Navy News
Taiwan launches construction of 3rd and 4th Mine Laying Ships
On April 17, 2020, Lungteh shipyard laid the keel for the third and fourth Min Jiang-class minelayer. The Min Jiang-class minelayer's mission, in w...
Joint operations between U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy in South China Sea
The Royal Australian Navy guided-missile frigate HMAS Parramatta (FFH 154), left, along with the U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA...
Ukrainian Navy returned A947 Yany Kapu sea tug to service
Ukrainian Navy repaired Yany Kapu sea tug returned from the Russian captivity with its own assets, said the Ukrainian Navy Commandant Ihor Voronche...
Royal Netherlands Navy Orders Sea Wasp ROV From Saab
Defensie Materieel Organisatie recently signed a contract with Saab for the supply of Sea Wasp ROVs for the Koninklijke Marine. This small and flex...
U.S. Navy Surface Forces and Army Helicopters Conduct Live Fire Exercise in North Arabian Gulf
U.S. Army AH-64E Apache attack helicopters assigned to U.S. Army Central Command’s (USARCENT) Task Force Saber conducted a live-fire exercise with ...
Australia buys more Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAVs
The U.S. Department of Defense is to award Northrop Grumman a sole-source contract to supply the Royal Australian Air Force with two more MQ-4C Tri...
LCF Frigates of Royal Netherlands Navy to be equipped with Leonardo 127mm Main Gun
The four Air Defense and Command Frigates (LCFs) will receive the 127/64 LW guns from the Italian company Leonardo, the Defense Equipment Organizat...
Chinese Navy Frigate Jiaxing participates in week-long maritime operations
The guided-missile frigate Jiaxing (Hull 521) attached to a frigate flotilla with the navy under the PLA Eastern Theater Command participated in we...
Shipbuilders to deliver Project 22160 patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavinto Russian Navy by yearend
The Project 22160 patrol vessel Pavel Derzhavin has arrived in Novorossiysk for trials, a Russian Navy spokesperson said on Tuesday.
China holds training sessions for aircraft carrier fighter jets amid epidemic
The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy recently held training sessions for aircraft carrier-based fighter jets and helicopters in the Boha...
Chilean fleet recently acquired two former Australian frigates
On April 15, 2020, the ceremony of transferring the Chilean Navy to the frigates FFG 05 Melbourne and FFG 06 Newcastle type Adelaida (American type...
Estonian Navy to Receive Force Protection Boats
Within the framework of the current four-year development plan, Estonian Ministry of Defence is set to acquire two force protection patrol boats bu...
China ready to roll out Second Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (LPD)
At the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard on Shanghai’s Huangpu River, a giant is taking shape: the second Type 075 la...
British Royal Navy New Patrol Ship HMS FORTH Debuts in South Georgia
This is the first sight of the Royal Navy’s new patrol ship in one of the most starkly beautiful – and remote – places on the planet to fly the Uni...
Royal Australian Navy Minehunter HMAS Gascoyne to be refitted for greater efficiency
The Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Gascoyne is receiving renewed life through a five-yearly refit in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, ...
Sweden could sold two second-hand A17 Södermanland class Submarines to Poland
The Swedish government has started the process for the sale of two second-hand A17 Södermanland class Submarines to Poland. According to news publi...
Iran plans to build submarines equipped with nuclear propulsion systems
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said that building submarines equipped with nuclear propulsion systems is on the country’s age...
Russian Navy Admiral Golovko frigate of project 22350 will be floated soon
The Russian Navy Admiral Golovko frigate of project 22350 will be floated in late April — early May this year, Severnaya verf Shipyard said. T...
Two Raptor-class patrol boats Project 03160 floated in St. Petersburg
Russian Pella Shipyard in St. Petersburg floated two Raptor-class patrol boats of Project 03160, the Russian Defense Ministry said on April 17, 202...
General Dynamics has delivered nuclear-powered attack submarine Vermont SSN 792 to US Navy
General Dynamics Electric Boat Friday, April 17, 2020, delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Vermont (SSN 792) to the U.S. Navy. Electric ...