MBDA’s Marte ER anti-ship missile has completed its first firing, successfully passing a major phase in its development. The firing…
Naval Warfare
F-35B Flight Operations With GBUs
F-35B Lightning IIs with Medium Marine Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced) conduct flight operations carrying Guided Bomb Units from the USS…
Lockheed Martin Wins $212M Japanese DDG Aegis Weapon System J7 Baseline
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, Moorestown, New Jersey, is awarded a $211,996,197 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously-awarded contract…
Raytheon excel in first test of Ford class integrated combat system
Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed the first-ever, live fire test of the latest generation of the…
Russian Navy Ka-27 Helix practise deck landing
The Russian Defence Ministry published a video of drills being conducted by the Baltic Fleet’s naval aviation, which showed the…
U.S. Navy commissions submarine USS South Dakota (SSN-790)
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest fast attack submarine, the USS South Dakota (SSN-790), on Saturday in Groton, Conn. Sen….
Indonesian Navy inducts 6th landing platform dock
The Indonesian Navy commissioned its sixth landing platform dock (LPD) vessel on 21 January. The vessel named “KRI Semarang” (hull…
U.S. Navy farewells F/A-18C Hornet aircraft
Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 34 hosted a sundown ceremony and fly-over for the legacy F/A-18C Hornet aircraft at Naval Air…
Huntington Ingalls Industries awarded $15.2 Billion contract for two Ford-Class Aircraft Carriers
For the first time in more than three decades, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division was awarded a multi-ship…
Kongsberg Gruppen Maritime Broadband Radio
The Maritime Broadband Radio (MBR) is developed for use in maritime applications where digital high-speed reliable communication and data transfer…
India Approves Program for Six P-75I Submarines
The Indian government on Thursday formally decided that the long-pending project to construct six new-generation conventional stealth submarines will be…
China plans to sell Pakistan an aircraft carrier
An official media report separately disclosed that China has planned to carry out a “large-scale upgrade” of China’s first aircraft…
Israel Aerospace Industries receives USD93 million contract from Indian Navy
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced Wednesday it has received a $93 million contract to supply long range surface-to-air missile defense…
Stern Landing Vessel vs Conventional Landing Craft
Video demonstrating the design and capability advantages of the Stern Landing Vessel (SLV) design from Australian firm Sea Transport Solutions…
Indonesia Navy selects 2 Mine Countermeasures Vessels from Abeking & Rasmussen
Indonesia’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract with Abeking & Rasmussen to design and construct two mine countermeasures…
Indo Southeast Asia Deployment 2018 (ISEAD18)
From August 26th to October 30th, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) carried out the Indo Southeast Asia Deployment 2018 (ISEAD18)….
Raytheon wins $17 million contract to provide Zumwalt to get Standard Missile-2
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $17,011,832 modification to previously awarded contract N00024‑17-C-5420 to exercise an option for…
Bell wins $439 million contract from US Navy for 25 AH-1Z Viper
Bell Helicopter signed a $439.6 million contract to build 25 new AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and avionics for the U.S….
Marine Corps’ new ACV proved capable fully replacing AAV7
The Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle program reached another milestone, proving the vehicle’s ability to deliver future combat power from…