Navy News
Russia’s latest minesweeper enters shipbuilders’ sea trials
The Project 12700 latest minesweeper Vladimir Yemelyanov has left the Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation) quay and...
The Royal Australian Navy Task Group's largest deployment in East of Asia
The Royal Australian Navy has begun its largest deployment of the year with more than a thousand sailors and officers bound for engagements across ...
Algerian Navy fires Club-S type missiles from Kilo-class 636 submarines
The Algerian Navy has just destroyed land targets by firing cruise missiles from two Kilo-class 636 submarines recently purchased from Russia, a De...
Russia MoD launches supersonic anti-ship "Oniks P-800" cruise missile
The Russian mobile coastal defence system 'Bastion' launched the anti-ship cruise missile P-800 'Oniks' for the first time in Chukotka region, as s...
French Navy fires first Aster 30 missile with Forbin destroyer
As part of the GABIAN 19.3 High-Intensity Training, air defence destroyer Forbin engaged for the first time an Aster 30 missile against a target dr...
Royal Navy helicopter landing on Batch 2 patrol boat for first time
The Royal Navy has landed a helicopter on a Batch 2 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the first time. Smooth launch to complete the day’s aviation t...
First MILGEM Corvette under construction for Pakistan Navy
On 29 September, the Istanbul Shipyard held the steel-cutting ceremony of the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first MILGEM corvette. The Turkish president Rec...
Indian Navy has launched first stealth P-17A Nilgiri-class frigate INS Nilgiri
On September 28, 2019, the Indian Navy has launched its first stealth P-17A Nilgiri-class frigate INS Nilgiri at the dockyard of the Mazagon Dock S...
Brazilian Navy has started sea trials of Riachuelo Scorpene-class submarine
Brazilian navy has started the first sea trial of its Riachuelo submarine, a modified version of Scorpene-class diesel-electric submarine. Sea tria...
Commissioning of INS Khanderi second Indian Navy SCORPENE class submarine made in India
On 28 September 2019, INS Khanderi, the second of P75 SCORPENE®-class submarine, was commissioned by the hands of Honorable Defence Minister Shri R...
Brazil Navy opens bidding for decommissioned carrier Sao Paulo
The Brazilian Navy announced on Sept. 16 that it was launching the bidding process for the sale of its recently retired Clemenceau-class aircraft c...
Marshal Ustinov cruiser calls at Turkish port
The Marshal Ustinov missile cruiser of the Northern fleet called at the Turkish Aksaz naval base, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
US Navy and Bahrain Defense Forces Participate in Neon Defender 19
U.S. and Bahrain armed forces participated in exercise Neon Defender 19 in Manama, Bahrain, Sept. 15-19. ND 19 is a bilateral surface and maritime ...
IRGC Navy Vessels Equipped with New Anti-Ship Cruise Missiles
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)'s Navy has mounted anti-ship cruise missiles with a range of 300km on its Tondar vessels, images of the ...
Russia designs Chaika-2 ground-effect vehicle - take 1
When they need to deliver the military and cargoes to hard-of-access areas, they usually engage helicopters, all-terrain vehicles, supply ships and...
Sioux Falls sailor participates in exercise on the USS San Jacinto
Sonar Technician Surface 2nd Class Sarah Rollings, from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, recently acted as a signalman during a replenishment at sea aboa...
U.S. Coast Guard training with Marines and Navy in Alaska exercise
Coast Guardsmen from Alaska’s District 17, as well as Marines and sailors from California, are taking part in the largest training exercise of its ...
Upgraded missile ship Smerch fires Kh-35 cruise missile during trials
The project 12341 modernized small missile ship Smerch of the Russian Pacific Fleet has launched a Kh-35 anti-ship cruise missile of the Uran missi...
Huntington Ingalls gets contracts to overhaul Los Angeles-class submarines
Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Virginia has won two contracts worth $58 million combined in the US Navy’s efforts to repair and modernize L...
U.S. Navy laid keel of future USS Savannah littoral combat ship (LCS 28)
The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Alabama, on Sept...