Navy News
BAE Systems wins US Navy contract for laser-guided rockets
The American Navy has signed a $2.68 billion IDIQ contract for thousands of combat-proven, low-cost APKWS® Laser-Guided Rockets manufactured by BAE...
IXblue Navigation Solutions Selected For Three New OPV For Argentina
Kership has selected iXblue navigation solutions to equip the three new offshore patrol vessels (OPV 90 type) being built for the Argentine Navy. T...
De Haas Maassluis New Interceptor to be delivered to Hellenic Navy
Ullmandynamics in collaboration with De Haas Maassluis (NL) has been working on an exciting project during the past year. On December 16 2019, they...
Russian Vladimir Yemelyanov minesweeper begins acceptance trials
The Vladimir Yemelyanov Alexandrite-class minesweeper of project 12700 built by Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard began acceptance trials, the enterprise said.
Royal Navy F-35 Takes-Off from HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth Harbour
The roar of the most advanced aircraft in Britain’s arsenal reverberated around Portsmouth Harbour as an F-35 launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth.
General Dynamics starts construction of future US Navy USNS Harvey Milk
Construction on the Navy’s future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) was marked by a ceremony held at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding...
Littoral Combat Ship St. Louis for US Navy Completes Acceptance Trials
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will ...
Chinese Navy takes delivery of second aircraft carrier
China's 2nd aircraft carrier, the country's first domestically built one, was named Shandong (hull 17) and was commissioned into the Chinese Navy o...
Naval Group collaborates with 9 Australian firms on countermeasure solutions
French shipbuilder Naval Group has signed nine different memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Australian companies to manufacture its countermea...
Hydroid Integrates HISAS 2040 Module onto REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
The in-mission processor allows real-time processing of HISAS data, allowing operators to download high-resolution images immediately when the vehi...
Russia’s Navy to receive Mikhail Kazansky large hydrographic boat in late December
The Project 23370 large hydrographic boat Mikhail Kazansky is planned to join the Russian Navy on December 25, 2019, the Defense Ministry’s press o...
General Atomics Begins European Maritime Flight Demonstrations In Greece With MQ-9
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is conducting a series of demonstration flights using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircra...
China's first unmanned cargo ship makes maiden test
On December 15, 2019, the unmanned cargo ship Jindoyuyn O Hao made the first test flight to Zhuhai from the terminal of the Xiangshan Seaport of Sc...
Airbus Helicopters delivers AS365N3 Dauphin to Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy received its second Airbus Helicopter AS365N3 + Dauphin II (tail number 905) naval helicopter on December 6, 2019, at the Chaika...
Pakistan's first upgraded Agosta 90B submarine to start sea trials
The Turkish defence contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş. (STM) is planning to initiate sea trials for the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first u...
German Navy trains on Rheinmetall’s Asterion simulator before delivery
Thanks to advanced simulation technology from Rheinmetall, ground personnel of the German Navy’s new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter are already able ...
The large landing ship of the 11711 project "Peter Morgunov" begins factory sea trials
According to JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation, the large landing ship (BDK) "Peter Morgunov" of project 11711, built for the Russian Navy at PJS...
Russia’s Donuzlav hydrographic vessel discovers four unknown zones in Red Sea
The Black Sea Fleet’s Donuzlav hydrographic vessel has covered a distance of more than 5,500 nautical miles and surveyed an area of about 7,000 squ...
Irish Department of Defence orders two Airbus C295 aircraft
Ireland’s Department of Defence has announced the acquisition of two Airbus C295 medium airlifters in a maritime surveillance configuration. With t...
Navantia Successfully integrates the systems of Spain’s First Autonomous Vessel
Navantia Sistemas has delivered to the Port Authority of Ceuta the first ship with autonomous capacity in Spain, named “USV Vendaval.” The shipbuil...
