Navy News
USS Montgomery LCS 8 Completes Combat System Ship Qualification Trials
Sailors aboard the Independence variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) successfully completed Combat System Ship Qualification Trials ...
Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces to Purchase Transport Ships
The Sankei Shimbun reports that Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Forces (JGSDF) are currently examining a plan that would see the service purchase trans...
Russia's Next Gen Destroyer Plans Facing Headwinds - Part 1
The Russian Navy confirmed plans to build a key warship for the future of its fleet - a guided missile destroyer. The creation of the green-water w...
HII Begins Post-Delivery Work on Aircraft Carrier USS Gerald R. Ford - CVN 78
The first ship in the nation’s newest class of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), returned to Huntington Ingalls Indus...
Metal Shark and ASV Global Introduce SHARKTECH Autonomous Vessels
Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has joined forces with autonomous vessel technology developer ASV Global to introduce “Sharktech” Auto...
Keel Laying for Final Russian Navy Project 21631 Buyan-M Corvette
A keel laying ceremony was held at the Gorky shipyard in Zelenodolsk for the Russian Navy twelfth (and, apparently, final) Project 21631 corvette (...
HII Launched Flight IIA Technology Insertion Destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121)
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided missile destroyer ...
KSA Signed the Contract for 5 Avante 2200 Corvettes with Navantia
According to Spanish media, Saudi Arabia has finally signed the contract for five Avante 2200 corvettes for the Royal Saudi Navy. The deal, worth 1...
Saab Launches the RBS15 Gungnir / RBS15 Mk4 Anti-ship Missile
Today, Saab announces the RBS15 Gungnir next generation anti-ship missile system that is being shown at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 ...
Airbus Helicopters Starts NH90 Sea Lion Qualification Phase
The second prototype of the NH90 Sea Lion has performed its first flight in serial configuration on July 10. This event marks the beginning of the ...
RIMPAC 2018: Kongsberg's NSM and Japan's Type 12 Participate in SINKEX
Live fire from aircraft, a submarine, and land assets (including Japan's Type 12 SSM and Kongsberg's NSM) sank the decommissioned ex-USS Racine (LS...
Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship 'Wichita' Completes Acceptance Trials
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 13, the future USS Wichita, completed Acceptance Trials in the waters of Lake Michigan. LCS 13 is the seventh Freedom-va...
Upgrade of Russian Frigate Neustrashimy Nears Completion
The Defense Ministry and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are completing the overhaul and upgrade of the Yastreb-class Neustrashimy frigat...
Russian Navy to get Two Upgraded Molniya-class Missile Boats
The Russian Navy will receive two upgraded Molniya-class missile boats of project 1241 by the beginning of 2019. They were initially planned for a ...
ESG Conducts OPC Final Critical Design Review for the USCG
Panama City, FL, Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) has successfully conducted its Final Critical Design Review (FCDR) with the United States Coast G...
Kongsberg's NSM to Replace German Navy Frigates' Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles
At Balt Military Expo 2018, the naval defense exhibition held recently in Gdansk, Poland, Navy Recognition learned from a Kongsberg representative ...
China Launched the 30th (and last ?) Type 054A Frigate for the PLAN
Our colleagues from East Pendulum are reporting that the Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard of the Chinese naval group CSSC launched a Type 054A frigate for...
New Zealand Procuring Four Boeing P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft
On 9 July 2018, the Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters announced that New Zealand will acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft, and training s...
U.S. Navy Completes 1st MQ-8C Fire Scout Operational Test at Sea
USS Coronado (LCS 4) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron (VX) 1 completed the first comprehensive Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&...
ESSM Block 2 with Active Seeker Successfully Intercepts Aerial Target
The NATO Seasparrow Project Office recently conducted a successful flight test of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2, intercepting a BQM...