Navy News
Russian Navy to Upgrade Tu-142 MPA with SVP-24 Targeting System
The Russian Navy’s naval aviation plans to upgrade Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft, including with the aid of SVP-24 system that has been used in Sy...
Rostec begins modernization of the Indian Vikramaditya aircraft carrier
Following the program of military-technical cooperation with India, Technodinamika holding company (part of Rostec State Corporation) has begun exe...
Danish Navy Iver Huitfeldt-class Frigate Set to Join French CSG in 2019
As part of the Danish-French security policy cooperation, the Danish government wishes to deploy one of its frigates with the French Navy carrier s...
BAE Systems to Modernize U.S. Navy Tico-class Cruiser USS Gettysburg
BAE Systems was awarded a $146.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 6...
First PLAN Type 055 Destroyer 'Nanchang' Started Sea Trials in China
Based on ship spotters images from China, it appears that the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) first Type 055 Destroyer 'Nancha...
U.S. Navy Reestablishes Second Fleet for North Atlantic Area
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson presided over a ceremony establishing U.S. 2nd Fleet and naming Vice Adm. Andrew “Woody” Lewis as th...
Alion Submitted Final Proposal For Canadian Surface Combatant Program
Alion Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of Alion Science and Technology, headquartered in McLean, Va., is pleased to announce that they have submit...
NAVAIR Completes AAG Performance Testing with Propeller Aircraft
The team behind the U.S. Navy’s newest carrier-based aircraft recovery system, the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG), completed C-2A Greyhound, E-2C Ha...
Russian Navy to receive Admiral Nakhimov nuclear-powered cruiser in 2022
The Russian Navy will receive the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser in 2022, Mikhail Budnichenko, director-general of the Sevm...
Littoral Combat Ships 11 (Sioux City) and 13 (Wichita) Delivered to U.S. Navy
Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) delivered the future USS Sioux City, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 11, and future USS Wichita, ...
Russia's Krylov Research Center Unveils Light Aircraft Carrier Design
The Krylov State Research Center (KGNC) has presented the model of a light multi-purpose aircraft carrier at the Army-2018 International Military-T...
Experts from Japan to Assist Taiwan with Submarine Project
Retired submarine experts from Japan have been invited to Taiwan in September, to train the necessary personnel and present a report on Taiwan’s do...
Russia Developing VTOL Aircraft on Instructions from President Putin
Russia is developing a vertical rising aircraft on instruction from Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov ha...
F-35B pilots ramp up training for HMS Queen Elizabeth debut
Four test pilots are getting in last-minute training ready to take their specially-modified stealth fighters aboard HMS Queen Elizabeth next month....
LCAC Construction to Resume in Russia for Zubr and Murena
The State Armaments Program for 2018-2027 envisages resumption of construction of Zubr type of small air-cushioned landing craft and Murena type of...
Royal Navy Accepts New Thales 2093 Wideband Mine Hunting Sonar
Thales UK’s most advanced new mine countermeasures (MCM) sonar has been accepted for use by the Royal Navy after the successful completion of inten...
Iran Could Show Interest in Russian Karakurt-class Corvette Design
The developers of Project 22800 ‘Karakurt’ missile corvettes expect a whole group of countries, including Iran, to display their interest in the wa...
RAF P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft to be Known as 'Poseidon MRA Mk.1'
The Royal Air Force announced on its Twitter account that the UK’s new maritime patrol aircraft will be formally known in RAF service as the Poseid...
NH90 NFH Helicopters with Marte ER Anti-ship Missiles for Qatari Navy
Leonardo announced that it has made effective the contract, signed on March 14, 2018, for the supply of 28 NH90 medium twin-engine multirole milita...
P-8A Poseidon MPA Training Commences in South Australia
Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Marise Payne, and the Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Christopher Pyne MP, announced the handover of t...
