The FREMM frigate built for the Royal Moroccan Navy put to sea for the first time on 17 April. This key milestone marks the launch of sea trials, which will be conducted over the next few weeks off the Brittany coast
The U.S Navy today announced plans to deploy for the first time a solid-state laser aboard a ship in fiscal year 2014
GE Marine announced that it will provide IHI, Tokyo, Japan, with LM2500 and LM500 gas turbines for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces (JMSDF) new 24DDH destroyer. The GE LM2500 gas turbines will be equipped with integrated electronic controls
Lockheed Martin will upgrade the AN/SLQ-32(V)2 system found on all U.S
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) was awarded a $2.6 billion cost-plus-incentive-fee contract today for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)
India is not likely to charge Russia a fine for the delay in the delivery of the refitted aircraft carrier Vikramaditya caused by engine problems last year, said Viktor Komardin, Deputy General Director of Russias state arms exporter Rosoboronexport. The Vikramaditya was supposed to have been delivered in 2012 but was delayed after sea trials found the ships boilers in poor shape
Israel-based DSIT Solutions has announced that it has won a contract worth $3.2 million from the navy for a number of Underwater Security systems, for immediate production and delivery
DCNS is now the majority shareholder in the Irish start-up OpenHydro, specialised in marine turbines, with a 59.7% holding
Amid growing territorial disputes with neighbors, China today commissioned its ‘next-gen stealth frigate. The country's first "type 056" stealth frigate, formerly known simply as ship 582, was renamed Bengbu at a commission ceremony held in a naval port in Zhoushan, a coastal city in east China's Zhejiang Province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported
Atlas Elektronik and Thales Deutschland have jointly been commissioned to modernize the combat system of the German Class F124 frigates. With completion scheduled for 2017, the “HW Regeneration CDS F124” consortium formed by the two companies will refurbish the hardware of the Combat Direction System (CDS) and also adapt and update the software
The Chinese Navy on Tuesday reportedly inducted a new type of stealth frigate identified as a “Type 056 stealth frigate,” according to the official Xinhua news agency. The new frigate is expected to bolster the countrys maritime defenses amid territorial disputes, state media reported Tuesday