Navy News
BAE Systems to enhance maritime operations & flight safety systems aboard US Navy ships
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems a prime contractor position on a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to enhance maritime ope...
Rheinmetall and MBDA to develop high energy laser effector system for German Navy
Rheinmetall and MBDA Deutschland have agreed to collaborate in the high-energy laser effectors domain. The two companies intend to construct, integ...
Hensoldt supplies periscopes upgrade for Turkish submarines
Hensoldt will upgrade the vision equipment used by the Turkish Navy’s Preveze Class submarines to state-of-the-art technology. Hensoldt is a pionee...
Royal Navy joins international maritime security mission in Strait of Hormuz
The United Kingdom has reaffirmed its commitment to freedom of navigation and safe passage through the Gulf (Strait of Hormuz) by playing a leading...
Mexican Navy launches final Oaxaca-class OPV named Arm Tabasco P-168
The Mexican Navy Yard ASTIMAR 1 in Tampico has launched the final of eight Oaxaca-class patrol ships. The Oaxaca class are offshore patrol vessels,...
Huntington Ingalls Industries anticipates high U.S. Navy UUV demand
Huntington Ingalls Industries is preparing for a future where unmanned undersea vehicles are as integral to the Navy’s fleet as are capital ships, ...
Raytheon awarded contract for AN/AQS-20 mine hunting program
Raytheon is awarded $11,738,000 for firm-fixed-price undefinitized delivery order N00024-19-F-6308 under indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity co...
Colombian Navy test-fired SSM-700K Haeseong anti-ship missile from FS-1500 Almirante Padilla-class corvette
During a military exercise, the Colombian Navy has successfully test-fired SSM-700K Haeseong (C-Star) Anti-ship Missile from the FS-1500 Almirante ...
Russian Northern Fleet Arctic group put to sea in the Arctic Ocean
The 8th annual cruise of the Northern Fleet’s Arctic group in the Arctic Ocean has started under command of Vice-Admiral Oleg Golubev, Kola mixed f...
Chinese-made aircraft carrier Type 001A to start a 4 days sea trials
According to the South China Morning Post, the first Chinese-made aircraft carrier the Type 001A is expected to start a four-day sea trial in the n...
Raytheon delivers next generation jammer mid-band pod for Navy testing
Raytheon Company delivered the first Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Engineering and Manufacturing Development pod to the U.S. Navy to begin ground...
US Coast Guard takes delivery of its new Fast Response Cutter
The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 35th fast response cutter (FRC), Angela McShan, in Key West, Florida, Aug. 1, 2019. The cutter will be the...
Black Sea Fleet ship crews drill destruction of submarines on simulator
The crews of warships which protect the water district of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet have drilled destruction of conditiona...
Revived Damavand Iranian destroyer to be equipped with vertical launch missiles
A recently revived Iranian naval destroyer will be fitted with a vertical launch missile system, an Iranian commander stated, as reported by the Ta...
US, Indonesia begin CARAT 2019 Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training exercise
The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and the Indonesian Navy and Marine Corps began Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indon...
India tests Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
India successfully test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha...
Departure for Belgian Navy frigate Leopold I F930 to SNMG1 Standing NATO Maritime Group One mission
Friday, August 2, 2019, the editorial team of Navy Recognition was in the Naval military base of Zeebrugge in Belgium to cover the departure of the...
U.S. Navy to commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings
The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Billings (LCS 15), during a 10 a.m. ceremony Sa...
Lockheed Martin to Build 24 APY-9 Radars for Advanced Hawkeye program
Northrop Grumman has contracted Lockheed Martin’s Radar Sensor Systems market sector to produce an additional 24 APY-9 radars for the US Navy’s E-2...
70 Russian warships participate in Ocean Shield 2019 exercise
About 70 warships and support vessels and 58 aircraft of the Russian Navy and the Aerospace Force are taking part in the Ocean Shield-2019 drills t...