Navy News
US-based shipbuilder Metal Shark will produce Defiant-class patrol boats for Peruvian Navy
US-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has announced its expansion into the country of Peru, with a new patrol boat order now in production, and a multiy...
Pacific Shipyards International will modernize USS Michael Murphy Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyer
Pacific Shipyards International has been awarded a $32,110,694 firm-fixed-price contract, from the United States Navy, for the execution of USS Mic...
U.S. Navy conducted missile test flights of unarmed Trident II D5 missiles from USS Nebraska submarine
The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN-739), an Ohio-class ballist...
Northrop Grumman to manufacture new all-electronic bomb fuze
Northrop Grumman Corporation has received its first production order from the U.S. Navy to manufacture the FMU-139D/B, a new all-electronic bomb fu...
Russia offers to build six submarines under inter-government agreement with India
Russia has addressed India with a proposal for building six non-nuclear submarines under an inter-governmental agreement without holding a bidding ...
Baltic Shipyard creates superstructure for the Sibir nuclear ice-breaker
The Baltic Shipyard has made a superstructure for the first serial universal atomic icebreaker the Sibir of project 22220, the enterprise’s press s...
Leonardo demonstrates its MFRA radar capabilites during Formidable Shield 2019 exercise
During the US Navy-led multinational exercise Formidable Shield 2019, Leonardo’s MFRA (Multi-Function Radar Active) system was used by the Italian ...
Swedish Naval Warfare Training System to be upgraded by CAE
CAE announced on September 5 it has recently been awarded a contract from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to upgrade and expand t...
Lockheed Martin to develop Aegis BMD 6.0 version
Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is being awarded a sole-source, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price co...
Germany to equip new coastal patrol vessels with BAE Systems’ 57mm guns
BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57mm naval guns for it...
Russia to resume A-42 amphibious aircraft production
The Russian Navy will receive the biggest in the world Albatros A-42 amphibious airplane. Its design was suspended in 1993. Now the aircraft will b...
QinetiQ to reduce acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of Royal Navy submarines
UK defense contractor QinetiQ has won a £18.7 million ($22.7m) contract to help reduce the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of Royal Navy su...
First ASEAN-US maritime exercise
The U.S. Navy and maritime forces from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will begin the first ASEAN-U.S. Maritime Exercise (AUMX) ...
Analysis: Russia and NATO develop Arctic strategy
After the end of World War 2, the Arctic developed into a laboratory for Polar scientists and a zone of commercial fishing. It also offers the shor...
Sea deployment for British Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth to test F-35B fighter aircraft
British Royal Navy HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier has sailed from her homeport Portsmouth on August 30, 2019, ahead of testing the UK’s F-35B...
Successful launch of NUSHIP Stalwart Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment vessel for Australian Navy
The Royal Australian Navy is another step closer to welcoming its new fleet of support tankers into service, following the successful launch of NUS...
Philippines will launch its second frigate BRP Antonio Luna FF-151 in November 2019
Philippines will launch its second frigate, the BRP Antonio Luna Jose Rizal-class (FF-151) in November 2019. The launching ceremonies will take pla...
Raytheon gets $349M to start Phase 2 of anti-ship Tomahawk development
Raytheon has received a potential $349M cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to continue modernizing the Tomahawk cruise missile system as part of the ...
USS George Washington More Than Halfway Through RCOH, Will Leave Dry Dock
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN-73) is more than halfway through its refuelling and complex overhaul and is set to leave the dry do...
U.S. Coast Guard commissions 2 national security cutters in Honolulu
The Coast Guard welcomed its two new national security cutters, the Kimball (WMSL 756) and Midgett (WMSL 757), to the fleet on Saturday, August 24,...