Navy News
Austal Launched First Guardian Class Pacific Patrol Boat
The first of 21 Guardian-class, Pacific Patrol Boats (PPB-R) was launched by Austal last month. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery to Papua...
Video: HSwMS Gotland Relaunched After Mid-Life Upgrade by Saab Kockums
After a comprehensive mid-life upgrade (MLU) to meet tomorrow’s naval challenges, HSwMS Gotland has been relaunched and is ready to start her sea t...
Seaspan Shipyards Started Construction on Canada’s Joint Support Ship
Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) celebrated the start of construction on the first Joint Support Ship (JSS) for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) last week....
South Korea Opens Tender for 12 More ROK Navy ASW Helicopters
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced this week that a tender for twelve naval helicopters for the Republic of ...
Saab and Damen Team Up for Brazil's Tamandaré-class Corvette Programme
Saab and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding have come together to compete for the project that will supply four Tamandaré Class Corvettes (CCT) for t...
Video: Peruvian Navy Commissioned its First LPD - BAP Pisco
On June 6, 2018, the main Peruvian naval base of Callao hosted the commissioning ceremony of landing platform dock (LPD) BAP Pisco (officially clas...
Telephonics Awarded Radar Contract for USCG's HC-27J Program
Telephonics Corporation announced that it has been competitively awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Naval ...
Saab Announce Keel Laying of Swedish Navy’s Future SIGINT Vessel
The keel-laying ceremony for the new Swedish signals intelligence ship took place last week at the PGZ Stocznia Wojenna, located in Gdynia, Poland....
ECA Group raises its submarine equipment activities – static converters supply to several Navies for €6 million
ECA Group announces it has been awarded a contract to supply static converters in South America. This contract covers the supply of 16 units of sta...
Latest Details on Russia's Husky Fifth-Generation Submarine
The development of the fifth-generation submarine in Russia was declared on December 16, 2014. Initially, the Malakhit bureau worked on the project...
Thales to Upgrade Sonars on Australia’s fleet of Collins-class Submarines
Australia’s strategic priority on enhancing its submarine capability will be supported by Thales through major upgrades of the sonar systems on all...
Belgium and the Netherlands Signed the MoU for New Frigates & MCM Vessels
Belgium and the Netherlands formaly launched yesterday the joint procurement of 4 frigates and 12 mine counter measure (MCM) vessels to be split ev...
Russian Special Mission Submarine BS-64 Podmoskovye Spotted with Dorsal Payload Cradle
The Russian Navy BS-64 Podmoskovye nuclear-powered submarine was recently spotted with its dosral payload cradle attached. The submarine is capable...
OSI Signs Contract with Damen to Provide INTS to the South African Navy MMIPV Program
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) is pleased to announce the signing of a contract with Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) in support of the Project BIRO th...
Sovereign Global to Add 5 New High-Tech OPVs to its Portfolio
Sovereign Global has developed an efficient and innovative maritime security solution providing Governments, NGO’s and multi-national corporations ...
Russian Amphibious Landing Ship Ivan Gren Completes Acceptance Trials
The Ivan Gren big landing ship of project 11711 built by Yantar shipyard for the Russian Navy completed government acceptance trials and will be ha...
Finnish Defence Forces Choose KONGSBERG Naval Sonars for SQ2000 Mid-Life Upgrade
Kongsberg Maritime has been awarded a contract by Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) to deliver ST2400 VDS (Variable Depth Sonar) upgrades to the SQ2000M...
BAE Systems to Provide Additional Payload Tubes for Block V Virginia-class Subs
BAE Systems has received a contract to produce payload tubes for two of the U.S. Navy’s new Virginia-class submarines to support increased firepowe...
Video: Belgian Navy Frigate Louise Marie Fires Harpoon Missile for the 1st Time
The Belgian Navy (Marinecomponent/Composante marine) frigate Louise-Marie fired a Harpoon anti-ship missile for the first time on Wednesday, May 30...
1st UNPAV High-Speed Vessel for Italian Navy Special Forces Launched
The first of two UNPAV (Unità Polivalente ad Alta Velocità or high-speed multi-purpose units) was launched on May 26 at the Intermarine shipyard in...