Navy News
Video: PT Pal Launched the 6th LPD for Indonesian Navy (TNI AL)
Indonesian shipyard PT PAL (Persero) in Surabaya launched the sixth landing platform dock (LPD) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL)on August 3rd. The ...
French Navy Polar Logistic Support Vessel L'Astrolabe is Now on Active Service
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) L'Astrolabe, France's new Polar Logistic Support Vessel (Navire Logistique Polaire or PLV) entered "Active ...
HII Started Fabrication on Richard M. McCool, Jr. LPD 29
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) started fabrication of the 13th LPD-17 San Antonio class ship, LPD-29, July 30, at its shipyard in Pascagoula, ...
Austal's Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) 10 Completes Acceptance Trials
Austal successfully completed acceptance trials on Burlington, Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF 10), last week, in the Gulf of Mexico. Burlington ...
Russian Buyan-M Corvettes to be Fitted with Pantsir-M CIWS
The latest Russian corvettes will be armed with Pantsir-M air defense artillery guns, the Izvestia daily reported. Buyan-M-class the Stavropol corv...
Video: Philippine Navy Test-Fires Spike-ER - Will Procure More Missiles
The Philippine Navy (PN) formally entered the missile age after it test-fired its Rafael Advanced Defense Ltd. Spike-ER (extended range) surface-to...
ESSM for Mexican Navy SIGMA 10514 POLA Surface Vessel
The U.S. State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Mexico of six Raytheon Evolved Seasparrow tactical...
Russia's first Borei-class SSBN to enter ship repair yard soon
The project 955 SSBN Yuri Dolgorukiy will undergo repairs at the Zvyozdochka ship repair yard, yard’s Director-General Sergei Marichev said.
Saab RBS15 Mk3 Anti-Ship Missiles for German Navy's K130 Batch II Corvettes
Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the Anti-Ship Missile RBS15 Mk3 ship system. The order value is approx. MSEK 1...
Second Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer Delivered to Royal Australian Navy
The Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Alliance delivered the second destroyer, NUSHIP Brisbane, to the Royal Australian Navy at the Osborne Naval Shipyar...
Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier to be modernized for MiG-29K/KUB
The Admiral Kuznetsov heavy aircraft carrier of project 11435 will undergo some modernization necessary for MiG-29K/KUB ship-based fighter jets, Se...
Russia to create missile-armed surface-effect craft prototype by 2027
A prototype of Orlan wing-in-surface-effect craft armed with missiles is to be created in Russia in the framework of the arms program up to 2027, D...
GA-ASI Completes Fourth Wind Tunnel Test Program for MQ-25
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is proud to announce the completion of the fourth wind tunnel test of its MQ-25 design. MQ-25 is...
ASEAN Navy Chiefs Affirm Commitment to Strengthen Cooperation
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is hosted the 12th ASEAN Navy Chiefs' Meeting (ANCM) in Singapore. The ANCM is an annual meeting among the Nav...
Russia unlikely to build new aircraft carrier before 2030
The construction of a new aircraft carrier in Russia will take at least 10 years. This class of ship is unlikely to appear before 2030-2035, Valery...
Russia Discussed Project 636.3 Submarine Procurement with Philippines
Russia and the Philippines have discussed modernization of the Philippine Navy (PN) in the field of training, maintenance and acquisition, accordin...
HII Awarded Advance Procurement Contract for LPD 30
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on August 3 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $165.5 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee...
Dozens of Zubr and Murena LCACs to be built for Russian Navy
The shipyard in Khabarovsk (a city on the Amur River in southeastern Russia) received a Russian Defense Ministry order to build dozens of air-cushi...
Keel Laying for Russia's Final Project 12700 MCM Vessel
A gala ceremony was held at Sredne-Nevsky shipyard in St. Petersburg to lay an Alexandrite-class minesweeper of project 12700.
DGA Took Delivery of 2nd Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel BSAH Rhone
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) accepted delivery of the second BSAH (Bâtiments de Soutien et d’Assistance Hauturiers or offshore ...