South Korea has redeployed a Patriot missile unit from a southeastern region to central Seoul, the Yonhap News Agency reported on 7 January Operated by the Republic of Korea Air Force, the unit, which...

The Egyptian military released footage of Ka-52 Alligator attack helicopters operating from one of its Mistral landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships for the first time on 4 January. Two Ka-52s were seen...

The Australian subsidiary of United States-based Moog Inc has partnered with Spanish defence manufacturing company Escribano Mechanical and Engineering to collaborate on defence projects for Australian and Asia-Pacific markets. Moog said in a recent...

A new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report estimated it will cost the Department of the Navy about $380 billion to maintain the current size of the Navy and Marine Corps aviation fleet through 2050....

BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). The Vicksburg will undergo approximately 18 months of work at the company’s shipyard...

BAE Systems has received a $175 million contract from the U.S. Navy to modernize the guided-missile cruiser USS Vicksburg (CG 69). The Vicksburg will undergo approximately 18 months of work at the company’s shipyard...

The UK’s Royal Navy would resume accompaniments of UK-flagged commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the country’s defense ministry said. The announcement comes amid the rising… [[ This is a content summary only....

The Royal Malaysian Navy has taken delivery of its first Keris-class littoral mission ship (LMS). The delivery ceremony for the KD Keris took place at the Wuchuan Shipbuilding Industry in Qidong,… [[ This is...

South Korean company Hanwha Systems has announced that it will also provide its Naval Shield Integrated Combat Management System (NS ICMS) for the latest four Patrol Killer Experimental-B (PKX-B)-class fast attack craft ordered for...

The Pakistan Navy (PN) inducted several aerial platforms on 4 January in a ceremony held at Naval Air Station PNS Mehran in Karachi that was also attended by Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral...

Key Points The UK Royal Navy’s two surface ships operating in the Gulf will re-commence commercial shipping escort duties in the Strait of Hormuz Operating under UK national tasking, the ships will escort UK-flagged...

China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned another anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable Type 056A (Jiangdao)-class corvette on 31 December. It was the third ship of the class to be commissioned that month. The latest vessel...

Key Points The Royal Malaysian Navy has commissioned its first Chinese-built warship The vessel will be homeported in Sepanggar, in East Malaysia The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has commissioned its first Keris-class Littoral Mission...

Key Points Indonesia has deployed two more anti-submarine corvettes and hundreds of troops to strengthen its presence in the South China Sea The vessels join other surface combatants, and at least one submarine, which...

The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has commissioned its first warship made in China. KD Keris (with 111 pennant number), the service’s first of four Littoral Mission Ships (LMSs), entered service in a ceremony held...

The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) has decommissioned two Ulsan-class frigates, and a Pohang-class corvette. The decommissioned frigates are Masan (955) and Gyeongbuk (956), while the corvette is Suncheon (767). All three warships were...

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced that High Cycle Testing of its Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system for Ford-class aircraft carriers was successfully completed over a two-day period in October 2019 at the Runway...

Russian-made Kamov Ka-52 and AH-64D Apache attack helicopters of Egyptian Air Force were spotted during Egyptian Naval Forces amphibious landing exercises in the Mediterranean on 11 December 2019. The Scramble Magazine reported that Egyptian...