Myanmar Navy celebrated its 73rd Anniversary at Yangon’s No 3 Naval Wharf in Thilawa. During this event, seven new warships have joined the Navy including the Fast Attack Craft (492), Submarine Chasers Yan Nyein Aung-class […]
MOBILE, Alabama (GDC) — The Navy will christen a ship made in Alabama on Saturday, naming it after Australia’s capital city. Austal USA launched the future USS Canberra (LCS 30) into Alabama’s Mobile River on […]
The repair of the Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” was postponed indefinitely several days after Russia trumpeted its return. Despite earlier statements that the repairs of the Russian heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov were going […]
Amidst a flurry of colorful balloons, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the Mogami from its shipyard in Nagasaki—the lead ship of a new class of versatile 30FFM-type multi-role frigates. Due to delays caused by a construction accident, the […]
The Defence Secretary says he is thinking more about alternative submarine options, as tensions with the French company designing Australia’s future fleet continue to simmer. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will discuss growing concerns over the […]
The Chinese Peoples’ Liberation Army –Navy (PLAN) which christened its Type 09IV nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine as “Changzheng-18” last Friday may have three more such vessels. Media reports of the vessel’s launch ceremony featured a […]
The Navy declared initial operational capability for the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) earlier this month, according to a press release issued Tuesday. According to the Navy, JPALS has been supporting F-35B deployments […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy commissioned three new warships – a Type 09IV nuclear-powered strategic ballistic missile submarine, a 10,000-ton Type 055 large destroyer, and its first Type 075 amphibious assault ship – […]
Spain’s F-110 frigate program has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) carried out by local shipbuilder Navantia, the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the Spanish Navy. The PDR was completed this week at Navantia’s […]
Naval Group said it launched third of the four Offshore Patrol Vessel 87 (OPV 87) ordered by Argentina at Concarneau shipyard (Brittany). After the recent delivery of A.R.A. Piedrabuena, the third OPV A.R.A. Storni was launched on Monday May […]
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