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The U.S. Navy announced that the Arleigh-Burke class guided-missile destroyers USS Mason (DDG 87), USS Nitze (DDG 94), and USS Bainbridge (DDG 96) returned to Norfolk Naval Station Nov. 5, marking the end of...
Peruvian Submarine BAP Angamos (SS-31) arrived at Naval Base San Diego in October to take part in the Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI) program. Angamos is joined by the staff of Commander,… [[ This is...
Royal Australian Navy replenishment ships HMAS Sirius and frigate HMAS Stuart visited Malaysia for the exercise Mastex 19. Stuart’s commanding officer, Commander Luke Ryan said interacting with the… [[ This is a content summary...
The U.S. Navy reported that its guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) returned to its homeport of Everett, following an independent deployment to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operations with a...
Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) began conducting Electro Magnetic Operations (NEMO) trials off the coast of the United Kingdom Nov. 1. Naval Electro Magnetic Operations (NEMO) trials, developed by NATO’s Above Water Warfare...
General Dynamics expects revenue at its Electric Boat unit to double over the next decade as the Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine programme shifts from development to production, according to the head of the US...
Russia’s Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation, laid keels of two new Project 636.3 diesel-electric submarines, Ufa and Magadan, for the Russian Navy’s (VMF’s) Pacific Fleet on 1 November. The boats are...
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Yantar Shipyard, a subsidiary of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), in St Petersburg on 31 October, and boarded the Project 20385 guided missile corvette Gremyashchiy now completing factory sea...
An article published in the Chinese bi-monthly magazine Modern Ships illustrating how a Xian H-6N strategic bomber would carry an air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM) may indicate that this capability is in the final stages...
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has announced plans to invest EUR250 million (USD277.2 million) by 2023 in its main shipyard in Kiel. The German company stated on 4 November that its aim is to develop...
Three more companies have joined Spanish defence industry cluster CID (Clúster de la Industria en Defensa). The addition of cyber-defence and C4ISR specialist DefSec Consulting, industrial designer Grupo PI, and big data/blockchain developer Diatomea...
Key Points The Republic of Singapore Navy has received its final Independence-class Littoral Mission Vessel Progress of all eight vessels are on schedule, and the class is on track to be operationalised by 2020...
The Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 6 November that it will purchase a large floating dock from Israel Shipyards as part of a NIS90 million (USD25.8 million) agreement. The MoD said the...
The US Navy (USN) has begun land-based testing of its new AN/SPN-50(V)1 Shipboard Air Traffic Radar (SATR) at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Webster Outlying Field (NAWCAD WOLF) facility in St Inigoes,...
Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries (KHI) has launched the second Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) equipped with lithium-ion batteries. The 84 m-long boat, which has been named Toryu...
The Navy issued a notice calling for proposals for participation in the 2020 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) event. Proposals for ANTX are due by Dec. 4, while Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division...
Beijing is using artificial intelligence, not only to repress domestic dissidents and minorities, the Defense Secretary said, but to develop and export autonomous weapons. …read more Read more here:: Breaking Defense (Naval)
BWX Technologies [BWXT], trumpeting strong third-quarters results Tuesday, remained non-committal about building more common missile compartment tubes for U.S. naval submarines, beyond those the company is already under contract to make by 2021. After...
The Navy and General Dynamics’ [GD] Electric Boat (EB) have reached an agreement to buy nine to 10 Block V Virginia-class submarines in a multiyear contract to be awarded in the upcoming weeks. A...
The long road the F-35 took to finally being ready to deploy has forced the Navy’s new $13 billion carrier class to leave the plane behind — for now at least. …read more Read...
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