US Naval Research Lab Develops Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
US Naval Research Lab (NRL) has designed and developed underwater propulsion, control and sensing solutions for littoral zone missions, Unmanned Systems Technology website reported Wednesday. According to the report, the autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) were inspired by bio-mechanics of fish
BAE Systems Wins $187.4M Contract To Support RCS Integration For US Navy's...
BAE Systems has won a nine-year contract worth $187.4 million from the US Navy to support radio and communications systems design and integration for 13 surface combatant ships
China Deploys DF-21D Ballistic Missiles To Guangdong For Blocking US Carrier Groups...
China's strategic missile force has deployed DF-21D anti-ship ballistic missiles to the southern province of Guangdong to stop US carrier groups from entering South China Sea waters. The DF-21D, which has attack range of 2,700 kilometers, can be used to form a blockade against the United States and allies...
Iran Shows Offs Home-Made Hovercraft
Iran on Monday unveiled two indigenized hovercrafts in its Northern territorial waters in the Caspian Sea. The Two hovercrafts were unveiled in a ceremony to mark the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in Iran (1979) at the Naval base of Bandar Anzali port city in the Northern...
ThyssenKrupp Offers Two Subs To Thailand
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has offered Type 209/1400mod and Type 210mod platform submarines to Thailand, IHS Jane's reported last Thursday. TKMS highlighted that the two subs meet Thailands requirements based on a continuing review of submarine platforms for Royal Thai Navy; IHS quoted unknown sources as saying
Australia Gifts Two LCH To Philippine Navy
Australia has gifted two recently decommissioned Landing Craft Heavy (LCH) or supply ships to the Philippine Navy, Australian Defense Minister Kevin Andrews announced on Thursday, January 29. HMAS Tarakan and Brunei are the two ships that are refurbished and equipped with new safety and navigation equipment and will be provided to Philippine Navy
China To RePay $14 Million Debt To Crimea For Zubr-class Landing Craft
China will pay Crimea the balance $14 million for the purchase of Zubr-class air-cushioned landing craft from Crimea's Feodosia Shipbuilding Company and Fiolent plant instead of Ukraine. In 2009, China had signed a contract worth $315 million for purchase of landing craft from Ukraine
India Asks Japan to Bid for Submarine Project
India has sent a “feeler” to Japan eliciting its interest to participate in the Project 75i submarine bid to build six vessels with air independent propulsion in India. The RFP for this is expected to go out soon but already several Indian shipyards have started hunting for foreign partners to provide technology and expertise
Leidos’ Unmanned Anti-Submarine Warfare Vessel Completes First Self Guided Voyage
Leidos announced today that its prototype maritime autonomy system for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)'s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program recently completed its first self-guided voyage. The voyage was between Gulfport and Pascagoula, Mississippi
BAE Systems Wins $147 Million Communication System Support Contract For US
BAE Systems has announced Monday that it has won a $146.7million engineering and technical support for communication and combat systems contract from the US Navys Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR)
Chinese Shipyard Launches Three ‘ third generation’ Naval Ships on Same Day
Chinas Hudong Shipyard launched three warships simultaneously on January 22, including one 054A frigate, one 815G electronic reconnaissance ship, and one 071A amphibious dock landing ship. This is just a “miniature” of the new warships commissioned into the Navy of the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLAN), said Chinamil, a website of the state-owned PLA Daily adding that the ships have completed the equipment update for the home-made third-generation destroyers and frigates
Irving Shipbuilding Receives $2.3 Billion Contract to Build Canadian OPVs
The Canadian government has announced the awarding of the build contract with Irving Shipbuilding for the construction of six Arctic Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS). The project is as part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS)
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile Tested in Secretive U.S. Launch from Cape Canaveral...
Kim Jong-un Attends Launch of 5,000-Ton Destroyer at North Korean Naval Shipyard
India Closer to Hypersonic Weapon: DRDO Conducts Second Test of Scramjet Engine
Poland’s First Locally Built AW149 Helicopter Takes Flight
The Future of Combat: Miniaturized Laser Weapons Set to Replace Bullets and Missiles
Lasers may soon replace bullets, and drones could disable enemy UAVs with beams of light instead of missiles
Four-legged Robots Vs. Military Dogs
Four legged robots that resemble dogs are increasingly being seen in war zones and exercises for functions such as reconnaissance...
Lockheed Martin Faces Billions in F-35 Cuts Under U.S. Policy Shift
Americas policy of controlling F-35 usage, spares, and maintenance—combined with President Donald Trumps threats of trade wars with Europe, halted...
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
