Navy News
Royal Navy Warships comlplete Baltic Exercise 2020
Royal Navy warships have wrapped up the largest military exercise of 2020 in European waters. Frigate HMS Kent and minehunter HMS Ramsey flew the f...
BAE Systems to produce more MK 38 MOD 3 machine gun systems for US Navy
According to information released by the U.S. Defense Government website on June 18, 2020, BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Minneapolis, Minnes...
Northrop Grumman Reaches Critical Design Milestone for AARGM-ER Missile
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed its Critical Design Review following successful design verification tests of key components for the...
F-35B fighter on British Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth ready for Carrier Strike operations
British Navy continues to complete operational sea training with F-35B, the short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) version of the American-made F-3...
Austal USA Awarded US$43M Littoral Combat Ship Contract Modification
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that the United States Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA a modification to a previously awarded Li...
Huntington Ingalls awarded advance procurement contract for Amphibious Assault Ship LHA 9
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on June 17, 2020, that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a third contract modification from th...
US Navy test squadrons takes delivery of first Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 17, 2020, the U.S. Navy is welcoming its next-generation multi-mission tactical fighter ...
Kazan Yasen-M-class SSGN Project 885M submarine ready for acceptance trials by Russian Navy
According to information released by the Russian Press Agency TASS on June 18, 2020, the Kazan Yasen-M-class SSGN (Ship, Submersible, Guided Missil...
Government of Ukraine will possibly buy sixteen Mark VI Patrol Boats
The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of up to sixteen (16) Mark VI...
Russian military tracking US Navy USS Porter destroyer in Black Sea
Special equipment of the Russian Southern Military District has begun tracking the US Navy’s USS Porter, Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, that entere...
Australia commits to next generation Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Australia’s maritime approaches will be further strengthened with the purchase of an additional Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton Remotely Piloted Airc...
Germany approves the budget to purchase four MKS 180 frigates from Damen
On June 17, 2020, the German Parliament has approved the budget for the acquisition of four MKS 180 frigates that will be built by the Dutch shipbu...
Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard Ships to be equipped with New Pacific 24 Rigid Inflatable Boats
The RIBs, built and customised in BAE Systems’ Boats factory in Portsmouth, UK are being supplied to Australia's Austal to equip two Cape-class Pat...
Boeing delivers first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet to US Navy for flight testing
According to information released by Boeing on June 17, 2020, American Company Boeing has delivered the first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornets to...
US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter DDG 78 starts deployment to Black Sea
According to information released by the U.S. Navy on June 17, 2020, The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78)...
US Navy and US Marines helicopter squadrons conduct maritime strike exercise near Hawaii
According to information released by the U.S. Department of Defense on June 15, 2020, U.S. Marines with Marine Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 367...
Seven ships belonging to Royal Australian Navy set sail to undertake training exercises
Seven warships sailed in the past week from Navy’s Fleet Base East and Fleet Base West to undertake a range of training activities to test newly up...
Philippine Navy Welcomes its Newest and First Missile-capable Frigate
The Philippine Navy officially welcomed its newest and first missile-capable frigate from South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) a...
Swedish FMV selects IXBLUE's Quadrans Navigation System to equip its fleet of high speed crafts
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has recently signed a contract with navigation company iXblue for up to 172 FOG based Quadrans gy...
Russian Navy completes state trials of Nikolai Skosyrev small hydrographic vessel
According to a news released by the Russian Press Agency TASS on June 16, 2020, Russia’s Northern Fleet has completed the state trials of the Nikol...