Navy News
UK shortlists three shipbuilders for Type 31e competitive design phase
Three shipbuilding teams have been awarded multi-million-pound contracts to push ahead with plans to build five new Type 31e warships in the UK for...
Iranian navy unveils blueprint for trimaran
On 8 December, during a visit to an exhibition of the Iranian Navy’s achievements, Deputy Chief of the Army for Coordination Rear Admiral Sayyari u...
France still supporting submarine sale to Poland
The French embassy in Poland has made a formal denial of the statements made by Polityka Insight on December 3, 2018 that France will withdraw its ...
Russian Navy to receive Be-200 SAR aircraft by 2019 end
The Russian Navy will receive the Beriev Be-200 amphibious aircraft intended for rescue operations by the end of 2019, the chief of the Russian Nav...
South Korea orders new batch of SM-2 air defense missiles
South Korea decided Friday to purchase dozens of additional U.S.-made ship-to-air missiles to be placed on three new 7,600-ton Aegis-equipped destr...
Elbit, Leonardo join forces to add new torpedo capability for Seagull USV
Elbit Systems is now teaming with Leonardo to Develop Additional Torpedo Capability for Seagull USV, the Israel-based company said on December 6, 2...
Austal Delivers First Guardian-class Patrol Boat for Papua New Guinea
Austal today delivered the first Guardian Class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence and then in a handover ceremony, present...
Jamaica Defence Force Commissions Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) saw the addition of a new member to its fleet this month; A Beechcraft King Air 350 WR maritime surveillance aircra...
Work on China's Third Aircraft Carrier Type 003 Officially Confirmed
China has launched work on building its third aircraft carrier (known as Type 003), Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. In an article published ...
Repairs to Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier to Cost 1 Million USD
The Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier of project 11435 received 52 damages in the floating dock accident on October 30. The cost of removing...
Fincantieri Lays Keel of First Doha-class Air Defence Corvette for Qatar
The keel laying ceremony of the first “Doha” class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acqu...
POLA Sigma 10514 ARM Reformador Frigate Launched for Mexican Navy
The first Damen SIGMA 10514 frigate for the Mexican Navy was launched on November 23, 2018 at The Astillero de Marina No. 20 Mexican Naval Shipyard...
Leonardo DRS Announces Successful Delivery of 100th LM2500 Gas Turbine
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it successfully delivered its 100th LM2500 Gas Turbine Package to GE in August, which will be installed on ...
Japan Set to Procure F-35B STOVL Aircraft for JMSDF Izumo-class 'helicopter destroyer'
The Japanese government has decided to procure the F35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) stealth fighter aircraft as part of the new def...
Rolls-Royce to supply MTU generator sets for refurbishment of UK Type 45 naval vessels
Rolls-Royce is to supply 18 MTU Series 4000 diesel generator sets to BAE Systems as part of the Power Improvement Project (PIP) to increase the res...
Saab and Lockheed Martin Selected for RAN Hunter-class Frigate Combat System
Saab Australia has been selected by BAE Systems to be part of a team, including Lockheed Martin Australia, to deliver the combat system integration...
HHI Launched First Auxiliary Training Ship 'Hansando' for ROK Navy
On Friday, November 16, 2018 in Ulsan, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) launched HANSANDO (ATH-81), the first training ship for the Republic of Korea...
Russia & India Sign Deal for Four Project 11356 Frigates
Russia has signed contracts with India on the construction of four project 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy, Russia’s Federal Service for Militar...
Sevmash Shipyard Continues Overhaul of Admiral Nakhimov Cruiser
Sevmash Shipyard continues to overhaul the heavy nuclear Marshal Nakhimov cruiser of project 11442M. A major volume of hull work has been done and ...
Beriev plant hands over another upgraded Tu-142MK to Russian Navy
The Beriev Aircraft Plant in Taganrog (TANTK) handed over to the naval aviation another overhauled antisubmarine Tu-142MK aircraft, the enterprise ...