Navy News
China to sell an aircraft carrier to Pakistan
China, as part of its recent military and foreign policies, has planned to upgrade on a large scale its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, to se...
Indian DAC approved indigenous building of 6 Project 75(I) submarines
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a landmark decision on January 31, approved indigenous construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy...
Russia to equip 2 frigates with visual-optical blinding stations
Two guided missile frigates of project 22350, the Admiral Gorshkov and the Admiral Kasatonov were equipped with Filin visual-optical blinding stati...
Royal Marines to conduct cold weather training in Norway
The Royal Marines of 1 Assault Group Royal Marines (1AGRM), specialists in amphibious warfare, will soon conduct their Arctic cold weather training...
French Navy to acquire 4 LSS replenishment tankers
The French Navy has taken the decision to acquire 4 new Logistic Support Ships (LSS), also called "Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force" (BRF) in Frenc...
US Navy to construct 2 additional aircraft carriers
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $US 15 billion contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII - NNS) for the construction o...
US Navy awarded General Atomics contract for EMALS parts
General Atomics has been awarded a $US 20 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide EMALS parts for its aircraft carrier CVN-78, the USS Geral...
Japan to purchase Aegis Ashore missile defense systems
Japan's purchase of 2 land-based Aegis (Aegis Ashore) Ballistic Missile Defense systems has been approved by the U.S. government. Lockheed Martin (...
China developped maritime rescue center in South China Sea
On Tuesday 29th January, China's Ministry of Transport established a maritime rescue center in Yongshu reef of the Nansha Islands. This new center ...
China unveils anti-ship version of its DF-26 missile
China has strengthened its ballistic capabilities, by increasing its Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) forces with the development of an anti-ship va...
Indian MoD awarded Goa Shipyard Ltd contract for 2 Talwar frigates
On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Defense has concluded a contract with state-owned Goa Shipyard Limited to build 2 Russian advanded Talwar-cla...
US Navy awarded Northrop Grumman contract for 5 MQ-8C
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $US 55 million contract, for modification to a previously awarded contract, for the providing of 5 MQ-...
FSAF/PAAMS programme progresses on in-service support
The end of 2018 saw a number of important milestones identified in the Programme Management Plan achieved by the FSAF-PAAMS Programme of the OCCAR....
The Italo-French FREMM programme continues with a 9th frigate
The launching ceremony of the “Spartaco Schergat” frigate, the ninth of a series of 10 FREMM vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, took place ...
Vietnamese Molniya ship could be armed with Moskit missiles
According to some sources, yet to be verified, Russia could have offered Vietnam a version of the fast-attacking missile ship Molniya (Project 1242...
Taiwan's Navy first fly-over demonstration using the Albatross UAV
Taiwan's Navy has held its first fly-over demonstration using the indigenous Albatross UAV. This test was part of a joint military operation taking...
US Navy awarded Boeing a production contract for P-8A Poseidon
According to Boeing, the U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a $US 2.4 billion production contract for the next 19 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The contract in...
Belgian-Dutch MCM - Naval & Robotics unveiled its version
Naval & Robotics (consortium between Naval Group and ECA-Robotics), SeaNavalSolutions (consortium between STX France, Socarenam, Thales Belgium...
Germany to provide Israel 3 Dolphin-class submarines
The German government has recently given the go-ahead for another batch of three Dolphins more for Israel. These new submarines should be ready jus...
US MCM Mission Package completing integration of unmanned vehicles
The U.S. Navy, through its Mine Countermeasures Mission Package (MCM MP), successfully completed shipboard integration of two unmanned systems on i...