Navy News
Australia will replace the Landing Craft Mechanized Mark 8
According to information published by Asia Pacific Defence Reporter on May 2021, Australia will replace the two Landing Craft Mechanized, Mark 8 (L...
Italian frigate Antonio Marceglia fired Aster 30 missile
According to a tweet published by the Italian Navy on May 26, 2021, the Italian frigate Antonio Marceglia successfully fired Aster 30 surface-to-ai...
Japan Navy joint Naval drills with USS America
According to a tweet published by Japan Maritime Self Defense Forces on May 26, 2021, the fast combat support ship JS Hamana conducted joint traini...
Curtiss-Wright to support critical US Naval defense platforms
According to a press release published by Curtiss-Wright Corporation on May 26, 2021, the firm announced that it has been awarded contracts valued ...
UK Type 31 frigates will be equipped with MBDA's Sea Ceptor
According to a press release published by MBDA on May 26, 2021, MBDA's Sea Ceptor system will protect the Royal Navy's new Type 31 Frigates un...
Portugal orders six new Viana do Castelo-class patrol vessels
According to information published by Defensa on May 26, 2021, the Government of Portugal approved the acquisition of six new Viana do Castelo-clas...
HII awarded contract with U.S. Navy for Remus UUV
According to a press release published by Huntington Ingalls Industries on May 26, 2021, the company announced a U.S. Navy order of two REMUS 300 u...
Chinese Navy conducts naval exercise to perform submarine rescue missions
A naval search and rescue flotilla under the Northern Theater Command of the Chinese Navy, together with surface ships, helicopter units, and local...
USS Gerald R. Ford achieved the target of 8,000 successful aircraft launches and recoveries
According to a press release published by General Atomic on May 25, 2021, the firm announced that the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS...
Thales participation to UK CSG's international deployment
As the Carrier Strike Group gets underway on its international deployment, it is only fitting that it should be led by one of the most distinctive ...
MQ-8C Fire Scout completes check aboard USS Anchorage
According to a press release published by Northrop Grumman on May 25, 2021, MQ-8C Fire Scout, the U.S. Navy’s only ship-based autonomous helicopter...
Egypt receives Aster-30 missiles and Vulcano guided munitions for its FREMM frigates
According to a Tweet published by Mahmoud Gamal, Egypt has received ASTER-30 vertically launched surface-to-air missiles and Vulcano precision-guid...
Algeria has ordered one Chinese-made Pattani or Type 056 class corvette
According to information published by the SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) arms trade database, in 2020, Algeria has ordere...
State trials of Tsirkon hypersonic missile from Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate to start in June
According to information published by the Russian press agency on May 20, 2021, the state trials of the Tsirkon hypersonic missile from the Russian...
Maiden operational deployment for British Navy Carrier Strike Group led by HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
According to information published by the British Navy on May 22, 2021, the HMS Queen Elizabeth Carrier Strike Group starts its maiden operational ...
General Dynamics NASSCO starts construction of USNS Robert F. Kennedy replenishment oiler ship for US Navy
According to information published on May 21, 2021, General Dynamics NASSCO started construction of the future USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208), t...
UK launches competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support FSS ships
According to information published by the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) on May 21, 2021, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a c...
British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carriers at sea together for the first time
Following the British-led multinational naval exercise, the UK’s two aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales were deployed a...
Dutch Navy HNLMS De Zeven Provincien has launched two Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles against subsonic target
On May 19, 2021, during NATO naval exercise Formidable Shield, the Royal Netherlands Navy Air Defense and Command Frigate (ADCF) HNLMS De Zeven Pro...
WE Tech Solutions to provide WE Drives for Pohjanmaa-class Corvettes of Finnish Navy
According to information published on May 17, 2021, Finnish company, WE Tech Solutions has been awarded an order for its WE Drives to control the R...