Navy News
Russia to create missile-armed surface-effect craft prototype by 2027
A prototype of Orlan wing-in-surface-effect craft armed with missiles is to be created in Russia in the framework of the arms program up to 2027, D...
GA-ASI Completes Fourth Wind Tunnel Test Program for MQ-25
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) is proud to announce the completion of the fourth wind tunnel test of its MQ-25 design. MQ-25 is...
ASEAN Navy Chiefs Affirm Commitment to Strengthen Cooperation
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is hosted the 12th ASEAN Navy Chiefs' Meeting (ANCM) in Singapore. The ANCM is an annual meeting among the Nav...
Russia unlikely to build new aircraft carrier before 2030
The construction of a new aircraft carrier in Russia will take at least 10 years. This class of ship is unlikely to appear before 2030-2035, Valery...
Russia Discussed Project 636.3 Submarine Procurement with Philippines
Russia and the Philippines have discussed modernization of the Philippine Navy (PN) in the field of training, maintenance and acquisition, accordin...
HII Awarded Advance Procurement Contract for LPD 30
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on August 3 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $165.5 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee...
Dozens of Zubr and Murena LCACs to be built for Russian Navy
The shipyard in Khabarovsk (a city on the Amur River in southeastern Russia) received a Russian Defense Ministry order to build dozens of air-cushi...
Keel Laying for Russia's Final Project 12700 MCM Vessel
A gala ceremony was held at Sredne-Nevsky shipyard in St. Petersburg to lay an Alexandrite-class minesweeper of project 12700.
DGA Took Delivery of 2nd Offshore Support & Assistance Vessel BSAH Rhone
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) accepted delivery of the second BSAH (Bâtiments de Soutien et d’Assistance Hauturiers or offshore ...
Rosatom creates life-long nuclear reactor for submarines
The Russian State Corporation Rosatom developed, produced and tested two active transportation zones in 2017. They include an optimized reactor zon...
German Naval Yards Kiel & TKMS Team Up for MKS 180 program
On August 3rd, 2018, GERMAN NAVAL YARDS KIEL (GNYK) signed an agreement with thyssenkrupp Marine Systems. Marine Systems as subcontractor of GNYK, ...
Elbit Systems to Supply EW Suites for Israeli Navy Saar 6 Corvettes
Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded an approximately $85 million contract from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) to supply Elect...
Russian Navy Karakurt-class Corvettes Fitted with Orlan-10 UAVs
Karakurt-class small missile boats (corvettes) of project 22800 received Orlan-10 unmanned aerial vehicles, the Izvestia daily said. The Russian Na...
Japan explains its Aegis Ashore deployment plans to Russia
The Japanese government continues explaining its position on the forthcoming deployment of Aegis Ashore missile defense systems in its territory to...
Fincantieri Started Work on First Qatari Navy Air Defense Corvette
The steel cutting ceremony of the first “Doha” class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval ac...
Navantia-Saab Team Submits CSC Program Bid
The Navantia-Saab Team are very pleased to announce the submission of its proposal to Irving Shipbuilding for the Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC) ...
Russian Navy Cruiser Moskva to be Overhauled in Crimea
The Moskva missile cruiser of project 1164 (NATO: Slava-class) will undergo an overhaul at a shipyard in Sevastopol in Crimea, Flotprom online publ...
Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov Joined Russian Navy
The project 22350 frigate Admiral Gorshkov, which has been under construction since 2006, has been included in the operational inventory of the Rus...
US Navy shifts homeports of 3 aircraft carriers: Lincoln to San Diego, Stennis to Norfolk, Vinson to Bremerton
Aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) will rejoin the U.S. Pacific Fleet when it shifts its homeport from Norfolk, Va., to San Diego. Two o...
Future USS Charleston (LCS 18) completes acceptance trials
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Charleston (LCS 18) successfully completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, July 19, after a series of in-port a...
