Vietnam Shipbuilding will deliver patrol boats to Nigeria. Vietnamese media reported that Hanoi-based James Boat Technology Company had delivered 50…
Naval Warfare
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…
French Navy Monge (A601) Tracking Ship
Monge (A601) is a unique missile range instrumentation ship of the French Navy. The vessel has a standard displacement of…
Socarenam Shipyard to Build 6 French Navy Offshore Patrol Vessels
Announcing on 30 December, the French Ministry of Defence (Ministère des Armées) has awarded french shipbuilder Socarenam a contract for…
United States Navy Declares 2nd Fleet Fully Operational in North Atlantic
Seven months after reaching initial operational capability, U.S. 2nd Fleet achieved full operational capability Dec. 31. Since its reestablishment in…
Malaysian Navy Takes Delivery of First Littoral Mission Ship
China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group has delivered the first of four littoral mission ships (LMS) to the Royal Malaysian Navy…
Royal Navy Fleet Commander Hails 2019 a Success
The past 12 months have been hailed a huge success by the Royal Navy’s Fleet Commander. Vice-Admiral Jerry Kyd said…