Navy News
Construction of first of 6 new Overseas Patrol Vessels for New Caledonia begins at Socarenam in Saint-Malo
The POM (Patrouilleur Oure-Mer, Overseas Patrol Boat) program was announced by Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic, at the Assises de...
DARPA has awarded seven contracts for new unmanned surface vessels USV ship design
According to a press release published on October 13, 2020, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded seven contracts ...
Naval Group opens new Port Adelaide base as rapid workforce ramp up continues
Naval Group’s new Port Adelaide base has been officially opened on Oct. 16 as the gear up for the move to the Attack Class submarine construction y...
Huntington Ingalls Industries to launch Virginia-class submarine SSN 794 Montana
Huntington Ingalls Industries has transferred the recently christened Virginia-class submarine Montana (SSN 794) to the floating dry dock at the co...
New US navy Block 5 Virginia-class submarine will be named USS Barb SSN 804
According to a press release published by the U.S. Navy on October 13, 2020, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced t...
Russian Navy K-266 Oryol guided missile submarine fires Granit anti-ship cruise missile
According to a news published by the Russian press agency TASS on October 13, 2020, the nuclear-powered guided missile submarine SSGN K-266 Oryol (...
Saudi Arabia launches its first local-made HSI32 fast interceptor boat
According to a Tweet released by the General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) on October 14, 2020, Saudi Arabia has launched its first loca...
US Navy USS The Sullivans joins British Carrier Task Group for naval exercise Joint Warrior 20-2
According to information released by the U.S. Navy, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) from U.S. Navy is p...
Japan launches its first Taigei-Class Diesel/Electric attack submarine for Japanese Navy
According to a Tweet released by the Japanese MoD (Ministry of Defense) on October 13, 2020, the Japanese Minister of Defense Nobuo Kishi has atten...
Vietnamese Navy interested in former Japanese Kunigami-class patrol vessels
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is expected to sign a defense-export deal with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc during his visit t...
US Navy USS Roosevelt has conducted naval operations with French Navy La Fayette frigate
According to information published by the U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa / U.S. 6Th Fleet, the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destro...
Euronaval 2020: Iguana Pro Amphibious Craft calls on virtual visitors
Iguana Pro Amphibious Craft invites interested people to discover its technology at the forthcoming virtual Euronaval Online 2020 defense exhibitio...
US Navy USS Mobile LCS 26 successfully completed acceptance trials in Gulf of Mexico
According to a press release published on October 12, 2020, The future USS Mobile (LCS 26) Independence-class littoral combat ship successfully com...
HGH to supply Spynel sensors and new IRST technology in Middle East and Europe
HGH announced on Oct. 13 it has recently won contracts worth about €6 million from world-leading shipyards in the Middle-East and in Europe, to equ...
Nuclear SSBN submarines of Russian Pacific Fleet conduct ASW mission training
In accordance with Russian Navy’s combat training plan, two nuclear-powered submarines of the Pacific Fleet conducted a tactical exercise in the Pa...
USS Comstock embarks Mark VI patrol boats and ExMCM for maritime security operations
USS Comstock (LSD 45) is underway after loading Mark VI patrol boats and expeditionary mine countermeasure (ExMCM) elements in Guam to integrate Na...
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 participates in British Navy Exercise Joint Warrior 20-2
According to information released by the NATO website on October 12, 2020, North Sea – Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) is currently par...
Russian Navy missile hovercraft Samum of Black Sea Fleet conducts live fire exercise
Combat crews of the Black Sea Fleet's Samum hovercraft missile ship (RKVP) carried out artillery fire at one of the combat training grounds in the ...
Russian Navy tests Odintsovo project 22800 corvette in Arctic
The Russian Navy completed tests of the latest Karakurt-class corvette of project 22800 in the Arctic. It was previously unknown how far the warshi...
ECA Group and iXblue strenghten partnership for MCM systems replacement program for Belgian and Dutch navies
ECA Group and iXblue strengthen their partnership and sign a contract for underwater navigation and positioning systems as well as obstacle avoidan...