Navy News
Chinese Navy Type 056A Dingzhou Jiangdao-class corvette conducts maritime live firing exercise
According to pictures released by the Chinese Ministry of Defense (MoD) website on November 18, 2020, the Type 056A Dingzhou Jiangdao-class corvett...
Indian Navy takes delivery of its ninth Boeing P-8i naval surveillance aircraft
According to information published on November 18, 2020, the Indian Navy has received its ninth P-8i naval surveillance aircraft on Wednesday, Nove...
Japan launches its second 30FFM frigate Kumano for Japanese Navy
According to a Tweet published on November 19, 2020, Japan has launched its new 30FFM frigate "Kumano" for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF...
Odintsovo Project 22800 Karakurt class Corvette officially enters in service with Russian Navy
According to information published by the Russian Ministry of Defense on November 18, 2020, the new Project 22800 Karakurt class Corvette ‘Odintsov...
Russian and Egyptian navies conduct joint naval exercise Friendship Bridge 2020
According to information published by the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) on November 17, 2020, warships from the Egyptian Navy enter for the fir...
US Navy awards contract to BAE Systems to modernize USS Stout DDG 55 Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer
According to a contract released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on November 17, 2020, BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair (BAE Systems), Norfo...
Thales to provide mission and combat systems for four future MKS 180 class frigates of German Navy
According to a press release published on November 18, 2020, Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding from Netherlands and French Company Thales signed on ...
Kongsberg Maritime to supply propeller systems for five Spanish Navy Navantia F110 frigates
According to a press release published on November 18, 2020, Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract worth NOK 200 million with Spanish shipbuild...
US Navy destroyer USS John Finn destroys ICBM with Standard Missile-3 SM-3 Block IIA missile
According to information published by the U.S. Navy on November 17, 2020, the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Navy USS John Finn (DDG-1...
Leonardo and Lacroix will cooperate in naval countermeasures sector
Leonardo and Lacroix have signed a strategic agreement which will see the partners working together to develop and integrate solutions in the naval...
General Dynamics awarded US Navy contract for construction of SSBN 827 Wisconsin submarine
The U.S. Department of Defense annouces on November 17 that General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $9,473,511,245 ...
Raytheon Missiles and Defense SM-3 IIA intercepts ICBM target
As part of a historic U.S. Missile Defense Agency demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was inter...
US Navy to start service life-extension program of USS Cheyenne nuclear-powered attack submarine
According to an article published by the Sea Power magazine website on November 16, 2020. the U.S. Navy USS Cheyenne, a Los Angeles-class nuclear-p...
US Navy Electronic Attack Squadron VAQ 131 completes first expeditionary deployment in Japan
According to information published by Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet on November 16, 2020, the “Lancers” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 131 comp...
Russian naval exports reach 70 platforms
Since 2000, Russia’s naval export deliveries have exceeded 70 main platforms, according to the Rosoboronexport (a subsidiary of state corporation R...
South Korea donates two retired Coast Guard Haeuri-class patrol vessels to Ecuador
According to information published on Facebook on November 14, 2020, South Korea has donated two retired Coast Guard Haeuri-class patrol vessels to...
17th Project 03160 Raptor-class patrol boat enters in service with Russian Navy
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on November 16, 2020, the 17th Project 03160 Raptor-class patrol boat has been ...
US Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ross DDG 71 participates to naval exercise in Sweden
According to information published on November 16, 2020, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) entered Swedi...
British Royal Navy ships deployed in Honduras to assist disaster relief efforts after tropical storm
According to information published on November 13, 2020, the British Royal Navy is responding to a request to assist disaster relief efforts in Hon...
AgustaWestland Philadelphia to produce 36 training helicopters TH-73A for US Navy
According to a press release published on November 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense has awarded AgustaWestland Philadelphia Corp. a 171 mil...