Navy News
Second Project 18280 Reconnaissance Ship Ivan Khurs Completes Acceptance Trials
The Ivan Khurs communications vessel of project 18280 built at the Northern Shipyard, finished acceptance trials, the yard’s press service reports.
China’s first home-built aircraft carrier Type 002 completes sea trials
China's first home-built aircraft carrier, known as the Type 002, has completed all sea trials successfully, Hu Wenming, chairman of the China Ship...
Atlas Elektronik & Thales Deutschland to Deliver CMS of K130 Corvettes
ATLAS ELEKTRONIK and Thales Deutschland have jointly been commissioned to deliver the combat system of the German Class K130 Corvette. The order co...
Project 22160 corvette Vasily Bykov performed first artillery firing
Newest Project 22160 corvette Vasily Bykov (patrol vessel) left Sevastopol for a maritime test range to perform the first artillery exercise as par...
Russia’s Navy Commissions Amphibious Vessel Ivan Gren at Last
The large amphibious assault ship Ivan Gren has been accepted for service by Russia’s Navy, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene. The St. A...
U.S. Navy LCS USS Coronado Underway for MQ-8C Fire Scout Testing
USS Coronado (LCS 4) began underway operational testing of the Navy's newest unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, off the coast of San Diego,...
NSM Anti-Ship Missiles for Norway and Germany
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has entered into contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency worth 220M NOK for a cooperat...
Leonardo to supply the next-generation Black Shark Advanced torpedo to the Italian Navy
Leonardo will supply Black Shark Advanced (BSA) torpedoes and associated logistic support services to equip the Italian Navy’s U212A 2nd Series sub...
Rheinmetall wins multimillion-euro order for MASS naval countermeasures system in Canada
The Canadian Forces have awarded Rheinmetall an important follow-on contract. The Canadian Navy plans to expand the MASS countermeasure systems ins...
Austal Launched First Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boat
The first of 21 Guardian-class, Pacific Patrol Boats (PPB-R) was launched by Austal last month. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery to Papua...
Video: HSwMS Gotland Relaunched After Mid-Life Upgrade by Saab Kockums
After a comprehensive mid-life upgrade (MLU) to meet tomorrow’s naval challenges, HSwMS Gotland has been relaunched and is ready to start her sea t...
Seaspan Shipyards Started Construction on Canada’s Joint Support Ship
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) celebrated the start of construction on the first Joint Support Ship (JSS) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) last week....
South Korea Opens Tender for 12 More ROK Navy ASW Helicopters
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced this week that a tender for twelve naval helicopters for the Republic of ...
Saab and Damen Team Up for Brazil's Tamandaré-class Corvette Programme
Saab and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding have come together to compete for the project that will supply four Tamandaré Class Corvettes (CCT) for t...
Video: Peruvian Navy Commissioned its First LPD - BAP Pisco
On June 6, 2018, the main Peruvian naval base of Callao hosted the commissioning ceremony of landing platform dock (LPD) BAP Pisco (officially clas...
Telephonics Awarded Radar Contract for USCG's HC-27J Program
Telephonics Corporation announced that it has been competitively awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Naval ...
Saab Announce Keel Laying of Swedish Navy’s Future SIGINT Vessel
The keel-laying ceremony for the new Swedish signals intelligence ship took place last week at the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna, located in Gdynia, Poland....
ECA Group raises its submarine equipment activities – static converters supply to several Navies for €6 million
ECA Group announces it has been awarded a contract to supply static converters in South America. This contract covers the supply of 16 units of sta...
Latest Details on Russia's Husky Fifth-Generation Submarine
The development of the fifth-generation submarine in Russia was declared on December 16, 2014. Initially, the Malakhit bureau worked on the project...
Thales to Upgrade Sonars on Australia’s fleet of Collins-class Submarines
Australia’s strategic priority on enhancing its submarine capability will be supported by Thales through major upgrades of the sonar systems on all...