Navy News
US Marine Corps has taken delivery of training device for CH-53K King Stallion helicopter
The H-53 Heavy Lift Helicopters program office (PMA-261) took delivery of the first training device for the CH-53K King Stallion helicopter on Apri...
French Company ECA Group has won a contract to modernize mine clearance capacities for a foreign Navy
French Company ECA Group has been awarded a significant export contract to modernize robots dedicated to naval mine warfare. The ECA Group is ...
Guangzhou Wenchong Ship Factory to build new 10,000-ton cutter for China Maritime Safety Administration
Guangzhou Wenchong Ship Factory Company from China has announced on April 28, 2020, that the company has awarded a contract to build a new 10,000-t...
Steel cutting for second offshore patrol cutter OPC Heritage-class WMSM-916 for US Coast Guard
Panama City, FL, Eastern Shipbuilding Group reports that steel cutting for the second offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Heritage-class, Coast Guard Cutt...
Lithuanian Navy plans to acquire 3rd Ex-Royal Navy Hunt-Class MCM Vessel
The Lithuanian Navy is looking to expand its fleet of Skalvis-class Mine Counter Measures (MCM) vessels with the procurement of a third hull to be ...
Republic of Korea Navy's last upgrades on Chang Bogo Class attack
Republic of Korea Navy currently operates 9 Chang Bogo-class (modified German Type 209) submarines acquired between 1993 and 2001. These submarines...
Huntington Ingalls Industries Wins $187M Navy Contract to Engineer Additional Amphibious Assault Ship
Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a potential $187.5M contract by the U.S. Navy for design and engineering of one America-class amphib...
QinetiQ to lead next phase of Maritime Autonomous Platform Exploitation (MAPLE) project
As an important part of their ongoing work into unmanned vehicle command and control (C2) for defence applications, QinetiQ is pleased to announce ...
Northrop Grumman to procure integrated bridge and navigation systems for Arleigh Burke DDG-51 guided missile destroyer
On May 1, 2020, Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Charlottesville, Virginia, is awarded a $27,430,321 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-...
Chinese Navy Liaoning aircraft carrier has tested its integrated combat capability
Chinese Navy Liaoning aircraft carrier formation on Thursday, April 30, 2020, returned to a military port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Provinc...
US Navy Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson achieved an important milestone
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has announced on May 1, 2020, that the Zumwalt-class destroyer Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002) achieved an important ...
Chinese Navy has now six Type 094A Jin-class nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines
According to news published on Internet, China has now six submarines Type 094A. Two upgraded Type 094A nuclear submarines were presented during th...
US Navy has completed program of C-130T logistic support aircraft with Avionics Obsolescence Upgrade
A U.S. Navy program to upgrade the avionics of C/KC-130T Hercules logistics support and aerial refueling aircraft successfully completed a crucial ...
HMS Kent Type 23 Duke-class frigate joins US forces in Arctic for cold-weather training
The British Royal Navy with HMS Kent Type 23 Duke-class frigate has joined forces with the US to practice operations in the icy waters of the Arcti...
British Royal Navy trials Slocum Glider that can aid submarine hunters
Underwater Slocum gliders that can rapidly send vital information that could give an extra edge to the British Royal Navy’s submarine hunting opera...
Austal Australia has been awarded contract to design and build Cape-class Patrol Boats for Australian Navy
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that Austal Australia has been awarded an A$324 million contract to design and construct six evolved Cape-cla...
Fincantieri Marinette Marine was awarded contract to build FFG(X) missile frigate for US Navy
On April 30, 2020, Fincantieri Marinette Marine was awarded the nearly $800 million contract to build the FFG(X) first-in-class guided missile frig...
French company Naval Group has started sea trials of Suffren Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine
The sea trials of the Suffren, the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine, have just begun. They will enable the French Defence Procurement...
US Navy Large Unmanned Surface and Undersea Vehicles: Background and Issues for Congress
The Navy in FY2021 and beyond wants to develop and procure three types of large unmanned vehicles (UVs). These large UVs are called Large Unmanned ...
HMS Queen Elizabeth is ready to conduct first operational deployment in 2021
HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth today to ensure she is ready to conduct her first operational deployment in 2021.