Navy News
First operational landing of 617 Squadron F-35B fighter on British HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
The British Navy has announced on June 9, 2020, that Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning stealth fighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force 617 ...
FLIR gets $23.5M Orders for its Centaur UGVs for US Army and Navy
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the United States Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehi...
Russian Navy Admiral Kasatonov frigate completes sea part of acceptance trials
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 completed the sea part of acceptance trials and returned to Severnaya verf Shipyard. The warship wil...
Saab Surface Ship and Submarine Successfully Fired Lightweight Torpedo
Saab has together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces have conducted the first tests with the Saab Ligh...
Russian Navy upgrades Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate project 22350 with electronic weapon systems
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of project 22350 is the first warship to get upgraded electronic arms, radars and electronic warfar...
Elbit Systems UK completes Anti-Submarine Warfare trials for British Navy with its Seagull USV
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD (Ministry of Defense) with its Seagull armed USV (Unmann...
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment. Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)...
Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will reinforce the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet
According to news published on June 5, 2020, by the Russian press agency TASS, the Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will re...
Test and trials operations at sea for US Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked on USS Gerald R Ford
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 7, 2020, the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked on U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) ...
Chinese FC-31 Stealth Fighter to possibly enter service in the PLA Navy
Photos of the Shenyang J-31 twin-engine fifth-generation fighter jet, have been frequently released on Chinese social media since May, leading to c...
Konsberg signs its first contract with Ocean Infinity for Subsea innovation
Kongsberg Maritime has signed its first contract for a state-of-the-art ROV launch & recovery system (LARS), specifically designed to handle re...
British Royal Marines to trial new helmet camera for enhanced tactical advantage
Royal Marines will have access to more information when making tactical decisions thanks to a new helmet camera. Both the network and cameras have ...
Severnaya verf shipyard receives Strogy corvette superstructure made for Russian Navy
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov thanked Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for a successful towing of the superstructure of the Strogy...
For the first time US Navy Ford-class and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers have operated together at sea
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Navy has released pictures showing a Ford-class and Nimitz- class aircraft carrier together on the sea. The Ford-class aircra...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 conducts COMPTUEX exercise
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway conducting composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exerc...
US Coast Guard USCGC Sequoia provides aids-to-navigation infrastructure improvements in waters of Koror
The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with U.S. Embassy Koror and with the support of the Department of the Interior, provided further aids-to-navig...
US Navy USV program Ghost Fleet Overlord test vessels completed a total of two 4-day autonomous transits
According to a Tweet released by the US Navy Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) on June 4, 2020, 1 of 2 Ghost Fleet Overlord test vessels completed...
Black Sea Fleet of Russian Navy will be reinforce with Graivoron Buyan-M guided-missile corvette
The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will be reinforced with the new guided-missile corvette Graivoron Buyan-M class of project 21631. The crew ...
US Navy awards contract to Vigor Marine for overhaul hospital ship USNS Ship Mercy
According to a contract released by the U.S. Defense Government on June 6, 2020, Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Oregon, is awarded a $56,450,644 firm-...
US Navy Assault Craft Unit 4 has conducted naval operations in the Arabian Gulf
The U.S. Navy Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 has conducted naval operations in the Arabian Gulf near the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (L...
