Navy News
German Navy takes delivery of first NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter
On June 4, 2020, the German Navy has officially announced the hand over of the first NH90 Sea Lion naval helicopter that will replace the Sea King ...
Australian Navy’s frigate upgrade program continues to deliver
The Royal Australian Navy’s frigate HMAS Anzac has joined HMAS Arunta as the second of the fleet’s Anzac Class frigates to undergo the Anzac Midlif...
Russian Navy Northern Fleet warships kick off anti-submarine warfare drills in Barents Sea
The Northern Fleet’s search and strike group kicked off drills in the Barents Sea to search for and eliminate a notional enemy’s nuclear-powered su...
French Naval Industry Accelarates UAV Procurement For French Navy As Potential Recovery Plan
As part of a larger potential recovery plan to help the French aerospace industry cope with the current economic crisis (due to COVID-19 outbreak),...
First operational landing of 617 Squadron F-35B fighter on British HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier
The British Navy has announced on June 9, 2020, that Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning stealth fighter aircraft from the British Royal Air Force 617 ...
FLIR gets $23.5M Orders for its Centaur UGVs for US Army and Navy
FLIR Systems, Inc. announced that the United States Army and Navy have ordered in total more than 160 of the company’s Centaur unmanned ground vehi...
Russian Navy Admiral Kasatonov frigate completes sea part of acceptance trials
The Admiral Kasatonov frigate of project 22350 completed the sea part of acceptance trials and returned to Severnaya verf Shipyard. The warship wil...
Saab Surface Ship and Submarine Successfully Fired Lightweight Torpedo
Saab has together with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Swedish Armed Forces have conducted the first tests with the Saab Ligh...
Russian Navy upgrades Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate project 22350 with electronic weapon systems
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate of project 22350 is the first warship to get upgraded electronic arms, radars and electronic warfar...
Elbit Systems UK completes Anti-Submarine Warfare trials for British Navy with its Seagull USV
Elbit Systems UK completed a series of Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) trials with the UK MoD (Ministry of Defense) with its Seagull armed USV (Unmann...
Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment
The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group 5 departs for 2020 operational deployment. Reagan, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, and Destroyer Squadron (DESRON)...
Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will reinforce the Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet
According to news published on June 5, 2020, by the Russian press agency TASS, the Tsiklon Karakurt-class missile corvette of project 22800 will re...
Test and trials operations at sea for US Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 embarked on USS Gerald R Ford
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 7, 2020, the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 embarked on U.S. Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) ...
Chinese FC-31 Stealth Fighter to possibly enter service in the PLA Navy
Photos of the Shenyang J-31 twin-engine fifth-generation fighter jet, have been frequently released on Chinese social media since May, leading to c...
Konsberg signs its first contract with Ocean Infinity for Subsea innovation
Kongsberg Maritime has signed its first contract for a state-of-the-art ROV launch & recovery system (LARS), specifically designed to handle re...
British Royal Marines to trial new helmet camera for enhanced tactical advantage
Royal Marines will have access to more information when making tactical decisions thanks to a new helmet camera. Both the network and cameras have ...
Severnaya verf shipyard receives Strogy corvette superstructure made for Russian Navy
Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Nikolai Yevmenov thanked Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard for a successful towing of the superstructure of the Strogy...
For the first time US Navy Ford-class and Nimitz-class aircraft carriers have operated together at sea
On June 4, 2020, U.S. Navy has released pictures showing a Ford-class and Nimitz- class aircraft carrier together on the sea. The Ford-class aircra...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz CVN 68 conducts COMPTUEX exercise
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) is underway conducting composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX). COMPTUEX is an intensive exerc...
US Coast Guard USCGC Sequoia provides aids-to-navigation infrastructure improvements in waters of Koror
The U.S. Coast Guard, in partnership with U.S. Embassy Koror and with the support of the Department of the Interior, provided further aids-to-navig...