Navy News
Babcock completed upgrade of Estonian minehunter vessels
On 31 January, Babcock announced that it had successfully completed a capability upgrade on the first of three Estonian Navy minehunter vessels at ...
L3 ASV to deliver the C-Enduro to the British Royal Navy
L3 ASV announced, on February 05, the successful delivery of a long-endurance autonomous vessel known as the C-Enduro to the Royal Navy. The C-Endu...
General Dynamics awarded contract for planning yard services for DDG 51
The U.S. Navy announced today that General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a contract to continu...
LCS 15, the Billings, delivered to the US Navy
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered another Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Billings (LCS 15) to the ...
HELRAS dipping sonar completed sea test onboard Seagull USV
In a Sea Acceptance Test (SAT) performed by the Israeli Navy, a Helicopter Long-Range Active Sonar (HELRAS) dipping sonar was successfully converte...
Ukraine to build indigenous anti-ship cruise missiles
Through its Neptune project, Ukraine announced in 2013 its desire to provide its forces deterrence against Russian sea power in the Azov region. Ne...
Germany to acquire new radars for Sachsen-class air defense frigates
Germany, through its defense procurement agency (the BAAINBw), is seeking to replace its current SMART-L radars aboard the Sachsen-class (F124) air...
Myanmar to create a Coast Guard force
The Myanmar government is to establish a coast guard force to safeguard its 2,080-km-long coastline and territorial waters, according to a coordina...
US Coast Guard accepted 12th C-130J aircraft
On December 18, the US Coast Guard accepted its 12th C-130J Super Hercules long range surveillance aircraft from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics’ Marie...
Rostec to upgrade production of cartridges for underwater firearms
The Central Scientific-Research Institute for Precision Machine Engineering (TSNIITOCHMASH) of Rostec Corporation has commissioned an automated lin...
Iranian MoD signed contract to construct 4 vessels
On January 03, Iran's Minister of Defense Amir Hataim and Iran's Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami signed a contract, worth $...
Navdex 2019: Rostec to exhibit the Pantsir-ME air-defence system for the 1st time outside Russia
JSC Rosoboronexport (part of the Rostec State Corporation) and JSC NPO High Precision Systems will arrange the first demonstration within a foreign...
Leidos MDUSV, Sea Hunter, reaches new milestone for autonomy
On its website, Leidos, a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, announced that the Office of Naval Research (ONR)’s Medium Displacement Unman...
China to sell an aircraft carrier to Pakistan
China, as part of its recent military and foreign policies, has planned to upgrade on a large scale its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, to se...
Indian DAC approved indigenous building of 6 Project 75(I) submarines
The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), in a landmark decision on January 31, approved indigenous construction of six submarines for the Indian Navy...
Russia to equip 2 frigates with visual-optical blinding stations
Two guided missile frigates of project 22350, the Admiral Gorshkov and the Admiral Kasatonov were equipped with Filin visual-optical blinding stati...
Royal Marines to conduct cold weather training in Norway
The Royal Marines of 1 Assault Group Royal Marines (1AGRM), specialists in amphibious warfare, will soon conduct their Arctic cold weather training...
French Navy to acquire 4 LSS replenishment tankers
The French Navy has taken the decision to acquire 4 new Logistic Support Ships (LSS), also called "Bâtiments Ravitailleurs de Force" (BRF) in Frenc...
US Navy to construct 2 additional aircraft carriers
The U.S. Navy has awarded a $US 15 billion contract to Huntington Ingalls Industries - Newport News Shipbuilding (HII - NNS) for the construction o...
US Navy awarded General Atomics contract for EMALS parts
General Atomics has been awarded a $US 20 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide EMALS parts for its aircraft carrier CVN-78, the USS Geral...