Navy News
Austal Wins Contract for FFG(X) Frigate Concept Design
AUSTAL today celebrated the US$15 million dollar fixed price contract for the Guided Missile Frigate FFG(X) Concept Design. The contract will devel...
Russian Navy’s Coastal Defense Forces Almost Fully Equipped with Bal & Bastion Systems
The proportion of advanced military hardware operational with the Russian Navy’s coastal-based forces makes up 96 percent, Navy Commander-in-Chief ...
Lockheed Martin Receives Freedom-variant FFG(X) Conceptual Design Contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a $15 million contract to mature its Freedom-variant Frigate design as a part of the Navy's FFG(X) competitio...
ECA Group to take part in EU-funded OCEAN2020 project
ECA Group is part of a winning consortium OCEAN2020, a project related to the first European Defence Found’s initiative to boost Europe's defence c...
Canada, Poland join multinational effort for next-gen MPA development
Canada and Poland agreed to join a multinational effort for developing follow-on solutions for aging maritime anti-submarine and intelligence, surv...
MDA to provide Royal Canadian Navy with Puma AE-based MMUAS
MDA, a Maxar Technologies company (formerly MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd.), announced on Feb. 13 that it has signed a contract valued at...
Russian Project 22350 Frigate 'Admiral Gorshkov' Suffers Engine Break Down
The main propulsion diesel engine of the Admiral Gorshkov guided missile lead frigate of project 22350 broke down during acceptance trials, a Navy ...
US Navy Names Two Littoral Combat Ships & One Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship
On Feb. 13, Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the next Freedom and Independence variant Littoral Combat Ships will be named USS Na...
GA-ASI Announces Industry Partnerships for MQ-25 Stingray UCAAS
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) is proud to announce its MQ-25 Stingray offering to the U.S. Navy in collaboration with a range...
HII to Not Only Repair USS Fitzgerald but also Upgrade it
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII)'s Ingalls Shipbuilding will not only repair the damaged guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) but al...
Construction of two Project 15310 Cable Ships for Russian Navy Progressing Well
The Zvyozdochka shipyard of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) produced the first batch of bow thrusters for project 15310 ships built by th...
U.S. Navy Awards BAE Systems Contract to Modernize USS Philippine Sea
BAE Systems has received a $9.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58). The ship wi...
TKMS Cut 1st Steel of First Israeli Navy Saar 6 Corvette
The steel cutting ceremony for the first Saar 6 (Sa'ar 6) corvette ordered by Israel at the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel, Ge...
Saab Provides Tactical Data Links to Swedish Navy
Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to provide Multi Tactical Data Links to the Swedish Navy. The tot...
Russian Navy Renewal Progressing Too Slowly
The Russian Defense Ministry traditionally held the single arms acceptance day under the chairmanship of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu to report o...
RAF CH47 Chinook Helicopter Aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth
For the first time ever a giant RAF Chinook helicopter has been stowed in the hangar of a British aircraft carrier. With the nose protruding over t...
Russian Frigates to be Fitted with UUVs and USVs
The latest and future Russian distant sea zone frigates of projects 22350 and 22350M will be equipped with unmanned surface and underwater craft fo...
HHI Cut 1st Steel of Royal New Zealand Navy Future HMNZS Aotearoa Tanker
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) started construction of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) future fleet tanker HMNZS Aotearoa. The first steel cuttin...
Russian Naval Aviation to be Equipped with Unmanned Systems
Russian seaborne aircraft and helicopters will be equipped with unmanned surface vehicles (USV) and will control them from an altitude of several k...
HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives in Gibraltar for first overseas visit
The Royal Navy's new aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arrived in Gibraltar today for her first overseas port visit. The 65,000-tonne future fla...