Category: Naval

HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), the Royal Australian Navy’s last locally built Adelaide class guided missile frigate, has been decommissioned in Sydney. The decomissioning ceremony for the ship was… [[ This is a content summary...

Britain’s maritime union RMT confirmed that a program of industrial action involving nearly 700 workers at the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) – the Royal Navy supply lifeline – in a fight for pay… [[...

The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stethem (DDG 63) returned to the US 3rd Fleet area of operations on June 30, following 14 years of forward-deployed service in the… [[ This is...

India’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued four requests for proposals (RFPs) to domestic shipyards for the production of an assortment of platforms for the Indian Navy (IN) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG)....

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has started the process of trying to secure domestic and foreign approvals to support its proposed acquisition of Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME). HHI said on 1...

Lockheed Martin has appointed new heads for its Rotary and Mission Systems (RMS) and Missiles and Fire Control (MFC) business lines. Frank St John will move to become executive vice-president of RMS from his...

Serbia’s defence industry has completed the first example of a new remote-controlled turret (RCT), called the Dubs 20/3 mm Kerber, and initial firing trials are due to take place soon, following its first showing...

The Brazilian Navy is considering installing three of its MBDA SIMBAD (Système Intégré de MISTRAL Bitube d’Auto-Défense) air defence systems on its PHM Atlantico (A140) multi-purpose helicopter carrier, service officials told Jane’s . The...

Boeing’s [BA] Insitu has received a $390 million deal to deliver Blackjack drones to the Navy and Marine Corps, as well as a series of unmanned aircraft sales to Canada, Poland and Oman, the...

The Navy has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $36.7 million deal for Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) guided missile launch systems, which will include sales to Japan, the Pentagon said Friday. The deal for RAM Mk...

The Navy’s new $13 billion carrier has run into trouble, and the Navy has called in some outside help. …read more Read more here:: Breaking Defense (Naval)

The construction of the digitally-enabled shipyard infrastructure at Osborne South is on track for completion by March 2020, ahead of the commencement of production prototyping on the $35 billion… [[ This is a content...

The Indian Navy’s frigate INS Tarkash (F50) has been on a three-day visit to Egypt as part of the Western Fleet Overseas program. The Teg-class frigate arrived in Alexandria on June 28, 2019,… [[...

The US Navy’s 30th Naval Construction Regiment (30 NCR) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) Naval Mobile Construction Squadron (NMCRON) 59 have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for mutual… [[ This is a...

HMAS Success, the longest serving ship in Royal Australian Navy’s fleet, has completed her service to the nation and was decommissioned at her homeport at Sydney’s Garden Island on June 29…. [[ This is...

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has retired auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship HMAS Success (II) and Adelaide-class (US Oliver Hazard Perry design) guided-missile frigate HMAS Newcastle . After 33 years of service, Success (pennant...

US company Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a USD36.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to meet RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) requirements from the US Navy (USN) and Japan, the...

The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 27 June that it had signed contracts for the acquisition of defence equipment worth over RUB1 trillion (USD15.8 billion). Sukhoi, a subsidiary of United Aircraft Corporation,...

The German cabinet approved a proposed federal budget for 2020, including EUR44.9 billion (USD51.0 billion) for defence, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on its website on 27 June. The proposed defence budget is...

The U.S. Department of Defense on Sunday released dramatic videotape showing the hard testing and evaluation of assault amphibious vehicle in a rough sea. An assault amphibious vehicle ran into high winds and rough...