Navy News
Royal Australian Navy joins regional partners for Exercise Pacific Vanguard
The Royal Australian Navy has joined an eight-ship fleet with more than 1,500 personnel aboard from Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United Sta...
Thales to automate launch and recovery system for Royal Australian Navy unmanned underwater vehicle
Thales Australia and Flinders University have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct a study into the development of an automation system ...
Lockheed Martin to develop Digital Magnetic Anomaly Detection sensor into the MH-60R Seahawk helicopter
According to a contract released by the United States Department of Defense on September 11, 2020, American company Lockheed Martin Rotary and Miss...
US Navy has christened its new Virginia-class future USS Montana SSN 794 attack submarine
According to a press release published by the U.S. DoD (Department of Defense), the U.S. Navy has christened one of its newest Virginia-class subma...
UMOE and Kongsberg cooperates on lifetime extension of Skjold-class coastal corvettes for Norwegian Navy
According to a press release published on September 10, 2020, UMOE Mandal AS and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace companies have agreed to coopera...
Kraken Robotics to supply minehunting systems to Polish and Danish Navies
According to Kraken Robotics Inc., a Canada’s Ocean Company, they recently signed contract to supply minehunting systems and minehunting sonar equi...
RoK Navy receives first modernized KDX-1-class destroyer Yang Manchun
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement that Yang Manchun (pennant number DDG 973) officially returned ...
SAAB receives order from Germany for RBS15 anti-ship missiles
According to a press release published on September 11, 2020, Swedish Company Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for ...
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Forces come together for Valiant Shield 2020
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command forces are participating in Exercise Valiant Shield (VS), Sept. 14-25, on Guam and around the Mariana Islands Range Complex.
FMV supplies 5th upgraded Tapper-Class patrol boat HMS Ärlig to the Swedish Navy
The Swedish Armed Forces Materiel Administration (FMV) delivered another upgraded Tapper-class patrol boat to the 1st Marine Regiment, the main com...
Rohde & Schwarz to provide secure communications and direction finding systems for Philippine Coast Guard vessels
According to a press release published on September 10, 2020, Rohde & Schwarz contracted to provide secure communications and direction finding...
Keel laid for the future Australian Navy's Offshore Patrol Vessel HMAS Pilbara built in WA
The Australian Morrison Government’s National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the keel laying for the first Offshore Patrol...
Thales to modernize multi-role light frigate KRI Usman-Harun of Indonesian Navy
According to a press release published by Thales, the company is working alongside the Indonesian Navy to modernize its multi-role light frigate KR...
US Navy USS Sioux City littoral combat ship is deployed in Caribbean and Eastern Pacific to counter illicit drug trafficking
According to pictures released by the U.S. DoD on September 3, 2020, the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) is deployed t...
Mission UNIFIL - the German Navy's corvette Magdeburg sets sail towards Cyprus
On Tuesday, September 15, 2020, at 11.30 am, the corvette "Magdeburg" will leave the home port of Warnemünde and set out with her 60-strong crew to...
British HMS Queen Elizabeth heading for Carrier-Strike GROUPEX training with Marine F-35s
The Royal Navy’s new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has departed Portsmouth, with 820NAS Merlins on deck, for a short-cruise, ahead of traini...
The Belgian Minister of Defense visits the diving school in Zeebrugge naval base
On September 4, 2020, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defense Philippe Goffin visited the entire defense diving community at Zeebrugge naval ba...
Damen Shipyards Cape Town lays keel on second project BIRO IPV
On 28th August, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying. The keel-laying was for the second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vesse...
Russian industry Kalashnikov introduces his new hovercraft Haska-10
Kalashnikov has developed the Haska-10 transport hovercraft. The main purpose of the vessel is to transport cargo and passengers at sea and in area...
Swedish Navy's HMS Gävle corvette achieves new milestone in mid-life update program
As the first of two Swedish Navy's corvettes due to be modified has now been launched, the mid-life upgrade program enters the next phase, with com...