Navy News
DEFENDER 2020 exercise: first British ship docks in Antwerp
On Monday 3 February at around 4.30 am, the first English ship of the 104th Logistic Support Brigade docked in the port of Antwerp as part of the A...
US Navy USS Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship to complete sea trials
The dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) of U.S. Navy departed Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek Feb. 3, 2020 to complete type command...
Northrop Grumman to integrate sonar system onto L3Harris UUV
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s µSAS (pronounced “micro-sas”) will be integrated onto L3Harris Technologies’ Iver4 Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV) f...
Austal Australia approved to provide support for US Navy ships
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Austal’s shipyards and service centres in Australia have been approved to bid for and provide support se...
BAE Systems to support U.S. Navy with Enhanced Radio Communications and C5ISR
The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has awarded BAE Systems, Inc. a prime position on a $212 million contract to in...
US Navy USS Fitzgerald Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to conduct comprehensive at-sea testing
The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer is underway to conduct comprehensive at-sea testi...
British Royal Marines Commandos train in the fjords of northern Norway in Arctic conditions
British Royal Marines perform a military exercise in the fjords of northern Norway with Norwegian counterparts and their stealth corvette. The exer...
Keel Laying of the New "Emden" Corvette for the German Navy
The "Emden" is the seventh ship in the Braunschweig class of the German Navy. The Navy put the first five of this type of warship into service betw...
China's Type 055 warship larger, more powerful than expected
It has emerged that China's most advanced destroyer, the 10,000-ton-class Type 055, is larger than previously reported as the Chinese Navy recently...
US Navy Missile Submarine Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Low Yield Nukes
The U.S. Navy has reportedly sent an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine on patrol for the first time carrying Trident II submarine-launched bal...
Lockheed Martin awarded $474M contract for Trident II D5 ballistic missile life extension
Lockheed Martin, the largest collection defence firm in the world, received a new contract for the ballistic missile life extension program launche...
New Aselsan Decoy system on Turkish Submarine TCG Anafartalar S356
A Turkish Navy submarine was spotted passing through Istanbul on January 5th 2020, with new equipment. Trained eyes spotted an array of twelve whit...
India continues to develop new K-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile SLBM
India is seeking to develop the K-5, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the K family after the test launch on January 19, 220, of...
The European Mission is now operational in the Persian Gulf
The European Maritime Safety initiative in the Persian Gulf is now operational. His tactical staff is composed of Belgian, Danish, Dutch and French...
Morocco plans to buy Avante class offshore patrol vessels
Morocco is currently negotiating with Spain’s Navantia for the acquisition of two Avante class offshore patrol vessels. The North African country i...
Singapore Navy Commissions Final Three Littoral Mission Vessels
Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo officiated at the commissioning ceremony of the Republic of Singapore Navy...
Lockheed Wins Potential $812M Contract for Navy Electronic Warfare System Variants
Lockheed Martin has won a potential $812.1M follow-on contract to produce new variants of the U.S. Navy's current shipboard electronic warfare syst...
United States will hand over three more Island-class patrol boats to Ukrainian Navy
On January 28, 2020, representatives of the Ukrainian Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard start negotiating in Odesa the transfer to Ukraine of more U.S....
Royal Australian Navy demonstrates capability to manage AUVs during sea trials
Recently, thirty-two autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) experts from the Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science and Technology (DST), industry and...
Shipbuilders float out latest minesweeper in Russia’s northwest
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has floated out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balya...