East Asia and Pacific Region
Hyundai Heavy Industries Launches South Korea’s First KDX III Batch II Destroyer
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Destroyer
Europe
Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer Undergoes BMD Upgrades
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed an initial contract with missile manufacturer MBDA to upgrade the ballistic missile defence capabilities of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers. According to the government officials, the […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Australia To Integrate LRASM Into Naval And Air Platform
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Americas
Gibbs & Cox Awarded Contract Worth $319 Billion for US Navy’s Future DDG(X) Destroyer
American naval architecture firm Gibbs & Cox Inc. has received a contract for supporting surface combatant ship design and engineering efforts for the US Navy’s future surface combatant force, primarily in support of the future […]
Americas
U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for the DDG(X) Next-Gen Destroyer
According to Rear Admiral Paul Schlise, U.S. Navy, Director, Naval Surface Warfare Division (N96) at SNA 2022, DDG 51s will have been in production for over 40 years with basically the same hull that the […]
Americas
U.S. Senate Cleared $4.9 Billion Funding For New Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers
The US Senate has authorized the country’s annual defense funding bill, allocating $4.9 billion for the procurement of three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The US Senate voted on 15 December for a version of the National […]
Naval Platforms
Indian Navy’s second P15B destroyer INS Mormugao starts sea trials
INS Mormugao, the Indian Navy’s second indigenous destroyer of the P15B class (Visakhapatnam-class), has officially started its sea trials. The sea trials commenced on 19 December, the Indian Navy reported. INS Mormugao was built at […]
Americas
U.S. Navy Commissions Its 69th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest guided-missile destroyer, USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118), Dec. 8, 2021 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. DDG 118 is the third of nine Arleigh Burke-class, “Flight IIA: Technology Insertion” variant. “Technology […]
Naval Platforms
Indian Navy Commissions First P15B Destroyer INS Visakhapatnam
The event marks the formal induction of the first of the four ‘Visakhapatnam’ class destroyers, indigenously designed by the Indian Navy’s in-house organization Directorate of Naval Design and constructed by Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai. […]
Americas
U.S. Navy Christened 70th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
The christening of the future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) took place on 2 October 2021 at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) […]