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The U.S. Navy has confirmed that the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) was “harassed” by multiple Iranian vessels during transit of Strait of Hormuz earlier this month. The publication War Zone...
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Beijing: China, Russia and Iran will hold joint naval drills starting Friday in the Gulf of Oman, Beijing and Tehran said, at a time of heightened tensions since the US withdrew from a landmark...
Norfolk-based shipbuilder General Dynamics NASSCO has been awarded a USD 96.9 million contract for the execution of the USS Mason (DDG-87) fiscal year 2020 depot modernization period. The contract… [[ This is a content...
Raytheon Company will build two additional shipsets of SPY-6 radars under a USD 250 million contract with the U.S. Navy, bringing its orderbook to a total of nine radar shipsets to DDG-51 Flight III…...
Da Nang-based shipbuilder, Song Thu Corporation, has laid down the keel for a 57 m roll-on/roll-off (Ro-Ro) landing ship tank (LST) on order for the People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) Navy. The vessel, which...
India has appointed its first defence attaché to its embassy in Madagascar in a bid to counter China’s growing influence in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Official sources in New Delhi said the attaché...
Amid tensions between Washington and Tehran the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe approved on 27 December a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) mission that will see several assets, including a destroyer, a...
The Navy awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $1.03 billion contract for Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) full rate production requirements, spares, and round design agent. The December 20 award covers multi-year procurement of fiscal year 2019-2023 SM-6...
Lockheed Martin [LMT] won a $1.96 billion modification for the detail design and construction (DD&C) of four Multi Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) ships for Saudi Arabia. The MMSC is based on the Freedom-variant Littoral...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has welcomed its newest offshore patrol vessel, BRP Gabriela Silang. The change of flag ceremony for the 83-meter newbuild was held in Saint Nazaire, France, on… [[ This is...
The Myanmar Navy (MN) has commissioned its first-ever landing platform dock (LPD) amphibious assault ship. Named UMS Mottama (with pennant number 1501), the 122 m-long South Korean-built ship entered service in a high-profile ceremony...
Shipbuilder Chantier Davie has pre-qualified to become the third strategic partner under Canada’s National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Canadian government announced. Under the… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for...
The US Navy has signed a $2.68 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the purchase of thousands of additional APKWS laser-guided rockets, BAE Systems said. This type of a… [[ This is a...
The US Navy has unveiled names of its two newest Virginia-class (SSN 774) fast-attack nuclear submarines. As informed, the submarines will be named after the American heroes of the Greatest… [[ This is a...
HMS Defender (D36), a UK Royal Navy destroyer operating in the Gulf of Oman in direct support of Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150), has seized 131 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a dhow…. [[...
A United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer operating in international waters in the Black Sea experienced several close interactions by Russian aircraft on December 23. USS Ross (DDG 71) encountered multiple, aggressive flight...
Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts has been awarded a $16 million U.S. Navy contract modification for software upgrade of Zumwalt-class destroyer, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. The $16 million contract modification will go...
U.S. defense company Raytheon has received a $1 billion contract modification for Standard Missile-3 Block IIA. The modification to the previously awarded contract provides definitize the previously awarded SM-3 Block IIA fiscal 2018 undefinitized...
A major reorganisation of the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) headquarters and warship crewing policies has been announced by the head of the service in his end of year review. Speaking to sailors in a...
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