Navy News
US Navy declared initial operational capability for the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter
The US Navy (USN) declared initial operational capability (IOC) for the Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter on 28 June.
Rolls-Royce wins Royal Navy Type-23 frigate engine contract
Rolls-Royce has received a contract to perform maintenance on the British Royal Navy’s Type-23 frigate fleet engines, Naval Technology reports.
Project 20380 corvettes to be completed by late 2021
The construction of project 20380 corvettes will end in late 2021. It is a historical event for the Navy. For the first time in the post-Soviet per...
Belgium and Netherlands sign contract to purchase twelve mine hunters
On Friday, July 5 in Brussels, Belgium and the Netherlands signed the contract for the joint purchase of twelve new-generation mine hunters. Naval ...
Akademik Pashin tanker completes trials
The Akademik Pashin tanker of project 23130 completed a stage of trials in late June to test interaction between the crew and a helicopter. The tri...
French Navy to retire Lynx helicopters in 2020
The French Navy will retire all eight Lynx Mk 4(FN) helicopters from service in 2020, 2 years earlier than scheduled.
US Navy deploys USNS Carson City to the Gulf of Guinea
USNS Carson City (T-EFP 7), a Military Sealift Command Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship of the U.S. Navy, departed Rota, Spain, on...
US 4th Fleet-led UNITAS 2019 Pacific exercises concluded
The U.S. Navy and its partners in Central America and South America concluded the UNITAS 2019 Pacific exercises, with the U.S. 4th Fleet leading a ...
Iran threatens the UK to seize one of its oil tankers
Earlier this week, Gibraltar government (a British overseas territory) said it believed that the Grace 1, belonging to Iran, was carrying crude oil...
Spain to join the pre-bidding process for the Indian submarine project
Apparently, according to Indian media, Spain has expressed interest in the pre-bidding process for the Indian requirement for an advanced line of c...
Lockheed Martin awarded contract for combat system integration on FFG(X) frigates by US Navy
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, has been awarded a contract, worth $US 7 million, for combat system sh...
Naval Group chosen by Romania for the corvettes programme
Today, on July 03, the Romanian authorities announced the selection of Naval Group and its partner Santierul Naval Constanta (SNC) for the programm...
US Navy signs contract for former RAF C-130J to replace Fat Albert of Blue Angels
U.S. Navy recently ordered a new Fat Albert Blue Angels logistics aircraft from the UK, in the form of a used C-130J of the Royal Air Force (RAF).
Amur Shipbuilders lay down two Project 22800 corvettes for Russian Pacific Fleet
The Amur Shipbuilding Plant in Komsomolsk-on-Amur has laid down two GM corvettes of project 22800 (Karakurt) - the Rzhev and the Udomlya - for the ...
Indian aircraft carrier INS Viraat to be finally scrapped
More than two years after aircraft carrier INS Viraat was decommissioned, it will finally be scrapped, Indian Parliament was informed on Monday, Ju...
US Navy awarded Insitu contract for RQ-21A Blackjack UAV production
The U.S. Navy recently announced a contract award for Boeing Insitu, a subsidiary of Boeing, worth up to $US 390 million for the procurement of RQ-...
Squadron 2020 programme of the Finish Navy to be delayed
Recently, the Finish Ministry of Defence (MoD) had to admit that final contract negotiations for the procurement of a series of new corvettes, cons...
Indian Defence minister urges the Navy to keep an eye on China in the IOR
Indian Defence minister Rajnath Singh apparently urged the Indian Navy to increase monitoring Chinese activities in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) a...
Two Project 12418 missile boats to be handed over to Russian Navy in 2021-2022
Two Project 12418 missile boats, which are being built at the Vympel shipbuilding plant (an affiliate of Concern Kalashnikov of the Russian State C...
Japan begins development of its next-gen attack submarines, the 29SS
Apparently, Japan has commenced research, design and development for the successor to its Soryu-class attack submarines, which entered service in 2...