Navy News
General Dynamics starts construction of future US Navy USNS Harvey Milk
Construction on the Navy’s future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) was marked by a ceremony held at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding...
Littoral Combat Ship St. Louis for US Navy Completes Acceptance Trials
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 19, the future USS St. Louis, completed Acceptance Trials in Lake Michigan. Now that trials are complete, the ship will ...
Chinese Navy takes delivery of second aircraft carrier
China's 2nd aircraft carrier, the country's first domestically built one, was named Shandong (hull 17) and was commissioned into the Chinese Navy o...
Naval Group collaborates with 9 Australian firms on countermeasure solutions
French shipbuilder Naval Group has signed nine different memorandums of understanding (MoU) with Australian companies to manufacture its countermea...
Hydroid Integrates HISAS 2040 Module onto REMUS 600 Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
The in-mission processor allows real-time processing of HISAS data, allowing operators to download high-resolution images immediately when the vehi...
Russia’s Navy to receive Mikhail Kazansky large hydrographic boat in late December
The Project 23370 large hydrographic boat Mikhail Kazansky is planned to join the Russian Navy on December 25, 2019, the Defense Ministry’s press o...
General Atomics Begins European Maritime Flight Demonstrations In Greece With MQ-9
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is conducting a series of demonstration flights using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircra...
China's first unmanned cargo ship makes maiden test
On December 15, 2019, the unmanned cargo ship Jindoyuyn O Hao made the first test flight to Zhuhai from the terminal of the Xiangshan Seaport of Sc...
Airbus Helicopters delivers AS365N3 Dauphin to Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy received its second Airbus Helicopter AS365N3 + Dauphin II (tail number 905) naval helicopter on December 6, 2019, at the Chaika...
Pakistan's first upgraded Agosta 90B submarine to start sea trials
The Turkish defence contractor Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik A.Ş. (STM) is planning to initiate sea trials for the Pakistan Navy’s (PN) first u...
German Navy trains on Rheinmetall’s Asterion simulator before delivery
Thanks to advanced simulation technology from Rheinmetall, ground personnel of the German Navy’s new NH90 NTH Sea Lion helicopter are already able ...
The large landing ship of the 11711 project "Peter Morgunov" begins factory sea trials
According to JSC United Shipbuilding Corporation, the large landing ship (BDK) "Peter Morgunov" of project 11711, built for the Russian Navy at PJS...
Russia’s Donuzlav hydrographic vessel discovers four unknown zones in Red Sea
The Black Sea Fleet’s Donuzlav hydrographic vessel has covered a distance of more than 5,500 nautical miles and surveyed an area of about 7,000 squ...
Irish Department of Defence orders two Airbus C295 aircraft
Ireland’s Department of Defence has announced the acquisition of two Airbus C295 medium airlifters in a maritime surveillance configuration. With t...
Navantia Successfully integrates the systems of Spain’s First Autonomous Vessel
Navantia Sistemas has delivered to the Port Authority of Ceuta the first ship with autonomous capacity in Spain, named “USV Vendaval.” The shipbuil...
Northrop Grumman Delivers 1000th Anti-Radiation Guided Missile to US Navy
Northrop Grumman Corporation marked a significant milestone with the delivery of its 1000th AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)....
First Sea Going for Italian Navy LSS Vulcano logistics support ship in December 2019
The Italian Navy LSS “Vulcano” logistics support ship, named after one of the Eolian Islands North of Sicily, had her First Sea Going on 5th Decemb...
Construction of US Navy John Lewis-class Harvey Milk replenishment oiler began on 13 December 2019
Construction began Friday, December 13, 2019, of the second John Lewis class replenishment oiler named Harvey Milk for U.S. Navy. The US Navy plans...
Launching of new Awaji-class Minesweeper named Etajima for Japanese Navy
According to a publication released on the Facebook account of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on December 12, 2019, the naming and l...
Four more PKX-B-class Chamsuri II-class patrol boats for Republic Of Korea Navy
According to a publication released on the Facebook account of the ROK (Republic of Korea) Navy on December 13, 2019, Hanjin Heavy Industry Co. Ltd...