Coronavirus Claims First Life Onboard USS Theodore Roosevelt
A sailor assigned to the US Navys USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier has died from COVID-19 infection. The sailor was admitted to the intensive care unit of the US Naval Hospital in Guam on April 9, nearly ten days after he tested positive on March 30
Chinese Aircraft Carrier Sails to ‘Demonstrate COVID-19 Epidemic Control Work’
A Chinese aircraft carrier group sailed through the Miyako Strait and headed toward the Pacific Ocean, on Friday to ‘demonstrated success in novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic control work. The Chinese flotilla, consisting of aircraft carrier Liaoning two Type 052D guided missile destroyers, two Type 054A guided missile frigates and one Type...
14-Day Quarantine for French Aircraft Carrier Group Crew
Crew of the French Navys Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and air defense frigate Chevalier Paul will be quarantined for a fortnight upon arrival in the port of Toulon today. “Accommodation and food capacities will be set up at naval and naval air bases
China Confirms Fire on board Type 075 amphibious assault ship
China's first Type 075 amphibious assault ship (also called helicopter carrier) caught on fire on Saturday at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai but the damage was not ‘significant. Beijing-based naval expert Li Jie was quoted by Global Times on Saturday that smoke concentrated on the middle and rear areas of...
Fire in Under-construction Chinese Helicopter Carrier
A fire broke out in the under-construction Type 075 ship, Chinas first helicopter carrier; images in social media seem to indicate. The Type 075 helicopter carrier is currently being out-fitted out at the Hudong shipyard of China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) in Shanghai
General Dynamics to Manufacture Missile Tubes for US, UK Submarines
The Pentagon has awarded General Dynamics $56 million to manufacture 18 missile tubes for submarines of the United States and the United Kingdom naval forces. Work will be performed in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and is for the manufacturing of 18 missile tubes in support of US Navy's Columbia-class fleet ballistic missile submarines and the UK Dreadnought, the Pentagon said in a statement
Fifty Test COVID-19 Positive On-board French Aircraft Carrier
Fifty sailors and crew have been found positive for Covid-19 infection on board the French aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle, after a medical team from the army's health service was sent to the ship Wednesday. Of the fifty positive cases from 66 tested, three sailors were evacuated by plane to be followed up in a hospital in France
Rosoboronexport Signs Contract with African Nation to Supply Fast Assault Boats
Rosoboronexport has begun its first export of Project 02450 fast assault boats BK-10 designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov Concern to a Sub-Saharan African Nation. "A contract signed recently by Rosoboronexport was the first document for the supply of Russian-made final naval products to Sub-Saharan Africa in the last 20 years
Huntington Ingalls Begins Construction of US Navy’s Ted Stevens Destroyer
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has commenced construction of the US Navys next Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, Ted Stevens (DDG 128). “HIIs Ingalls Shipbuilding division officially started fabrication of the Arleigh Burke¬-class (DDG 51) destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) on Monday
Sailors of Fourth US Aircraft Carrier Test Positive for Coronavirus
The USS Nimitz became the fourth US aircraft carrier whose sailors tested positive for Coronavirus (COVID-19). The Nimitz, that sails with about 4,800 sailors, is currently docked in its home port in Bremerton, Washington
Overhauled Ghadir Submarine Joins Iranian Navy’s Flotilla
The Iranian Navy received an overhauled Ghadir-class mini-submarine on Wednesday. “The domestically-manufactured light submarine has joint the countrys naval fleet
French Aircraft Carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle’ Sailors Test Positive for COVID-19
The French Navy aircraft carrier ‘Charles de Gaulle is heading home cutting short deployment in the Atlantic following suspicion of several COVID-19 cases among its 2000 crew members. About forty sailors may be infected with Covid-19, according to a French Ministry of the Armed Forces press release issued this morning
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
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