Navy News
Frigate "P625" gifted to Sri Lanka Navy by China
Sri Lanka President and Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces Maithripala Sirisena commissioned the Offshore Patrol Vessel P625 on Thursday, Augus...
China launches world-leading 'JARI' unmanned warship USV
China on Wednesday, August 21, 2019, launched a world-leading unmanned warship, with its developer claiming the vessel is combat-ready. The unmanne...
Chinese PLA unveils first simulation training system for maritime medical rescue
People Liberation Army’s first Simulation Training System for Maritime Medical Rescue has been successfully developed recently. The system has been...
Lockheed Martin to support next-gen anti-ship missile defence capabilities
The US Navy has selected Lockheed Martin as the next Ship Self Defence System (SSDS) Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) to support the protecti...
General Dynamics Electric Boat lays keel for US Navy’s 24th Virginia-class submarine
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) held a keel-laying ceremony for future USS Iowa (SSN 797), the 24th unit in the US Navy’s Virginia-class of n...
UK Government confirms HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier will enter in service with Royal Navy
The UK Government have again confirmed that aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales will enter Royal Navy service. The HMS is the second Queen Elizabe...
Jordanian Navy Receives Response Boat-Mediums From Fincantieri And Vigor
Fincantieri Marinette Marine and Vigor (Team RB-M) announced the deliveries of two additional Response Boat-Mediums (RB-Ms) to the U.S. Coast Guard...
Philippine Navy welcomes 'most powerful' warship BRP Conrado Yap
The Philippine Navy welcomed its most powerful warship yet, the Pohang-class corvette BRP Conrado Yap (PS-39), with an official ceremony at the Man...
Australia to join US in Gulf maritime security mission
Australia Navy will join the US-led mission to protect shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions with Iran, Prime Minister Sco...
Russia’s Gremyashchiy-class corvette enters shipbuilders’ final trials
The Project 20385 missile corvette Gremyashchiy has left the fitting-out quay of the Severnaya Shipyard in northwest Russia and headed for the Ba...
Lithuanian Navy tests communication technologies for maritime security
The Lithuanian Navy has been conducting tests of communication technologies in the Baltic Sea, allowing real-time maritime surveillance by using ...
Joint military exercice with Chinese and Egyptian navies
On Monday, the guided-missile destroyer Xi'an (Hull 153) attached to the 32nd escort taskforce of the Chinese PLA Navy conducted a joint exercise...
BAE Systems 57Mk3 Naval Gun for Indonesian Navy’s KCR-60 Fast Attack Vessel
The Indonesian Navy has selected BAE Systems’ Bofors 57 Mk3 naval gun system for the country’s KCR-60 fast-attack vessel program. The initi...
TELEDYNE awarded $22 million contract for autonomous underwater vehicles
Teledyne Instruments has received a contract from the US Naval Undersea Warfare Center to provide autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to U.S. Nav...
US Navy completes refitting USS Ohio guided missile submarine
Fully refreshed after more than two years of refitting, the US Navy’s oldest guided-missile submarine, USS Ohio (SSGN 726), is once again ready to ...
Enterprise air surveillance radar successfully tracks first targets during tests
Raytheon Company and the US Navy completed the first system-level tests of SPY-6(V)2, the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, at the Surface Combat ...
Completed operations for U.S. Navy mine countermeasures ships in Arabian Gulf
The mine countermeasures ships USS Sentry (MCM 3), USS Devastator (MCM 6), USS Gladiator (MCM 11), and USS Dextrous (MCM 13) of United States compl...
Bahrain to join U.S.-led military coalition to safeguard waters off Iran and Yemen
During the visit of the Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to the Bahraini capital Manama on Monday, August 2019, Bahra...
Australian Navy HMAS Hobart III destroyer has fired RIM-66 Standard Missile 2 during exercice
HMAS Hobart (III) has become the first Hobart class Guided Missile Destroyer of Australian Navy to fire a missile (RIM-66 Standard Missile 2) in Au...
Russia releases video first trial of new Russian submarine Improved Kilo-class Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski
Russia has released a video, on August 16, 2019, showing the first trial test with the Project 636.3 “Improved Kilo-class aka "Petropavlovsk-Kamtch...