Navy News
U.S., Republic of Singapore Navies Launch Historic SINKEX for Pacific Griffin 2019
Live fire from ships and aircraft participating in exercise Pacific Griffin 2019 sank the decommissioned ex-USS Ford (FFG 54) Oct. 1 in waters appr...
Teledyne Receives $41.4M U.S. Navy Contract for MK11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles
Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc. is awarded a contract, worth around $41.4 million, to produce MK11 Shallow Water Combat Submersibles (SWCS) for the...
Russia resumes construction of blue and green-water warships - take 1
Russia is resuming the construction of blue and green-water warships after a long break. Expert Alexander Shishkin writes about the warships and th...
Glimpse of new autonomous underwater vehicle during Chinese military parade
China's autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) has been spotted on a military truck during rehearsals for Tuesday’s National Day parade marking the 7...
Royal Navy destroyer HMS Duncan returns home to Portsmouth
The UK Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan (D37) returned home to Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon after completing a nearly seven-month deploy...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower completes final pre-deployment test
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike) took another step toward becoming a deployment-ready naval vessel, after returning to ...
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 ...