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...
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)
Mozambique Orders Three Additional Interceptor Vessels From CMN
Mozambique has ordered three additional HS132 interceptor vessels to the existing order of three ocean eagle 43 trimaran patrol vessels and three HS132 interceptors ordered in September 2013 from CMN, a French shipyard. Meanwhile, the first Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran patrol vessel has been launched by the French Shipyard Thursday
Stacks of Dollar Bills, Gifts and $20 Million- The Price of China’s...
A Hong Kong businessman wined, dined, gave away stacks of US dollar bills plus $20 million price to Ukrainian shipyard officials to bring home a disused aircraft carrier which later surfaced as the Liaoning, Chinas first carrier. How the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) realized its blue ocean ambitions by...
BAE Systems Wins $120M Contract To Support US Navy's Aegis Combat System
BAE Systems has won a five-year contract worth $120 million from the US Navy to provide critical system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the Aegis Combat System on board surface ships. “Our Aegis system engineering experts have been working side by side with sailors for more than 40 years to...
Egypt Close To Buying 22 Rafale Fighters, 2 FREMM Frigates Worth Euro
Egypt and France are close to signing a 5 to 6 billion Euro contract for the sale of twenty Rafale and two FREMM multi-mission frigates. La Tribune newspaper said on its website today that a French delegation of the Treasury visited Cairo earlier this week to assess the security of Egypt in the event of an agreement with the French manufacturers
Russia Demands Written Explanation Over Delay In Mistral Helicopter Carrier Delivery
Russia has demanded a written explanation from Paris as to why a Mistral helicopter carrier not delivered to Russia according to an earlier agreement, Ria Novosti reported Tuesday. “Russia could not accept oral explanations from individual French politicians of why the warship was not delivered on time, even if that politician is the countrys president,” a high ranking official from the Russian Defense Ministrys Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) was quoted as saying
Indian Navy Has 41 Ships, Submarines Under Construction: Navy Chief Dhowan
The Indian Navy has 41 ships and submarines under construction in Indian shipyards, the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin K Dhowan said in Bangalore yesterday. “The Navys blueprint revolves around the ‘Make in India concept
Indian Coastal Defence Comes Good In Intercepting Suspected Terrorist Boat
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 from the sea after the Mumbai attacks in which 200 innocent lives had been lost
LM Canada Seeks Sales Of Naval Combat System In Future
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
Canadian Frigate Joins NATO Forces Monitoring Ukraine Crisis
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
U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $498 Million for Mobile Landing Platform
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 the Mobile Landing Platform-class ships
Russia Helping China Develop Command & Control System for Amphibious Operations
Turkey Integrates Cakır Cruise Missile into Marlin Armed Unmanned Marine Vehicle
Ukraine Unveils Flamingo Cruise Missile with 3,000-Km Range
Russian FSB Foils Alleged Ukrainian Plot to Bomb Car on Crimean Bridge
China's Mass-produced J-35A Aircraft Set to Disrupt Global Stealth Fighter Market
China is aiming to disrupt the global stealth fighter market by mass-producing its fifth-generation J-35A at a pace comparable to...
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...