Navy News
Bicentennial celebration for Old World War II naval ship LST-325 docked Ohio River
A memorial ship that honours former LST military vessels, the LST-325, took place at the bicentennial celebration on 13th to 16th September. The LS...
Babcock Team 31 will deliver Arrowhead 140 Type 31 frigates to British Royal Navy
Babcock Team 31 has been selected by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) as the preferred bidder to deliver its new Type 31 frigates. Led by Babcock, ...
Philippines naval capability will be boost with the arrival of three frigates next year
The Philippines naval capability will be boosted further with the arrival of three frigates next year. Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief ...
Canadian Navy will acquire five ship-to-shore connector systems from Shipbuilding Company Navamar
On September 6, 2019, the National Defence Department of Canada has released a statement on its official website to announce a contract of approxim...
US Navy to deploy USS Gabrielle Giffords littoral combat ship armed with new Naval Strike Missile
US Navy to deploy its littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) to the Pacific from San Diego with the new Naval Strike Missile (NSM) bu...
US-based shipbuilder Metal Shark will produce Defiant-class patrol boats for Peruvian Navy
US-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced its expansion into the country of Peru, with a new patrol boat order now in production, and a multiy...
Pacific Shipyards International will modernize USS Michael Murphy Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyer
Pacific Shipyards International has been awarded a $32,110,694 firm-fixed-price contract, from the United States Navy, for the execution of USS Mic...
U.S. Navy conducted missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles from USS Nebraska submarine
The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), an Ohio-class ballist...
Northrop Grumman to manufacture new all-electronic bomb fuze
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received its first production order from the U.S. Navy to manufacture the FMU-139D/B, a new all-electronic bomb fu...
Russia offers to build six submarines under inter-government agreement with India
Russia has addressed India with a proposal for building six non-nuclear submarines under an inter-governmental agreement without holding a bidding ...
Baltic Shipyard creates superstructure for the Sibir nuclear ice-breaker
The Baltic Shipyard has made a superstructure for the first serial universal atomic icebreaker the Sibir of project 22220, the enterprise’s press s...
Leonardo demonstrates its MFRA radar capabilites during Formidable Shield 2019 exercise
During the US Navy-led multinational exercise Formidable Shield 2019, Leonardo’s MFRA (Multi-Function Radar Active) system was used by the Italian ...
Swedish Naval Warfare Training System to be upgraded by CAE
CAE announced on September 5 it has recently been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to upgrade and expand t...
Lockheed Martin to develop Aegis BMD 6.0 version
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is being awarded a sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price co...
Germany to equip new coastal patrol vessels with BAE Systems’ 57mm guns
BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm naval guns for it...
Russia to resume A-42 amphibious aircraft production
The Russian Navy will receive the biggest in the world Albatros A-42 amphibious airplane. Its design was suspended in 1993. Now the aircraft will b...
QinetiQ to reduce acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of Royal Navy submarines
UK defense contractor QinetiQ has won a £18.7 million ($22.7m) contract to help reduce the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of Royal Navy su...
First ASEAN-US maritime exercise
The U.S. Navy and maritime forces from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will begin the first ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX) ...
Analysis: Russia and NATO develop Arctic strategy
After the end of World War 2, the Arctic developed into a laboratory for Polar scientists and a zone of commercial fishing. It also offers the shor...
Sea deployment for British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth to test F-35B fighter aircraft
British Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on August 30, 2019, ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B...