Navy News
China's Type 055 warship larger, more powerful than expected
It has emerged that China's most advanced destroyer, the 10,000-ton-class Type 055, is larger than previously reported as the Chinese Navy recently...
US Navy Missile Submarine Has Begun Its First Patrol Armed With Low Yield Nukes
The U.S. Navy has reportedly sent an Ohio class ballistic missile submarine on patrol for the first time carrying Trident II submarine-launched bal...
Lockheed Martin awarded $474M contract for Trident II D5 ballistic missile life extension
Lockheed Martin, the largest collection defence firm in the world, received a new contract for the ballistic missile life extension program launche...
New Aselsan Decoy system on Turkish Submarine TCG Anafartalar S356
A Turkish Navy submarine was spotted passing through Istanbul on January 5th 2020, with new equipment. Trained eyes spotted an array of twelve whit...
India continues to develop new K-5 submarine-launched ballistic missile SLBM
India is seeking to develop the K-5, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) in the K family after the test launch on January 19, 220, of...
The European Mission is now operational in the Persian Gulf
The European Maritime Safety initiative in the Persian Gulf is now operational. His tactical staff is composed of Belgian, Danish, Dutch and French...
Morocco plans to buy Avante class offshore patrol vessels
Morocco is currently negotiating with Spain’s Navantia for the acquisition of two Avante class offshore patrol vessels. The North African country i...
Singapore Navy Commissions Final Three Littoral Mission Vessels
Minister for Manpower and Second Minister for Home Affairs Josephine Teo officiated at the commissioning ceremony of the Republic of Singapore Navy...
Lockheed Wins Potential $812M Contract for Navy Electronic Warfare System Variants
Lockheed Martin has won a potential $812.1M follow-on contract to produce new variants of the U.S. Navy's current shipboard electronic warfare syst...
United States will hand over three more Island-class patrol boats to Ukrainian Navy
On January 28, 2020, representatives of the Ukrainian Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard start negotiating in Odesa the transfer to Ukraine of more U.S....
Royal Australian Navy demonstrates capability to manage AUVs during sea trials
Recently, thirty-two autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) experts from the Royal Australian Navy, Defence Science and Technology (DST), industry and...
Shipbuilders float out latest minesweeper in Russia’s northwest
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in Russia’s northwest has floated out the Project 12700 fourth serial-produced minesweeper Yakov Balya...
Maritime Tactical Systems will provide five MANTAS T12 Autonomous vessel to Royal Navy
The Royal British Navy will soon get a new stealth spy craft named MANTAS T12 right after its Autonomy and Lethality Accelerator 'Navy X' ordered f...
US Navy selects Raytheon for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band
Raytheon Company was awarded a $403M System Demonstration Test Articles contract with the U.S. Navy for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. The SDTA p...
F-35B Fighter Jets flies from British Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in UK waters
British F-35B Lightning jets have flown from the decks of HMS Queen Elizabeth in UK waters, the first time fighter jets have operated from a Britis...
Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs Philippe Goffin visits Naval Base at Zeebrugge
On Monday, January 27 2020, the Belgian Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs, Philippe Goffin, travelled to the naval base in Zeebrugge. It was ...
Royal Navy's future type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow more than half built
Construction of the future HMS Glasgow, the lead ship of the Royal Navy’s future Type 26 frigates, is advancing at BAE’s Govan shipyard; seen here ...
MQ-4C Triton arrives in Pacific Region for first deployment
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system deployed for the first time Jan. 26, to provide military commanders in the Pac...
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has launched the tenth multipurpose frigate Emilio Bianchi
On January 25, 2020, Italian Shipbuilding Company Fincantieri has officially launched the "Emilio Bianchi" frigate, the tenth and last FREMM vessel...
Russian submarines to get unguided shells to break ice
Rocket-propelled projectiles to break ice drifts have been designed and are tested for the latest Russian nuclear submarines. They create a hole fo...