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BAE Systems’ Machine Gun Selected for Canadian Navy’s Arctic Patrol Ship

August 19, 2015 @ 10:45 AM

BAE Systems has won a contract to deliver six modified 25mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems for the Royal Canadian Navys Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) program. Each Mk 38 System features a highly accurate gun targeting and surveillance system as well as the M242 Cannon

France to Pay Russia US$1.3 billion for Mistral Deal Cancellation

August 6, 2015 @ 08:48 AM

France will pay Russia Euro 1.2 billion (US$1

AgustaWestland Chopper Scam "torpedoes" Indian Navy Scorpenes

August 5, 2015 @ 02:29 PM

The Indian Navy has been unable to obtain heavy weight torpedoes from a Finmeccanica group company, Wass for installation on its Scorpene submarines owing to the Italian company being blacklisted in India. Wass Italy had won a contract to supply heavy weight tropedoes for the Navy's Project 75 submarines in 2014

Huntington Ingalls Constructing Amphibious Assault Ship For US Navy

July 31, 2015 @ 11:46 AM

Huntington Ingalls Industries is constructing America-class second amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli for the US Navy. The LHA (Landing Helicopter Assault) 7 will be capable to hold Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters and also other aircraft such as MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, CH-53 Super Stallions, and UH-1Y Huey helicopters, US expert...

Thailand Defers Cabinet Approval for Submarines Purchase till September 30

July 29, 2015 @ 01:25 PM

The Thai Navy has deferred a cabinet decision to purchase Chinese submarines worth US$1.1 billion till September 30 and has launched a public support campaign for the sub procurement plan

Russian Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare Ship to Enter Service On July 26

July 21, 2015 @ 01:16 PM

The Russian Navys first Project 18280 large reconnaissance ship Admiral Yury Ivanov will enter service on Navy Day which this year falls on July 26. The Ship can keep snoop on enemy ships and aircraft and cripple their electronic warfare systems, Russian media reported today

IS Militants Claim Missile Attack On Egyptian Navy Vessel

July 17, 2015 @ 01:19 PM

IS militants in Sinai claim that they have carried out a missile attack on an Egyptian naval vessel in the Mediterranean Sea on Thursday. The militants said that they destroyed the naval ship with a guided missile

Indian Inshore Patrol Vessel Commissioned

July 6, 2015 @ 12:12 PM

ICGS Rani Durgavati, the 3rd Inshore Patrol Vessel (IPV) of its kind of the Indian Coast Guard was commissioned at Visakhapatnam by Vice Admiral Satish Soni today. Built from light high tensile steel with aluminium superstructure and powered by three water jet propulsion systems for high speeds, the IPVs are well-suited for coastal and offshore operations

Opposition to Thailand Submarine Purchase

July 6, 2015 @ 10:59 AM

Thai experts have questioned the utility of buying Chinese submarines on grounds that the countrys Navy is better off with surface ships and the funds could be utilized for a national healthcare project. A procurement committee of the Thai Navy last week voted to buy three Chinese S-20 submarines for 36 billion Bhat (US$1

Bangladesh Coast Guard To Receive Four Fincantieri OPVs

July 3, 2015 @ 03:13 PM

Decommissioned vessels of the Italian Navy will be upgraded and supplied to Bangladesh Coast Guard by Fincantieri. The Italian shipbuilder has been awarded the contract with the Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) for the supply of four Italian Navy “Minerva” class corvettes to be upgraded and converted into Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), and to provide the related logistics support services

Thailand Confirms Purchase of Three Chinese Submarines in US$1.1 billion deal

July 3, 2015 @ 12:41 PM

The Thai Navy has confirmed that it will pay 36 billion baht (US$1.1 billion for three submarines from China equipped with air independent (AIP) propulsion

Growing Market for Chinese Submarines

June 26, 2015 @ 02:00 PM

The market for Chinese submarines seem to be on the rise even as the overall world demand for subs has witnessed a downward trend. The news today that Thailand has selected a Chinese manufacturer to build submarines beating bids from Russian, Swedish, German and French manufacturers, if true, is an indication of the maturity of the Chinese submarine industry

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