The Argentine government has selected Carson Helicopters as the preferred supplier for two SH-3H Sea King helicopters. The Argentine Navy…
Naval Warfare
German Government Approved Additional One Type 218SG Submarine to Republic of Singapore Navy
German news magazine Der Spiegel reported this week that after a last-minute approval of arms deals in the billions by…
Indonesian Navy to Procure New Ocean-going Hydrographic Vessel from Abeking & Rasmussen
The International Defense Intelligence Janes reported that the Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense held a virtual meeting with German shipbuilder Abeking…
Royal Thai Navy to Buy More Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) operates a mixed fleet of UAVs, but it is adding more Austrian-built Camcopters to the…
Pakistan Navy Guided Missile Frigate PNS Zulfiquar (FFG-251) Visits Jeddah Port
Pakistan Navy PNS Zulfiquar (FFG-251) visited port Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as part of overseas deployment. Upon arrival at port, the…
BEL Awarded Indian Navy Contract for Supply of Naval Anti Drone System (NADS)
Indian Navy has signed contract with Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Limited (BEL) for supply of the first indigenous comprehensive Naval…
Taiwan Navy to Equip Kang Ding-class Frigates with Sea Sword II Surface-to-air Missile
Channel NewsAsia reported the Taiwan Navy (Republic of China Navy, ROCN) will upgrade its six Kang Ding-class frigates to improve…
Japan’s Defense Ministry Request Budget to Set Up Garrison at Ishigaki Island
Japan’s Defense Ministry has put up its budget request for next year and it will ask for $99 million to…
Exercise Malabar 2021 Tests Royal Australian Navy HMAS Warramunga’s Upgrade
HMAS Warramunga put her recently upgraded capability to the test during Exercise Malabar 2021. This was the second consecutive year…
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract Support for Taiwan’s MK92 Fire Control System
Lockheed Martin Corp. Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded an $8,175,154 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering services and…
US Navy USS Kidd and US Coast Guard USCGC Munro Make Eighth US Taiwan Strait Transit in 2021
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) and legend-class U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter Munro (WMSL 755)…
US Navy Unveils Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 100 Training Facility at Camp Pendleton, California
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 complex onboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,…
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG-2) Visited Malta
Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group Two (SNMCMG-2) visited La Valletta, Malta from 20th of August to 23th of August 2021…
FUJIFILM Medical Systems Awarded US Navy Contract for Digital Radiography Systems
FUJIFILM Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and medical informatics solutions, today announced that it has…
Australia India Japan and United States Kick Off Exercise Malabar 2021
Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States begin phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in…
US Navy Celebrates Commissioning of Nuclear Powered Attack Submarine USS Vermont (SSN 792)
The U.S. Navy celebrated the commissioning of USS Vermont (SSN 792), the first Block IV Virginia-class submarine to enter service,…
Ingalls Shipbuilding Successfully Completes Builder’s Trials for US Navy Frank E. Petersen Jr.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced the successful completion of builder’s trials for guided missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen…
Mahindra Awarded Indian Navy Contract to Supply Integrated Anti-Submarine Warfare Defence Suite
The Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded a major contract to Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS) worth Rs 1349.95…
DRU Shipyard Cuts First Steel on Indonesian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV)
Shipbuilder PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) has carried out a first steel-cutting ceremony for two new 90 m offshore patrol…