Navy News
German Navy Commissions Its Second F125 Baden-Württemberg-Class Modern Frigate
On June 10, 2020, the F125 "Nordrhein-Westfalen" was officially commissioned – due to the current corona pandemic, the ceremony took place on a sma...
British Navy HMS Kent frigate and HMS Ramsey minehunter join BALTOP 2020 naval exercise
According to information released by the British Government on June 8, 2020, over the next week, HMS Kent frigate and minehunter HMS Ramsey will sa...
Midlife Capability Assurance Program upgrade for Australian Navy HMAS Arunta Anzac Class Frigate
According to information released by the Australian Navy on June 9, 2020, HMAS Anzac frigate has joined HMAS Arunta as the second Anzac Class Friga...
Russian Navy Northern fleet prepares to accept Arkhangelsk Yasen-M cruise missile submarine
According to news published by the Russian press agency TASS on June 10, 2020, the Russian Navy Northern fleet is preparing to accept the cruise mi...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz and its Carrier Strike Group deployed for global naval security operations
According to information released by the Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet on June 8, 2020, the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and elem...
German Navy takes delivery of first NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter
On June 4, 2020, the German Navy has officially announced the hand over of the first NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter that will replace the Sea King ...
Australian Navy’s frigate upgrade program continues to deliver
The Royal Australian Navy’s frigate HMAS Anzac has joined HMAS Arunta as the second of the fleet’s Anzac Class frigates to undergo the Anzac Midlif...
Russian Navy Northern Fleet warships kick off anti-submarine warfare drills in Barents Sea
The Northern Fleet’s search and strike group kicked off drills in the Barents Sea to search for and eliminate a notional enemy’s nuclear-powered su...
French Naval Industry Accelarates UAV Procurement For French Navy As Potential Recovery Plan
As part of a larger potential recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis (due to COVID-19 outbreak),...
First operational landing of 617 Squadron F-35B fighter on British HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
The British Navy has announced on June 9, 2020, that Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning stealth fighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force 617 ...
FLIR gets $23.5M Orders for its Centaur UGVs for US Army and Navy
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the United States Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehi...
Russian Navy Admiral Kasatonov frigate completes sea part of acceptance trials
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 completed the sea part of acceptance trials and returned to Severnaya verf Shipyard. The warship wil...
Saab Surface Ship and Submarine Successfully Fired Lightweight Torpedo
Saab has together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces have conducted the first tests with the Saab Ligh...
Russian Navy upgrades Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate project 22350 with electronic weapon systems
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of project 22350 is the first warship to get upgraded electronic arms, radars and electronic warfar...
Elbit Systems UK completes Anti-Submarine Warfare trials for British Navy with its Seagull USV
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD (Ministry of Defense) with its Seagull armed USV (Unmann...
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment. Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)...
Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will reinforce the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet
According to news published on June 5, 2020, by the Russian press agency TASS, the Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will re...
Test and trials operations at sea for US Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked on USS Gerald R Ford
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 7, 2020, the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked on U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) ...
Chinese FC-31 Stealth Fighter to possibly enter service in the PLA Navy
Photos of the Shenyang J-31 twin-engine fifth-generation fighter jet, have been frequently released on Chinese social media since May, leading to c...
Konsberg signs its first contract with Ocean Infinity for Subsea innovation
Kongsberg Maritime has signed its first contract for a state-of-the-art ROV launch & recovery system (LARS), specifically designed to handle re...