Navy News
Third Project 22220 LK-60 icebreaker of Russian Navy to be laid by July 2020
The Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia, which is a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), will lay down the th...
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 performs a replenishment-at-sea
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) pulls alongside USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) perform a replenishment-at-sea on May 15, 2020, to ...
Trials continue for Russian Navy Project 955A Borei-A class nuclear-powered submarine Knyaz Vladimir
Russian Navy Search-and-rescue forces of the Northern Fleet and the White Sea naval base are supporting the state trials of the Project 955A Borei-...
US Navy conducts maritime security operations in the Caribbean with littoral combat ships and destroyers
The U.S. Navy Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82), US...
For 2021 Boeing will integrate Super Hornet Block III to US Navy aircraft carrier fleets
According to a Tweet released by Boeing Defense on May 15, 2020, next year, Boeing will begin integrating Block III Super Hornets multi-role strike...
US Navy receives its 100th P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft from Boeing
The U.S. Navy received its 100th P-8A Poseidon Multimission Maritime Aircraft from Boeing on May 14, 2020, as the global fleet, which also includes...
Riptide UUVs making waves in the industry only one year after acquisition
One year ago, the FAST Labs™ research and development arm of BAE Systems announced the acquisition of Riptide Autonomous Solutions. As stated at th...
Chinese Navy Marine Corps conducts amphibious assault drills
Amid increasing tensions between China and various countries disputing the Chinese self-proclaimed sovereignty on the South China Sea, the Chinese ...
Lockheed Martin to provide 3 MH-60R Seahawk for US Navy and 21 MH-60Rs for India
On March 14 2020, the U.S. Navy announced a $905 million contract to Lockheed Martin (Sikorsky) for 21 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the Indian Na...
Safran’s new EuroflirTM 410 observation system to equip French navy’s Dauphin N3 helicopters
Héli-Union has chosen the new-generation Euroflir™410 optronic (electro-optical) observation system from Safran Electronics & Defense, followin...
United States delivers six ScanEagle UAVs Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Malaysian Navy
According to a Tweet published on May 7, 2020, by the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, a first batch of six ScanEagle UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) ...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford transition to E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne surveillance aircraft
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the only carrier qualification (CQ) asset regularly available on the East Coast this year, ...
Safran awards subcontracts to design critical subsystems on Australia’s future submarines
Safran Electronics & Defense Australasia Pty Ltd has recently signed subcontracts with two Australian companies as a part of its commitment to ...
Boeing will deliver 467 Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles for foreign military sales customers
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $656,981,421 modification (P00014) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-19-C...
Russian Navy's advanced nuclear-powered sub enters final stage of sea trials
The Project 955A (Borei-A) lead nuclear-powered missile-carrying strategic submarine Knyaz Vladimir has taken to the sea for final trials before it...
Royal Navy Merlin HC.4 helicopter lands on River Batch 2 OPV for the first time
On March 13 2020, Royal Navy released a video on HMS Medway official twitter account, showing a Royal Navy Merlin HC.4 helicopter landing on a Rive...
Contract awards for Boeing to produce 650 SLAM-ER missiles for Saudi Arabia
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded a $1,971,754,089 firm-fixed-price contract to provide non-recurring engineering associated with the...
Russian Navy Admiral Kasatonov frigate to begin final mechanism check
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 will return to Baltiisk base for the final check of mechanisms before the handover to the Navy, a de...
US Navy USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier toward another major milestone during WOO 10
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) aircraft carrier of U.S. Navy recently progressed toward another major milestone during the ship’s 10th window of oppor...
Launch of 600-ton catamaran-hull patrol vessel Anping CG601 for Taiwanese Coast Guard
According to a statement released by the Taiwanese company Jong Shyn Shipbuilding Group (JSSC) on April 28, 2020, the first 600-ton catamaran-hull ...