Indias coastal defences, beefed after the Mumbai attacks in 2009, came good in thwarting a suspected terrorist attack from the sea near the Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary on December 31. The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence agencies had set up radars and improved coordination to identify and intercept terrorist threats coming...
Canada's Lockheed Martin has future plans of selling naval combat system to South America and Europe, designed as part of the modernization program for the nation's frigates. Work is underway on the first export sale of the combat management system to the Royal New Zealand Navy
A Canadian frigate, HMCS Fredericton has set off on Tuesday to join NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea monitoring the Ukraine crisis. HMCS Fredericton, which is carrying a Sea King helicopter and an air detachment, will replace HMCS Toronto, which joined the permanent NATO forces in July
General Dynamics has won a $498 million contract from the US Navy yesterday for the design and construction of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). Under this option, NASSCO, subsidiary of General Dynamics, will provide the detail design and construction efforts to build the second AFSB of...
An Indian shipyard, Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE) will supply warships to Vietnam and is also eyeing an order worth Rs 2000 crore ($315 million) to export two 3500 tons Frigates to the Philippines Navy. Vietnam order will be the second export of warships for India
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a 12 month £1.5 million contract to design the engineering support solution for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers
The German ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard launched the first type MEKO A200 frigate built for the naval forces of Algeria. The Algerian navy forces bought two type Meko A200 frigates from TKMS for 2
The UK MOD has awarded a £270 million contract to BAE Systems to upgrade the Royal Navys Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes. Earlier this year, BAE Systems was also awarded a £600 million contract to run Portsmouth Naval Base and a £70 million Type 45 destroyer support contract that combined sustains more than 2,000 jobs in the Portsmouth region, including skilled engineering roles
Germany will spend up to $143 million of its federal budget to construct warships for Israel, Bild am Sonntag reported Sunday. Israel will construct four warships worth $1
Despite France officially putting the Mistral ship delivery on hold, Russia has no immediate plans to file claims, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Tuesday, Russian media reported. The minister commented after French President Francois Hollande announced on Tuesday the suspension of a $1
The US Navys modernization plan to replace the last 20 littoral combat ships hangs in uncertainty with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagels resignation. “Hagel has made a decision about the LCS modernization following his review of recommendations from the US Navys specially-configured Small Surface Combatant Task Force (SSCTF),” Military