Navy News
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...
Taiwan confirms the commissioning of three Tuo Chiang-class Corvettes
The Tuo Chiang-class corvette is a Taiwanese-designed class of fast and stealthy multi-mission corvettes built for the Republic of China (Taiwan) N...
Japan has launched DDG HAGURO Maya-class guided-missile destroyer
On July 17th, 2019, the naming and launching ceremony for the DDG HAGURO was held at Yokohama Shipyard Isogo Works, Japan Marine United Corp. The J...
UK and Norway reinforce North Atlantic security
Defence Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan hosted Norwegian State Secretary Tone Skogen to discuss NATO and the UK’s role in the North Atlantic. The UK ...
Company JFD acquires Ortega Submersibles
JFD, underwater capability provider serving the commercial and defence diving markets, and part of James Fisher and Sons plc, has announced its acq...
Hensoldt delivers naval radar to Norwegian Coast Guard
The sensor solutions provider Hensoldt will equip the Norwegian Coast Guard vessel “Svalbard” with the latest version of its TRS-3D naval radar and...
First steel was cut today for HMS Cardiff second Type 26 anti-submarine frigate
The first steel was cut for HMS Cardiff, the second ship in the Royal Navy’s next generation of Type 26 anti-submarine frigates, August 14, 2019. B...
Royal Navy HMS Kent and HMS Defender deploy on operations
Portsmouth-based warships HMS Kent and HMS Defender today left their homeport to embark on operations to the Gulf and Asia Pacific respectively.
Chinese second aircraft carrier can carry 36 J-15 fighter jets
China's second aircraft carrier can carry at least 36 domestically developed J-15 fighter jets, some 50 percent more than the country's first, Chin...
GRSE launches fifth Fast Patrol Vessel for Indian Coast Guard
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd launched the fifth Fast Patrol Vessel on Saturday, Aug 10., Pooja Mehta reports on WION.
Austal USA awarded contract in support of the post shakedown availability of littoral combat ship USS Tulsa
Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is awarded $23,099,311 for cost-plus fixed-fee task order against previously awarded basic ordering agreementto ac...
Russian frigate Admiral Kasatonov to enter final shipbuilders trials
The Project 22350 newest frigate Admiral Kasatonov will set off for Baltic Sea ranges in the coming week for the concluding stage of shipbuilders’ ...
USS Bataan LHD 5 Amphibious Ready Group completed first Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training
The USS Bataan (LHD 5) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) of U.S. navy completed its first Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise Au...
USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier of US Navy propulsion plant reaches completion
U.S. sailors assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s (CVN 78) Reactor Department and Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) tec...
Roketsan ATMACA anti-ship missile aboard TCG Kınaalıada F-514 Ada class corvette of Turkish navy
According to pictures released on the Twitter account of Ali Özkök, Turkey has integrated local-made ATMACA anti-ship missile aboard the TCG Kınaal...
Pakistan Navy fires indigenous Harba anti-ship cruise missile
According to the Twitter account of Defence and Strategic Studies, “[PNS Himmat] fired an indigenously developed Harba naval cruise missile, which ...
U.S. Navy awards General Dynamics repair contract for USS Washington SSN 787 submarine
General Dynamics Corporation 's GD business division, Electric Boat, recently secured a contract worth $15.2 million for planning, material procure...
Russian Northern Fleet started a submarine detection exercise in the Arctic
The Northern Fleet sailors started an exercise in detecting a simulated enemy’s submarines on the border between the Barents and the Norwegian seas...