Navy News
Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine Suffren goes on sea trials with first helicopter hoist training
The sea trials of the Suffren, the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, go on with first helicopter hoist training. They will enable the...
US Navy has started flight testing of MQ-8C unmanned air system with Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 radar
The U.S. Navy, with support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, commenced flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Aeris system (UAS) equippe...
Engineered overhaul for US Navy USS Boise Los Angeles-class submarine
On May 8, 2020, U.S. Navy Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise (SSN 764) arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuildin...
British Royal Navy HMS Kent Type 23 Duke class frigate concludes operations in the Arctic Circle
British Royal Navy HMS Kent, a Type 23 Duke class frigate has left the Barents Sea on May 8, 2020, after seven days of cold-weather operations in t...
Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2020 for US and Royal British Navy
U.S. and UK Royal Navy mine countermeasures and surface assets are conducting Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2020 (MCMEX 20-3) in the Arabian Gulf A...
U.S. Navy and British Royal Navy conduct military exercise in Barents Sea
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers and a British Royal Navy frigate departed the Barents Sea May 8, following seven days of Arctic operations.&nbs...
Textron Systems awarded engineering contract for US Navy Unmanned Surface Vehicle program
On May 8, 2020, AAI Corp., doing business as Textron Systems, Hunt Valley, Maryland, is awarded a $20,720,170 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to p...
Russian Navy Odintsovo Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800 ready for trials
The Odintsovo Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800 has been armed with Pantsir-M antiaircraft missile gun. In late April, the warship began deg...
Russian Navy Project 09851 Khabarovsk nuclear submarine to be floated in June
The Russian Navy Khabarovsk nuclear submarine of Project 09851, which is the second carrier of Poseidon unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV), is likel...
Elbit Systems introduces life saving capability to its Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol Unmanned Aircraft System
Israeli Company Elbit Systems introduces a unique life saving capability to its Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Integrat...
VT Group to Support Presidential Helicopter Fleet Under $105M Navy Contract
VT Group has received a potential five-year, $105M contract from the U.S. Navy to provide research, development, test and evaluation support for th...
Italian Navy Cavour Aircraft Carrier ready for F-35B integration tests
On May 6, 2020, the flagship of the Italian Navy, the light aircraft carrier Cavour (550) left the Taranto naval base for sea trials after moderniz...
Damen Hosts Digital Steel-Cutting Ceremony For Ropax Vessel
On Monday, 27th April, Damen Yichang Shipyard in China hosted a steel cutting ceremony with a difference. As a result of safety measures surroundin...
French armed forces engaged in EU operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI in the Mediterranean
Since Monday May 4, 2020, the French anti-aircraft frigate Jean Bart has been engaged in the framework of the European Union operation EUNAVFOR MED...
Russia’s latest amphibious assault ship to resume sea trials no sooner than late May
The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov will resume sea trials no sooner than the second half of May, a source in the shipbu...
Report from US Congress: US Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans
In December 2016, the Navy released a force-structure goal that calls for achieving and maintaining a fleet of 355 ships of certain types and numbe...
HMS Dauntless Type 45 missile destroyer of British navy to be fitted with three new powerful engine
The HMS Dauntless, the second ship of Type 45 or Daring-class air-defence destroyers built for the British Royal Navy will receive Power Improvemen...
Russian Navy to float out new sub to carry Poseidon nuke drone in late June
The second submarine to serve as a basic carrier of Russia’s Poseidon nuclear-capable underwater drones will be floated out approximately in late J...
Boeing contract for production and delivery of A-kits for P-8A Poseidon maritime aircraft
The Boeing Co., Seattle, Washington, is awarded a $29,059,944 modification (P00172) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00019-14-C-006...
Huntington Ingalls contract for refueling complex overhaul of USS John C. Stennis US Navy aircraft carrier
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is awarded a $187,126,853 modification to previously awarded contract N00024-18-C-2106 ...