The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Savannah (LCS 28) Feb. 5, 2022, in Brunswick, Georgia….
Naval Warfare
Shin Kurushima Hashihama Dockyard Launches Second Tanker for Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
The second of two new 4,900t oil tankers for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has been launched. The vessel…
Exercise Noble Fusion Kicks Off with Joint Combined Expeditionary Training in Philippine Sea
Noble Fusion, a joint and combined naval expeditionary exercise combining multiple elements of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Air…
Textron Systems Unveils Surface Effect Cargo Amphibious Transport (SECAT) for Expeditionary Warfare Logistics
As focus shifts from land-based competitions to large sea-based operations, there is an increased capability requirement for executing expeditionary logistics…
Philippine Coast Guard Multi-Role Response Vessel 9701 Completes Official Sea Trials in Japan
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s largest vessel acquisition to date, Multi-Role Response Vessel (MRRV)-9701 conducted its official sea trials at…
New US Coast Guard Sentinel-class Cutters Visit Lebanon for Bilateral Exchanges
Two U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 31, for a scheduled port visit that…
Northrop Grumman Delivers First Production IFC-4 Triton B8 to US Navy
A Northrop Grumman Corporation MQ-4C Triton takes to the skies over the California desert as the Triton low-rate initial production…
Indian Navy’s 5th Kalvari-class Diesel-electric Attack Submarine Vagir (S25) Begins Sea Trials
The fifth submarine of Project 75, Yard 11879, Indian Navy’s Kalvari class commenced her sea trials on 01 Feb 22….
L3 Adaptive Methods Awarded Contract to Exercise Options for AN/SQQ-89A(V)15 Tactical Sonar
L3 Adaptive Methods, Centreville, Virginia, is awarded an $8,156,530 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost modification to previously awarded contract N00024-20-C-5211 to exercise…
Azure Summit Awarded US Navy Contract for AN/ZLQ-1 V2 Common Chassis Shop Replaceable Assemblies
Azure Summit Technology Inc., Fairfax, Virginia, is awarded a $82,946,212, firm-fixed-price and contract for production, test and evaluation, repairs, engineering…
US Navy USS Fitzgerald conducts Anti-Submarine Warfare Exercise with Japan Maritime Self Defense
The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with…
US Navy Future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) Completes Acceptance Trials
The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the U.S. Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, completed Acceptance trials,…
Vestdavit To Supply Davits For Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-class Corvettes
Persistence paid off for Vestdavit in winning its first order with the Finnish shipyard Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) to supply…
Lockheed Martin Announces LMXT Strategic Tanker Manufacturing Locations
Lockheed Martin leaders announced today the LMXT strategic tanker aircraft will be manufactured in Mobile, Alabama, and Marietta, Georgia. Introduced…
Fincantieri Delivers First Musherib-Class Offshore Patrol Vessel to Qatari Emiri Navy
The delivery of the first Musherib-class offshore patrol vessel ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the…
US Naval Forces Central Command Expands Unmanned Integration, Operates Saildrone in Arabian Gulf
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operating the Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Arabian Gulf, Jan….
Power Systems to Equip German Navy’s F126 Frigates with Automation Solutions
Rolls-Royce business unit Power Systems, headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany, will deliver the automation solutions (FüSAS) for the four new vessels…
Japan Defense Enhanced With Aegis Weapon System And SPY-7 Software Demonstration
Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the integration of the AN/SPY-7(v)1 radar into the Aegis Weapon System, executing the processing required to…
TKMS Handed Over Baden-Württemberg-class Frigate Rheinland-Pfalz to Bundeswehr
thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) handed over the frigate “RHEINLAND-PFALZ” to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service…