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2nd March 2020
Fincantieri has launched of the first of four new multirole corvettes for the Qatari Emiri Navy (QEN). The ‘technical launch’ of Al Zubarah took place …
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28th February 2020
Thales UK has received a £330 million contract to provide the sonar system for the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought submarines, the UK Ministry of Defence announced …
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28th February 2020
The Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN's) final Air Warfare Destroyer, NUSHIP Sydney, has been officially handed over to the Australian Department of Defence (DoD). Sydney is the …
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28th February 2020
France and Italy have signed an intergovernmental agreement that reaffirms support for the Naviris joint venture. Naviris is a 50/50 joint venture of France’s Naval …
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28th February 2020
With just over a month remaining on the mandate of Operation Sophia, the European maritime security and humanitarian assistance mission to the Mediterranean, doubts persist …
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28th February 2020
Ultra will continue to provide the EO tracking system for the UK Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers, after the MoD approved a three-year contract with …
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28th February 2020
The Russian Navy frigate Admiral Gorshkov has test-fired the Tsirkon hypersonic missile for the first time in the Barents Sea, TASS reported on 27 February. …
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27th February 2020
Nova Systems Norway has received a £13 million (€15 million) contract from the Norwegian Armed Forces to provide NH90 maritime helicopter support services. The contract …
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27th February 2020
With the ink still drying on the UK MoD’s newly released Defence Equipment Plan, the National Audit Office’s (NAO’s) stinging analysis of the MoD’s financial …
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27th February 2020
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) completed the second builder’s sea trials of the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Delbert D. Black (DDG 119). The vessel spent …
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27th February 2020
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the Netherlands of MK-48 Mod 7 Advanced Technology (AT) torpedo …
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27th February 2020
Amidst the controversy surrounding Manila’s termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement with the US, the Philippine Navy (PN) finds itself in a peculiar position as …
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27th February 2020
The first SM-2 surface-to-air missile from Raytheon’s restarted production line has been tested by the company and the US Navy. During the test, the SM-2 …
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26th February 2020
Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI’s) Elta Systems has teamed up with the international accelerator MassChallenge office in Israel to offer an acceleration programme for Future Sensing …
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26th February 2020
The suspended Fleet Solid Support (FSS) programme, which is intended to deliver at least two new vessels to the UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA), is …
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26th February 2020
The Royal Navy’s Merlin Mk2 helicopters are being put through their paces during NATO’s annual test of anti-submarine forces in the Ionian Sea. The Flying …
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26th February 2020
The US Navy’s future USS Delbert D Black (DDG 119) has successfully completed builder’s trials, the navy announced on 24 February. Conducted by shipbuilder Huntington …
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25th February 2020
Naval Group has committed to increasing Australian industry capability on the Future Submarine Program. Earlier this month the Australian Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds, met …
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25th February 2020
JFD Australia will continue to supply its submarine rescue system to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) until December 2023 under a $70 million contract extension …