Da Nang-based shipbuilder, Song Thu Corporation has laid down the keel for a Roro 5612 multipurpose landing ship tank designed…
Naval Warfare
Amphibious Combat Vehicle
Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, operate new Amphibious Combat Vehicles along the beach…
Peruvian Navy Antofagasta Submarine Modernisation Programme Underway
The Peruvian Ministry of Defence is upgrading Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) Type 209/1200 diesel-electric submarines, the service…
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Commissions Nanchang Guided-Missile Destroyer
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) Surface Force commissioned its biggest and most advanced surface warship yet, the Nanchang (101)…
China Vessels Sailed Near Senkakus at Record Pace
The Japan Coast Guard (KaijÅ Hoan-chÅ) says Chinese government vessels sailed just outside Japan’s territorial waters near the Senkaku Islands…
Vietnam to Deliver Patrol Boats to Nigeria
Vietnam Shipbuilding will deliver patrol boats to Nigeria. Vietnamese media reported that Hanoi-based James Boat Technology Company had delivered 50…
Russian Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile System Utes
In the Black sea under the leadership of the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy of the Russian Federation, Admiral Nikolai Evmenov,…
Naval LCA Tejas successfully lands on carrier
The naval prototype variant of the Indian indigenous Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk1 Tejas under development successfully completed the first arrested…
Poland Signs $103M Offsets Deal for AW101 Helicopter Purchase
Polish state owned defence industry company Wojskowe ZakÅ‚ady Lotnicze No. 1 S.A. (WZL-1) and Gdansk University of Technology signed offset…
HMAS Adelaide Demonstrates Capability During Crisis
The Royal Australian Navy’s largest ship, Landing Helicopter Dock HMAS Adelaide has joined HMAS Choules and MV Sycamore in support…
OSI Signs Contract with Polish Navy to Provide Naval Integrated Bridge Systems
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) is pleased to announce that it has entered in to a strategic partnership with PGZ Stocznia…
GA-ASI Concludes Successful Series of MQ-9 Demonstrations in Greece
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) concluded a series of flight demonstrations using its MQ-9 Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft System…
Northrop Grumman Completes In-water Testing of AQS-24 Sonar Deploy and Retrieval Payload
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s AQS-24 mine hunting sonar recently completed initial in-water testing of a next-generation Deploy and Retrieval (D&R) payload….
U.S. Navy awards BAE Systems $175 Million for Guided-Missile Cruiser Modernization
BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG…
Egyptian Navy Conducts Large-Scale Amphibious Exercise in Eastern Mediterranean Sea
The Egyptian Navy conducted on January 3 a large-scale exercise designed for imposing maritime control over the economic zones in…
Bal-E Mobile Coastal Missile System with Kh-35 Uran missile
A Bal system has four self-propelled launcher vehicles each carrying eight missiles for a total of 32 Kh-35 Uran (Uranus…
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Plans to Commission Maya-Class Destroyer
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) plans to commission Maya-class destroyer guided missile destroyer in March 2020. The Maya-class of guided…
Indian Navy Equips INS Jalashwa with Indigenous Combat Systems
The Indian Navy has equipped INS Jalashwa (L41) Austin-class amphibious transport dock with indigenously developed combat systems. The warship has…
Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM)
The Naval Strike Missile (NSM) is an anti-ship and land-attack missile developed by the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace…