Navy News
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Forces come together for Valiant Shield 2020
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in Exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the Mariana Islands Range Complex.
FMV supplies 5th upgraded Tapper-Class patrol boat HMS Ärlig to the Swedish Navy
The Swedish Armed Forces Materiel Administration (FMV) delivered another upgraded Tapper-class patrol boat to the 1st Marine Regiment, the main com...
Rohde & Schwarz to provide secure communications and direction finding systems for Philippine Coast Guard vessels
According to a press release published on September 10, 2020, Rohde & Schwarz contracted to provide secure communications and direction finding...
Keel laid for the future Australian Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessel HMAS Pilbara built in WA
The Australian Morrison Government’s National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the keel laying for the first Offshore Patrol...
Thales to modernize multi-role light frigate KRI Usman-Harun of Indonesian Navy
According to a press release published by Thales, the company is working alongside the Indonesian Navy to modernize its multi-role light frigate KR...
US Navy USS Sioux City littoral combat ship is deployed in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific to counter illicit drug trafficking
According to pictures released by the U.S. DoD on September 3, 2020, the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is deployed t...
Mission UNIFIL - the German Navy's corvette Magdeburg sets sail towards Cyprus
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at 11.30 am, the corvette "Magdeburg" will leave the home port of Warnemünde and set out with her 60-strong crew to...
British HMS Queen Elizabeth heading for Carrier-Strike GROUPEX training with Marine F-35s
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth, with 820NAS Merlins on deck, for a short-cruise, ahead of traini...
The Belgian Minister of Defense visits the diving school in Zeebrugge naval base
On September 4, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Philippe Goffin visited the entire defense diving community at Zeebrugge naval ba...
Damen Shipyards Cape Town lays keel on second project BIRO IPV
On 28th August, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying. The keel-laying was for the second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vesse...
Russian industry Kalashnikov introduces his new hovercraft Haska-10
Kalashnikov has developed the Haska-10 transport hovercraft. The main purpose of the vessel is to transport cargo and passengers at sea and in area...
Swedish Navy's HMS Gävle corvette achieves new milestone in mid-life update program
As the first of two Swedish Navy's corvettes due to be modified has now been launched, the mid-life upgrade program enters the next phase, with com...
Royal Navy HMS Enterprise on search and rescue exercise in Cyprus
HMS Enterprise worked with Cypriot partners for a search and rescue exercise in the Mediterranean. The survey ship joined the Joint Rescue and Coor...
Royal Australian Navy warships simulate sea combat during exercise VIKING RAIDER
Recently, HMA Ships Brisbane and Anzac of the Royal Australian Navy have conducted high-end simulated sea combat on opposite coasts as part of Exer...
Sokolskaya shipyard successfully completes construction of new project 1388NZT torpedo boats for Russian Navy
According to BPMD live journal, Sokolskaya Shipyard JSC (Nizhny Novgorod Region) has completed the construction of the head torpedo boat TL-2195 of...
PLA Navy's Chaozhou and Quanzhou corvettes conduct naval drills
Recently, the Eastern Theater Command of the People Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) launched a practical training composed of Chaozhou and Quanzhou cor...
CONTROP to supply surveillance and observation systems for new Vietnamese Border Guard's ships
CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd.- a company specializing in the field of electro-optics and IR defense and homeland security solutions – has bee...
Philippine Navy BRP Ramon Alcaraz to undergo sea trials after repairs
The offshore patrol vessel, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS-16), will undergo sea trials starting on September 8 2020, to check whether it is ready for deplo...
Fincantieri subsidiary to design the future Large Unmanned Surface Vessels for the US Navy
The Department of Defense and the US Navy awarded to Fincantieri’s subsidiary, Marinette Marine (FMM), a $7 million contract for design and enginee...
Russian naval defense industry KMZ presents RK-700 boat at Army forum 2020
According to Tass News Agency, the Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ), which opened the small-tonnage shipbuilding direction this year, has sho...