Navy News
Russian frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov armed with A-190-1 gun
The Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate of project 1155 will be armed with 100mm A-190-01 artillery stealth gun during an upgrade. Artillery turrets are m...
Planck Aero gets USAF contract for sUAS navigation solutions
Planck Aerosystems, Inc. was awarded a contract from the United States Air Force Research Lab for the development of guidance, navigation, and cont...
Russian Ships of Baltic Fleet conducted electronic missile launches at sea targets
The Baltic Fleet’s Project 20380 corvettes Steregushchiy and Soobrazitelny currently on their deployment in distant waters conducted notional missi...
Northrop Grumman to produce 255 next-generation guided missiles for US Navy and Germany
American Company Northrop Grumman has received a three-year, $165M contract modification to provide 255 next-generation guided missiles to the U.S....
Thales MCM USVs will enter service with Royal Navy and French Navy in 2020
Together, Thales and L3Harris have developed a new class of USV. The first of their kind, Artemis and Apollo represent an important step towards th...
PMB Defence signs subcontracts with Naval Group to design storage batteries for Attack-class submarines
Australian company PMB Defence Pty Ltd and Greek company Systems Sunlight S.A. have signed subcontracts with Naval Group Australia to design the ma...
Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Arunta Test-Fires First Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Anzac-class frigate, HMAS Arunta (FFH 151) has test-fired its first Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) off the coas...
Severnaya Shipyard launches Project 20380 corvette Retivy
The Severnaya Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) floated out the Project 20380 corvette Retivy, the Shipyard announced on Thurs...
Israely Navy's New SA’AR 6 Corvette succesfully passed its first test drive
Kiel shipbuilders can build corvettes in record time. Just two years and a month after construction began, the first of the four new corvettes of t...
Lockheed Martin’s HELIOS Laser Weapon System To Be Integrated on Ship
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Navy moved one step closer to integrating a laser weapon system onto an Arleigh Burke destroyer after successfully con...
Future Mine Countermeasures vessels of the Belgian Navy and Dutch Navy in action
An animation released by Belgium Naval & Robotics, the French consortium of Naval Group and ECA Group on Youtube, shows the MCM platforms and t...
Future Russian Navy Gremyashchy corvette to be delivered in 2020
The Severnaya Verf shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) plans to transfer the head corvette of Project 20385 Gremyashchy to the R...
Naval Group and Nexter To Modernize Narwhal Remote Weapon Systems for French Navy Vessels
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) on January 16 2020, awarded Nexter and Naval Group a contract for the modernization of the Narwha...
Lockheed Martin To Integrate Layered Laser Defense Weapon Aboard LCS
Lockheed Martin Corp., Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $22,436,852 letter contract for the integration, demonstration, testing and operation of t...
Thales alongside with Len Industri will modernize Indonesia's naval capabilities
On 10 March in Jakarta, Len Industri and Thales signed a contract for the complete modernisation of the KRI Usman-Harun multi-role light frigate’s ...
Japan commissions first submarine running on lithium-ion batteries
On March 5, 2020, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its 11th Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) in Kobe in Hyo...
The Philippine Navy’s first Missile-capable frigate, BRP Jose Rizal
The Philippine Navy’s first Missile-capable frigate, BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150), is a few steps away from delivery next month. Rear Admiral Giovanni C...
British army working alongside NATO during Defender Europe 20 Exercise
Exercise Defender Europe 20 is a US Army-led joint, multinational training exercise that includes approximately 2600 UK service personnel, who will...
Kongsberg To Supply Naval Strike Missiles To US Navy
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with Raytheon Missile Systems for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) to the US Navy...
Lockheed Martin awarded $25M contract to produce Launch Sequencer Mark 5
Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, is awarded a $25,449,876 firm-fixed-price contract for Launch Sequencer (LSE...