Navy News
Russian MoD to Procure 18 MR-232 Bussol-S Coastal Radars before 2020
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to purchase eighteen MR-232 Bussol-S stationary coastal radar stations before 2020 to control the surface pictur...
U.S. Navy Awards Boeing Contract to Design & Build MQ-25A Tanker Drone
The U.S. Navy awarded a contract to The Boeing Co. Aug. 30 for the MQ-25A Stingray, the first operational carrier-based unmanned refueling aircraft...
LIG Nex1 on Track with New Tiger Shark Heavyweight Torpedo
LIG Nex1 is right on track with its Tiger Shark Heavyweight Torpedo System program, Navy Recognition has learned from the South Korean defence comp...
L&T Launches Third Vikram-class OPV for Indian Coast Guards
Continuing the focus on ‘Make in India’ in the defence sector, the L&T Shipyard at Kattupalli launched the third offshore patrol vessel (OPV-3)...
Brazilian Navy Helicopter Carrier Atlântico Arrived in her Homeport
The Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil) new helicopter carrier Atlântico (A 140) reached Rio de Janeiro, her homeport, on August 25. PHM Atlântico p...
Video: Russia Establishes Arctic Shamrock Base on Franz Josef Land
State-of-the-art technologies were used in building the Arctic Trefoil complex on the Franz Josef Land, the Zvezda tele-radio company reports. The ...
F-35C Lightning II Conducts Operational Test-1 Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
F-35C Lightning II aircraft from Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 125 are conducting their Operational Test-1 (OT-1) with Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 and...
China's 28th Type 054A Frigate Commissioned with PLAN South Sea Fleet
The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) commissioned its 28th Type 054A Frigate (Jiangkai II-class) 'Xianning' (咸宁 with hull numbe...
Russia reinforced its naval task group in Mediterranean
The Black Sea Fleet’s Project 11356 guided missiles frigates Admiral Grigorovich (hull number 494) and Admiral Essen (hull number 490) have made a ...
New Dive and Hydrographic Support Vessel for Royal New Zealand Navy
On 22 August, New Zealand's Minister of Defence Ron Mark announced the purchase of the 85-metre Edda Fonn, a 15-year-old offshore support vessel fr...
China’ Second Aircraft Carrier Type 002 Starts Second Round of Sea Trials
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier embarked on its second sea trial on Monday from its shipyard in Dalian, Liaoning province. Videos...
Russian Navy to Upgrade Tu-142 MPA with SVP-24 Targeting System
The Russian Navy’s naval aviation plans to upgrade Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft, including with the aid of SVP-24 system that has been used in Sy...
Rostec begins modernization of the Indian Vikramaditya aircraft carrier
Following the program of military-technical cooperation with India, Technodinamika holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has begun exe...
Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class Frigate Set to Join French CSG in 2019
As part of the Danish-French security policy cooperation, the Danish government wishes to deploy one of its frigates with the French Navy carrier s...
BAE Systems to Modernize U.S. Navy Tico-class Cruiser USS Gettysburg
BAE Systems was awarded a $146.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 6...
First PLAN Type 055 Destroyer 'Nanchang' Started Sea Trials in China
Based on ship spotters images from China, it appears that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) first Type 055 Destroyer 'Nancha...
U.S. Navy Reestablishes Second Fleet for North Atlantic Area
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson presided over a ceremony establishing U.S. 2nd Fleet and naming Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis as th...
Alion Submitted Final Proposal For Canadian Surface Combatant Program
Alion Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alion Science and Technology, headquartered in McLean, Va., is pleased to announce that they have submit...
NAVAIR Completes AAG Performance Testing with Propeller Aircraft
The team behind the U.S. Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft recovery system, the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), completed C-2A Greyhound, E-2C Ha...
Russian Navy to receive Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser in 2022
The Russian Navy will receive the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser in 2022, Mikhail Budnichenko, director-general of the Sevm...