Navy News
South Korea orders new batch of SM-2 air defense missiles
South Korea decided Friday to purchase dozens of additional U.S.-made ship-to-air missiles to be placed on three new 7,600-ton Aegis-equipped destr...
Elbit, Leonardo join forces to add new torpedo capability for Seagull USV
Elbit Systems is now teaming with Leonardo to Develop Additional Torpedo Capability for Seagull USV, the Israel-based company said on December 6, 2...
Austal Delivers First Guardian-class Patrol Boat for Papua New Guinea
Austal today delivered the first Guardian Class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence and then in a handover ceremony, present...
Jamaica Defence Force Commissions Maritime Surveillance Aircraft
The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) saw the addition of a new member to its fleet this month; A Beechcraft King Air 350 WR maritime surveillance aircra...
Work on China's Third Aircraft Carrier Type 003 Officially Confirmed
China has launched work on building its third aircraft carrier (known as Type 003), Xinhua News Agency reported on Sunday. In an article published ...
Repairs to Admiral Kuznetsov Aircraft Carrier to Cost 1 Million USD
The Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier of project 11435 received 52 damages in the floating dock accident on October 30. The cost of removing...
Fincantieri Lays Keel of First Doha-class Air Defence Corvette for Qatar
The keel laying ceremony of the first “Doha” class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acqu...
POLA Sigma 10514 ARM Reformador Frigate Launched for Mexican Navy
The first Damen SIGMA 10514 frigate for the Mexican Navy was launched on November 23, 2018 at The Astillero de Marina No. 20 Mexican Naval Shipyard...
Leonardo DRS Announces Successful Delivery of 100th LM2500 Gas Turbine
Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced today that it successfully delivered its 100th LM2500 Gas Turbine Package to GE in August, which will be installed on ...
Japan Set to Procure F-35B STOVL Aircraft for JMSDF Izumo-class 'helicopter destroyer'
The Japanese government has decided to procure the F35B short take-off and vertical-landing (STOVL) stealth fighter aircraft as part of the new def...
Rolls-Royce to supply MTU generator sets for refurbishment of UK Type 45 naval vessels
Rolls-Royce is to supply 18 MTU Series 4000 diesel generator sets to BAE Systems as part of the Power Improvement Project (PIP) to increase the res...
Saab and Lockheed Martin Selected for RAN Hunter-class Frigate Combat System
Saab Australia has been selected by BAE Systems to be part of a team, including Lockheed Martin Australia, to deliver the combat system integration...
HHI Launched First Auxiliary Training Ship 'Hansando' for ROK Navy
On Friday, November 16, 2018 in Ulsan, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) launched HANSANDO (ATH-81), the first training ship for the Republic of Korea...
Russia & India Sign Deal for Four Project 11356 Frigates
Russia has signed contracts with India on the construction of four project 11356 frigates for the Indian Navy, Russia’s Federal Service for Militar...
Sevmash Shipyard Continues Overhaul of Admiral Nakhimov Cruiser
Sevmash Shipyard continues to overhaul the heavy nuclear Marshal Nakhimov cruiser of project 11442M. A major volume of hull work has been done and ...
Beriev plant hands over another upgraded Tu-142MK to Russian Navy
The Beriev Aircraft Plant in Taganrog (TANTK) handed over to the naval aviation another overhauled antisubmarine Tu-142MK aircraft, the enterprise ...
Russian Navy & Industry Considering More Project 22350 Gorshkov-class Frigates
The Russian Navy and the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) are considering a possibility to build several more guided missile frigates of proje...
United States Clears SM-3 Missiles FMS to Japan
The U.S. State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Japan of eight (8) Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block 1B Missiles and thirteen ...
All our video coverage from Euronaval 2018
Navy Recognition was the official online show daily and WebTV at Euronaval 2018, the largest naval defense show in the world held in October in Fra...
Future USS Michael Monsoor and HMS Queen Elizabeth Conduct PHOTOEX
Two of the world’s most technologically sophisticated warships, the future USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) and the British Royal Navy aircraft carri...