Navy News
China resumes testing AVIC AG600 Kunlong flying boat
China is about to resume work to further test the first of four planned prototypes of its AG600 “Kunlong”, the world’s largest amphibious aircraft ...
Australian Navy ceremonial keel laying for second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel
During the ceremonial keel laying for the second Arafura Class Offshore Patrol Vessel at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide, Chief of Navy, Vic...
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems from Germany hands over third HDW Class 209/1400mod submarine to Egyptian Navy
On April 9, 2020, "S43" as the third of four HDW Class 209/1400mod submarines was officially handed over by German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Syst...
Huntington Ingalls Industries has started fabrication of Arleigh Burke-class Ted Stevens DDG 128
Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started the fabrication of the Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer Ted S...
USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier puts combat systems to the test
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean. These tests, conducted during ...
U.S. Navy awards USD200 million contract to BAE Systems to upgrade USS Boxer
BAE Systems has received a $200.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to drydock and perform nearly 18 months of maintenance and modernization work...
New U.S. Navy ship-to-shore connector landing craft contract increases
Textron has been awarded a $7,261,214 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost modification to previously-awarded contract N00024-17-C-2480, from the U.S. Navy, fo...
US Navy USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier recently completed testing of vital combat system
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently completed testing of vital combat systems while underway in the Atlantic Ocean.&nbs...
Aft-section of Swedish Blekinge-class submarine has been put together
The Blekinge-class submarine is next generation of submarines developed by Kockums for the Swedish Navy, also known as the A26 type. Two units are ...
Admiral Kasatonov frigate completes trials with Russian Northern Fleet
The first serial-produced Project 22350 frigate Admiral Kasatonov has completed its trials with the Northern Fleet, the Defense Ministry’s press of...
Russian Navy will perform another test launch with anti-ship 3M22 Tsirkon hypersonic missile
The Russian Navy Admiral Gorshkov frigate of project 22350 arrived in Belomorskaya naval base for maintenance and loading of hypersonic 3M22 Tsirko...
HMS Audacious attack submarine sets sail for her home base
HMS Audacious, the fourth of seven Astute-class attack submarines being built by BAE Systems for the Royal Navy, set sail from our Barrow-in-Furnes...
AI-based control system for underwater robots developed by Chinese and British scientists
British and Chinese researchers have developed a new deep learning method for autonomous mobile manipulators in unstructured environments, which co...
Ultra Electronics installs first S2150 hull mount sonar on Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Portland
HMS Portland becomes the first ship to be fitted with Ultra’s next-generation Hull Mounted Sonar Type 2150 as part of a wider refit to the Royal Na...
German-designed Fassmer MPV70 Mk.II patrol ship to be built in Ecuador
German shipbuilding company Fassmer reported that, in December 2019, it signed a contract with Ecuadorian Naval Shipyard Astilleros Navales Ecuator...
Iran to start building new destroyer in 2020
Iran is preparing to start building a new destroyer with a displacement of almost 6,000 tons this year, the head of the Iranian Defense Ministry’s ...
US Navy has commissioned USS Delaware SSN 791 Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Delaware (SSN 791), the 18th Virginia-class attack submarine, April 4, 2020. The contract to build the USS Dela...
US Navy will receive three additional MQ-25 unmanned refueling aircraft from Boeing
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a contract modification for three additional MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueling aircraft, bringing the total number o...
Huntington Ingalls contract to build amphibious transport dock LPD 31 for US Navy
American Company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on April 3, 2020, that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $1.50 billion fixe...
GeoSpectrum Technologies Launches Game Changing LF Active VDS Deployable by USVs
GeoSpectrum Technologies (“GeoSpectrum”) announces the debut of a new and compact version of its Towed Reelable Active Passive Sonar (TRAPS) suitab...