Damen Shipyards Cuts Steel Cut for Dutch Navy’s Combat Support Ship
First steel was cut on the Royal Netherlands Navys (RNLN) Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania yesterday. The cutting is the first of sixteen batches, totaling 7500 tonnes of steel in 180 sections
S.Korea’s KDX III Destroyer to get Phalanx Weapon Systems
South Korea will buy a pair of MK 15 MOD 25 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS) Block 1B Baseline 2 (IB2) systems to equip them on the Navy's KDX III warship. The contract was approved by the U
Scrapping Fire Damaged Bonhomme Richard Warship Will Cost US Navy $30M
The US Navy has decided to scrap amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) that was severely damaged in a
Turkey Begins Probe into German Navy Search of its Cargo Ship
Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation Friday into the search by soldiers of a German naval frigate of a Turkish cargo ship carrying aid to Libya. However, the German Defense Ministry stated that soldiers from the frigate “Hamburg” boarded the Turkish freighter “Rosaline A,” on the night of November 22 to search...
India’s Naval Dockyard Refits Maldivian Coast Guard Ship
Indias Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam, completed the refit of Maldivian Coast Guard Ship MNDF CGS Huravee. Rear Admiral Sreekumar Nair, Admiral Superintendent handed over the ship to the Commanding Officer Major Hussain Rasheed at Visakhapatnam on November 25, 2020
Franco-British Maritime Mine Counter Measures Program Enters Manufacture Stage
The Franco-British Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) project which aims to build autonomous minehunting system today reached the manufacture stage, with a £184M contract awarded to Thales UK. The investment will see around 215 jobs supported in the UK at Thales sites in Templecombe (Somerset) and Plymouth as well as in the wider supply chain including L3 Harris in Portsmouth, Stonehaven in Aberdeen and Alba Ultrasound in Glasgow, the UK MoD said in a release
Chinese Amphibious Landing Ships, Stealth Missile Boats Simulate Landing on Taiwan
The Chinese Navy, the largest in the world, simulated landing on Taiwan in recent exercises involving Type 071 amphibious dock landing ships and Type 022 stealth missile boats. On November 18, three Type 071 amphibious dock landing ships attached to a landing ship flotilla with the navy under the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command
US Destroyer Leaves Russian Waters After Kremlin Warship Threatens to Ram...
An American destroyer, John McCain entered the territorial waters of Russia in the Peter the Great Gulf for two kilometers and was driven out by the Russian large anti-submarine ship Admiral Vinogradov, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "Today at 6:17 Moscow time, the USS John McCain destroyer, which has been in the Sea of Japan for several days, violated the territorial waters of the Russian Federation in the Peter the Great Gulf, going 2 kilometers beyond the sea border line,"
Japan Launches Multi-mission Stealth Frigate
The Japanese Navy on Thursday launched its first new generation of stealth multi-mission frigates, which will incorporate missile launchers, surface and underwater unmanned systems and electronic counter-measures. Christened as “Kumano,” and technically called the 30FFM ship, was launched in a ceremony at shipbuilder Mitsuis facilities at Okayama, Japan, on Nov
Thales, Damen Sign €1.5B Contract to Supply Battle Management, Communications Systems for...
Thales Group and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding signed a €1.5B contract to integrate battle management and communications systems on-board the German Navys
Pakistan Navy's PNS Tabuk Corvette Commissioned in Romania
The Pakistan Navy commissioned its new Corvette – a Damen OPV 1900 – named PNS Tabuk at the Port of Constanta, Romania on November 12. The ship is part of a two-vessel order with Damen, signed by the Pakistan Ministry of Defence in 2017
Latvia to Receive Additional Patria 6x6 Armored Command and Control Vehicles
China Opens $3.5B Port in Peru, Expanding Maritime Silk Road to South...
South Korean K2 Tanks Deployed Near Poland's Border with Russia
Rostec Develops Car-mounted FPV Drone Suppression Device
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...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...