Navy News
US Coast Guard takes delivery of its new Fast Response Cutter
The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 35th fast response cutter (FRC), Angela McShan, in Key West, Florida, Aug. 1, 2019. The cutter will be the...
Black Sea Fleet ship crews drill destruction of submarines on simulator
The crews of warships which protect the water district of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Sea Fleet have drilled destruction of conditiona...
Revived Damavand Iranian destroyer to be equipped with vertical launch missiles
A recently revived Iranian naval destroyer will be fitted with a vertical launch missile system, an Iranian commander stated, as reported by the Ta...
US, Indonesia begin CARAT 2019 Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training exercise
The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and the Indonesian Navy and Marine Corps began Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indon...
India tests Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile
India successfully test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha...
Departure for Belgian Navy frigate Leopold I F930 to SNMG1 Standing NATO Maritime Group One mission
Friday, August 2, 2019, the editorial team of Navy Recognition was in the Naval military base of Zeebrugge in Belgium to cover the departure of the...
U.S. Navy to commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings
The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Billings (LCS 15), during a 10 a.m. ceremony Sa...
Lockheed Martin to Build 24 APY-9 Radars for Advanced Hawkeye program
Northrop Grumman has contracted Lockheed Martin’s Radar Sensor Systems market sector to produce an additional 24 APY-9 radars for the US Navy’s E-2...
70 Russian warships participate in Ocean Shield 2019 exercise
About 70 warships and support vessels and 58 aircraft of the Russian Navy and the Aerospace Force are taking part in the Ocean Shield-2019 drills t...
Project 22160 Class patrol ship demonstrated at Russian Navy Days in St Petersburg
The Navy Days that recently took place in Saint Petersburg gave the opportunity of seeing the number 368 "Vasily Bykov" of the Project 22160-Class ...
Germany to get NH90 as Sea Lynx successor
Germany has selected the NH Industries NH90 as the replacement for its navy's 21-strong fleet of Westland Sea Lynx 88A anti-submarine warfare (ASW)...
Hensoldt to supply naval radar for German corvettes
The sensor solutions provider Hensoldt is equipping the second batch of the German Navy’s K130 corvettes with its TRS-4D Rotator naval radar and it...
Babcock secures UK tomahawk missile support contract
Babcock has secured a 3.5 year Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) contract. Working in collaboration with Lockheed Martin UK – Integrated Solution...
Thailand may acquire the Indian BrahMos supersonic cruise missile
Thailand is currently in talks with India over importing BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles, The Hindu has reported. If the sale materialises, it w...
New North Korean submarine could carry 3 ballistic missiles SLBM
According to a news released on July 31, 2019, to the NK News website, the new North Korean submarine that was unveiled last week is able to carry ...
Boeing awarded contract for Stand-off Land Attack Missile – Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) for Saudi Arabia
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Missouri, is awarded $25,345,439 for modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This modific...
India to buy 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters late in 2019
The Indian Defense ministry is expected to move forward with the procurement of 24 MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopters by this year’s end, Franz-Stefa...
UK: Royal Navy welcomes RFA Tideforce new-generation tanker
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary saw its numbers bolstered as RFA Tideforce – the last of four new-generation tankers – was welcomed into the Fleet.
British Ironman to test his jet-powered body suit over the water after French Flying Man
The inventor, test pilot and former Royal Marines Reservist headed into the Solent with fast patrol boat HMS Dasher and a couple of boats to test h...
Australian Navy uses for the first time LHD Landing Craft to carry M1A1 Abrams tank
According to the Twitter account of the Chief of Australian Navy, the Australian Navy has used for the first time LHD Landing Craft to carry M1A1 A...