Navy News
MHI Launched the 11th Soryu-class SSK SS-511 Oryu for the JMSDF
The 11th Soryu-class submarine, SS-511 Oryu, was launched at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Kobe on October 4th. Oryu features one sig...
Raytheon’s layered defense, naval solutions for the world
Gerard Hueber, Raytheon Naval and Area Mission Defense business development vice president, provides insight into the missile systems protecting na...
UK Defence Secretary Announced a New Defence Arctic Strategy
UK's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson has announced this week a new Defence Arctic Strategy, acknowledging the increasing opportunities and threa...
General Atomics Completes AAG Performance Testing with Propeller Aircraft
General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) performance testing has been successfully completed f...
First Steel Cut for Royal Australian Navy OPVs
A steel cutting ceremony took place on Wednesday to start construction of Royal Australian Navy’s new generation of offshore patrol vessels. The fi...
Here is the First Image of the French Navy Next Generation SSBN - SNLE 3G
Navy Recognition saw for the first time an image showing the future nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) of the French Navy (Marine N...
ECA Group Unveils New 'INSPECTOR 120' 12 Meters USV for MCM
ECA Group unveiled a new USV design, the INSPECTOR 120, as a part of its range of robotic and autonomous systems for naval applications, including ...
French Navy Fitting Aster 30 Long Range SAM on its Last Two ASW FREMM Frigates
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) last two FREMM Frigates (in anti-submarine warfare variant) Bretagne (D655) and Normandie (D651) have been modif...
U.S. Navy Orders Ten DDG 51 Flight III Destroyers From BIW and HII
The U.S. Navy awarded two contracts for the DDG 51 fiscal years (FY) 2018 - 2022 multiyear procurement (MYP) for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroy...
USC Eyes Russian Navy Contract for Project 23560 Leader-class Destroyer
The United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) hopes to get a contract for the construction of a prospective Russian destroyer, USC CEO Alexey Rakhmanov...
Euronaval 2018: MBDA's MMP Goes to Sea
MBDA is working on a navalized variant of its new MMP Missile Moyenne Portée (Medium-Range Missile) fifth generation land combat missile system. Th...
Sono-Flash: Thales New Dual Mode Passive Active Sonobuoy
Thales is working on a new sonobuoy system, the Sono-Flash, that will combine both active and passive modes in a single buoy. This was unveiled to ...
ESG Awarded First Construction Contract for U.S. Coast Guard OPC
Eastern Shipbuilding Group announced on September 28, 2018 that the U.S. Coast Guard exercised the fixed-price, incentive option on its Offshore Pa...
Fincantieri to build 15th Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship
Within the Littoral Combat Ship Program (LCS), the US Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri...
F-35B Fighters Land on HMS Queen Elizabeth for the First Time
Fast fighter jets are once again flying from a Royal Navy aircraft carrier as the first F-35s have landed on the flight deck of HMS Queen Elizabeth...
Russia's Project 885M Yasen-M Submarine Kazan Started Sea Trials
The lead Yasen-M-class Kazan nuclear cruise missile submarine (SSGN) of project 885M sailed into the open sea for factory trials on September 24, M...
SSN 790 South Dakota attack submarine delivered to US Navy
The U.S. Navy has taken delivery of the SSN-790 “South Dakota”, the service’s seventeenth Virginia-class submarine. The Block III Virginia-class at...
US Navy awards MK54 torpedo contract
Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems, Braintree, Massachusetts, is awarded a $42.1 million fixed-price-incentive-fee, firm-fixed price, cost and cost-pl...
ECA Group announces a new sale of its autonomous underwater vehicle AUV A18
ECA Group announces a new order for its autonomous naval drone AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) from the range A18. A large depth version of thi...
US Coast Guards receives 7th National Security Cutter
The U.S. Coast Guard accepted delivery of the seventh national security cutter (NSC), Kimball, in Pascagoula, Mississippi, September 19. Kimball is...