo" in honor ...
Belgium chooses French consortium Naval Group and ECA Robotics for its mine hunters
The Belgian government has made a decision for the replacement of the Navy’s mine hunters. Didier Reynders, Minister of Defense, announced that the...
US Navy awards Raytheon $402 million contract for SPY-6 radars
Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $402,658,015 fixed-price-incentive (firm target) modification to...
France: iXblue Gaps acoustic positioning system selected for mine warfare
The French DGA Naval Engineering Department (DGA/TN), an entity specializing in mine warfare experiments, has selected the iXblue Gaps acoustic pos...
US Navy plans to build an unmanned Ghost Fleet
As the Navy faces more complex threats to its manned ships from Russia and China, the service is moving quickly to field an unmanned “Ghost Fleet” ...
UK, US and Japan to hold anti-submarine warfare exercise in Western Pacific
The Royal Navy, U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force are scheduled to start anti-submarine warfare drills on March 14, for only the s...
Russian nuclear powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir ready for sea duty
The crew of the nuclear submarine Knyaz Vladimir, which is to join the Russian Navy by the end of this year, in parallel with the plant and state t...
Nigeria ordered 2 Damen 3307 patrol vessels
Nigeria’s Homeland Integrated Offshore Services of Nigeria (HIOS) has ordered two additional Damen 3307 Patrol Vessels from Damen Shipyards Group.
Russian Pacific Fleet received battalion set of Bastion missile system
The Russian Pacific Fleet has received a new battalion set of the Bastion mobile coastal missile complex under a program of rearmament with modern ...
US Navy wants 5.000 new sailors by fiscal year 2020
The U.S. Navy plans to shed about 3,100 medical personnel in Fiscal Year 2020 while adding 5,000 active duty sailors to staff aviation units and a ...
PSNS & IMF, Sarcos Robotics and the US Navy partner for shipyard development
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration involving a United States Navy shipyard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility an...
Dell Marketing to provide software maintenance for the US Navy
Dell Marketing LP has been awarded an estimated $231,170,000 firm-fixed-price blanket purchase agreement (BPA) in accordance with the firm’s United...
India-Pakistan: Pakistan maintains naval presence in the Arabian Sea
Pakistan has recently accused the Indian Navy of sending submarines close to its coastline, while Indian top government sources say it is the Pakis...
Australia kicked off Indo-Pacific Endeavour 19 deployment
On March 11, the Royal Australian Navy kicked off the Indo-Pacific Endeavour 19 (IPE 19) deployment. As part of this exercise are the HMA Canberra,...
Germany suggested the creation of a European aircraft carrier
Recently, the Leader of the German Christian Democratic Union, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, suggested the creation of a European aircraft carrier, i...
Ukraine unveiled its naval development strategy through 2035
The Ukrainian Navy has recently published its development stategy, going through 2035. Ukraine has understood the urgency it has to enhance its mar...
US Navy destroyer USS Zumwalt began first operational period at sea
The U.S. Navy’s first Zumwalt-class stealth guided-missile destroyer, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed San Diego, on March 8, for its first operatio...
Russia increases the share of modern weapons in its naval armed forces
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu recently told the State Duma defense committee that the average share of modern weapons in the Russian armed forces ...
MBDA awarded contract for surface-to-air missiles from the Philippines
MBDA France bagged the contract to supply surface-to-air missiles for the two Philippine Navy's future frigates, which are currently being construc...