Navy News
US Navy Independence-Class Littoral Combat Ship future USS Oakland completes acceptance trials
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that the future USS Oakland (LCS 24) has successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico. LCS ...
Philippine Navy Plans to build 50-Ship Maritime Force to strengthen its fleet
In a news release published by One NEWS, on May 25 2020, the report said, the Philippine Navy is planning to spend an initial P75 billion to build ...
Russian MoD Signs Contract for Two Project 23900 Helicopter Carriers LHD
The Russian Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the Kerch shipyard Zaliv for the construction of the first two Russian universal landing shi...
British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth one step closer to being able for deployment
British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is one step closer to being able to deploy on global operations after completing the first stages...
US Navy will soon commissions its Future USS Kansas City LCS 22
The future USS Kansas City (LCS 22), arrives at its new homeport at Naval Base San Diego. The Navy will commission LCS 22, the second ship in naval...
North Korea's next step: launching of new heavily-armed submarine
For quite some time now, some interesting elements have been released on social media about a possible launching a new submarine and submarine-laun...
Russian Navy latest amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov resumes trials in Baltic Sea
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov has taken to the Baltic Sea to continue shipbuilders’ sea trials, spokesman for the ...
Fincantieri Launched 2nd Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship ‘Francesco Morosini’ For Italian Navy
At the Fincantieri plant in Riva Trigoso (GE), the launching ceremony of the second Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessel (PPA), named after the Vene...
ASC Shipbuilding gears up for Osborne South Surface Warship Facilities handover
Construction is nearing completion in the $500 million upgrade of Adelaide’s new high-tech frigate shipyard with five new sheds rising from its Por...
Russian Navy Knyaz Vladimir Project 955A Borei-A class submarine completes sea trials
The Russian Navy Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Knyaz Vladimir (NATO reporting name: Dolgorukiy-class) has ...
Delivery date of Indian Navy Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant once again delayed
Sea trials of India’s indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant have been delayed again. Senior naval sources say the Covid-19 pandemic has set back ...
Severnaya Shipyard floats out latest frigate for Russian Navy
The St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) floated out the Project 22350 third-built and second seri...
US Navy trains with AC-130W Stinger II gunship aircraft in the Arabian Gulf
The USS Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit conducted joint integration training with a Special Operati...
British Navy conducts test-fire of new Martlet missile from Wildcat HMA Mk2 helicopter
British Navy has conducted a firing test of new Martlet missile from Wildcat HMA Mk2 helicopter. The British Royal Navy helicopter crews have prove...
New missile-capable frigate BRP Jose Rizal FF150 arrives in Philippines
The new missile-capable frigate BRP Jose Rizal FF150 of the Philippines navy arrived in Subic Bay on Saturday May 23, 2020, after a five-day trip f...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz conducts flight operations before deployment
The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) conducts flight operations during a COMPTUEX (composite training unit exercise). The COMPTU...
British Coastguard Beechcraft King Air aircraft upgraded with Leonardo Osprey 30 radar
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) will upgrade to Leonardo’s latest Osprey radar to support missions such as search and rescue, border pr...
NATO joins Swedish naval exercise SWENEX in the waters of Skagerak and Baltic Sea
SNMG1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group One) with the flagship HNoMS Otto Sverdrup and FGS Rhon played the role of a simulated adversary to the Swedish...
US Navy USS Portland LPD 27 conducts laser weapon system firing test
U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Te...
First I-Class or Istanbul-class frigate of MILGEM project will be launched in 2020
According to news published on Turkish website Defense and Technology May 21, 2020, the first I-Class or Istanbul-class frigate of MILGEM project, ...