South Korea's Navy will receive seventh Son Won II-class (Type 214) diesel-electric air-independent propulsion submarine built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, on Friday that is capable of operating underwater for more than 10 days. The Hong Beom-do, is the world's top-level diesel sub that can handle more than 300 underwater targets at the same time and operate underwater for over 10 days without surfacing, Yonhap reports citing the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)
The crew of the Russian Pacific Fleet have tested two supersonic cruise missiles during training exercise in the Okhotsk Sea water zone, the defense ministry said Monday. According to the ministry, the nuclear submarine cruiser Tomsk fired a supersonic naval anti-ship missile Granit from “a submerged location” and Varyag guided-missile cruiser launched Bazalt supersonic anti-ship missile, successfully hitting the assigned target
Irans homegrown diesel-electric submarine Fateh (Conquerer) has been put through final tests, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami said. Minister Hatami told Tasnim news agency that the Iranian submarine is undergoing tests, whose results will determine when the vessel would enter service
A Russian nuclear submarine on Friday struck a target in Russias northwestern Arkhangelsk region with Kalibr sea-based cruise missile. "Today, the Northern Fleet's multipurpose nuclear submarine Severodvinsk successfully fired a Kalibr sea-based cruise missile
Northrop Grumman will demonstrate undersea targeting using networked drones both above and below water at this years Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) in Panama City, Florida, August 14-18. The demonstration will showcase Northrop Grummans advanced mission management and control system aligned with the Navy Common Control System vision, highlighting the benefits of an open architecture approach and demonstrating the ability to rapidly integrate multiple capabilities into a relevant mission scenario
BAE Systems has won a $4.6 million contract from US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to enable submarines to detect other submerged vessels at greater distances, while minimizing the risk of counter-detection
Russias Smolensk nuclear-powered submarine has test-launched a cruise missile that hit the designated target in the Barents Sea from underwater position. "From the underwater position, a Granit missile was fired against a combined sea-based target at a distance of about 400 kilometers," the Northern Fleets press service said on Wednesday
A Russian navy submarine test-launched the Bulava intercontinental missile which can be equipped with up to 10 warheads and travel 10,000 kms Monday. The Russian Northern Fleets Project 955 underwater missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky has test-fired a Bulava missile from the Barents Sea and hit all the designated targets at the Kura practice range in Kamchatka
Défense Conseil International (DCI) has completed training of the first of two crews of Indian submariners for future Scorpène-type submarines. DCI is the reference operator of the French Ministry of Defence for the transfer of French military know-how to international partners
Russia is accelerating its plan to built seven Yasen class nuclear submarine by 2023 with second one being floated out today and third scheduled for launch in 2019. The nation's second modernised Yasen-class project 885M submarine, the Kazan, has been floated out at the Sevmash shipbuilder in north-western Russia today