On 3 March 2020, the frigate NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN was handed over by the ARGE F125 consortium to the Federal Office of…
Naval Warfare
Naval Group Delivered The First Batches Of F21 Heavyweight Torpedoes to Brazil and France
French defense and naval contractor Naval Group has delivered a first batch of F21 hnew generation heavyweight torpedoes to the…
Raytheon Awarded $90.4M for JMEWS Warheads for Tomahawk Block IV Missile
The Pentagon announced that Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a USD90.4 million contract to provide engineering and manufacturing development…
Russian Navy Frigate Admiral Gorshkov Tested Zircon Hypersonic Missile
Russian Navy (Voyenno-morskoy flot Rossiyskoy Federatsii) has tested its new NPO Mashinostroyeniya 3M22 Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic missile for the first…
USS Ross Arrives in Bulgaria to Support Regional Partners
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) arrived in Varna, Bulgaria, Feb. 27 for a scheduled port visit,…
Royal Australian Navy Receives Final Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer
The Royal Australian Navy has taken the delivery of the NUSHIP Sydney – third and final Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyer…
Japan Developing New Anti-Ship Missile for P-1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft
The Japan Ministry of Defense’s Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics Agency (ATLA) confirmed that Japan is developing a new air-launched anti-ship…
US, Saudi Bilateral Maritime Exercise Begins
The U.S. Navy and the Royal Saudi Naval Forces are participating in exercise Nautical Defender 20 (ND 20), Feb. 23-27….
U.S. 2nd Fleet Conducts NAVEUR Convoy Exercise in the Atlantic
NORFOLK, Va.— U.S. 2nd Fleet, on behalf of U.S. Naval Forces Europe, and in conjunction with Military Sealift Command (MSC),…
Raytheon, US Navy Test First Standard Missile-2 from Restarted Production Line
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy successfully flight tested the first SM-2 surface-to-air missile from the company’s restarted production line….
Fincantieri Launches Qatari Emiri Navy Corvette Al Zubarah
The technical launch of air defense corvette “Al Zubarah”, the first of the Doha-class ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari…
Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS De Ruyter Patrols Strait of Hormuz
Royal Netherlands Navy HNLMS De Ruyter is officially deployed in the Strait of Hormuz. There, the navy ship participates in…
People’s Liberation Army Navy Destroyer Lased a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon in Unsafe
A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was lased by People’s Republic of China (PRC) Navy Type 052D Destroyer…
USS Mobile (LCS 26) Launch
USS Mobile (LCS-26) will be an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy. She will be the fifth…
UISS Program Based on Textron Systems CUSV Achieves Milestone C
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, announced that the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) Program, which is…
Royal Marines Hit Arctic Coastline on Commando Raids
Royal Marines are on amphibious commando raids from the fjords of northern Norway as part of challenging winter training. Ahead…
Ingalls Shipbuilding Successfully Completes Second Builder’s Trials for Delbert D. Black (DDG 119)
America’s largest military shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries announced on Feb. 26 that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successfully completed…
U.S. Marine Corps Orders More Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) from BAE Systems
BAE Systems along with teammate Iveco Defence Vehicles, has received a $113.5 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for…
Venezuelan Navy Tests Otomat Antiship Missile
The Venezuelan Navy (Armada Bolivariana de Venezuela) Almirante Brion (F-22) Mariscal Sucre-class frigate launched a MBDA Otomat missile as part…