Navy News
China Launched the Fourteenth Type 052D Destroyer for the PLAN
Our colleagues from East Pendulum are reporting that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) fourteenth Type 052D Destroyer (NATO ...
Canada’s Combat Ship Team unveils comprehensive CSC solution
Canada’s Combat Ship Team submitted its final proposal for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) project to prime contractor Irving Shipbuilding in ...
Russia to Upgrade its 3M-14 Kalibr Cruise Missiles
The Russian Defense Ministry began to upgrade the first series of seaborne cruise missiles 3M-14 of Kalibr complex. They became operational in 2013...
Lockheed Martin Gets Contract to Begin Production of MMSC for Saudi Arabia
The U.S. government awarded Lockheed Martin an Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) award for the production of the Multi-Mission Surface Combatant ...
Euronaval 2018: 34 Startups Selected for the SEAnnovation Space
The Euronaval 2018 exhbition is set to celebrate 50 years of naval innovation in Paris-Le Bourget from the 23rd to 26th October 2018, with a new 20...
India's Defence Secretary Reviews Indigenous Aircraft Carrier Vikrant
India's Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) Project was reviewed by Shri Sanjay Mitra, IAS, the Defence Secretary at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on...
LCS Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package Passes Two Milestones
The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea System Command (NAVSEA) announced the successful completion of two littoral combat ship (LCS) Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW...
Belgian Navy's Godetia Becomes Flagship of NATO's SNMCMG1
The Belgian Navy support and command ship Godetia (A960) will be the flagship of the NATO SNMCMG1 (Standing Naval Mine Counter Measures Group 1) fl...
Navy Recognition to Publish Official Online Show Daily and Video Reports at Euronaval 2018
Navy Recognition (Army Recognition Group) will publish the official online show daily and daily video reports at Euronaval 2018.
Russia's Next Gen Destroyer Plans Facing Headwinds - Part 2
The Russian Navy confirmed plans to build a key warship for the future of its fleet - a guided missile destroyer. The creation of the green-water w...
USS Montgomery LCS 8 Completes Combat System Ship Qualification Trials
Sailors aboard the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials ...
Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces to Purchase Transport Ships
The Sankei Shimbun reports that Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) are currently examining a plan that would see the service purchase trans...
Russia's Next Gen Destroyer Plans Facing Headwinds - Part 1
The Russian Navy confirmed plans to build a key warship for the future of its fleet - a guided missile destroyer. The creation of the green-water w...
HII Begins Post-Delivery Work on Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78
The first ship in the nation’s newest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), returned to Huntington Ingalls Indus...
Metal Shark and ASV Global Introduce SHARKTECH Autonomous Vessels
Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has joined forces with autonomous vessel technology developer ASV Global to introduce “Sharktech” Auto...
Keel Laying for Final Russian Navy Project 21631 Buyan-M Corvette
A keel laying ceremony was held at the Gorky shipyard in Zelenodolsk for the Russian Navy twelfth (and, apparently, final) Project 21631 corvette (...
HII Launched Flight IIA Technology Insertion Destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121)
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer ...
KSA Signed the Contract for 5 Avante 2200 Corvettes with Navantia
According to Spanish media, Saudi Arabia has finally signed the contract for five Avante 2200 corvettes for the Royal Saudi Navy. The deal, worth 1...
Saab Launches the RBS15 Gungnir / RBS15 Mk4 Anti-ship Missile
Today, Saab announces the RBS15 Gungnir next generation anti-ship missile system that is being shown at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 ...
Airbus Helicopters Starts NH90 Sea Lion Qualification Phase
The second prototype of the NH90 Sea Lion has performed its first flight in serial configuration on July 10. This event marks the beginning of the ...