WASHINGTON — This fiscal year was expected to be the first in which the U.S. Navy dipped into a “trough” in its submarine force, falling below the previous requirement for 48 attack subs and facing two decades of reduced numbers, with as few as 41 at times. Instead, the Navy is holding steady at 50 […]
The HMS Westminster frigate of the UK Royal Navy is currently in the North Sea, ready to watch for Russian submarines, The Telegraph reports. The frigate, which was last upgraded in 2014 and is equipped with the Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missile system, is being held at “very high readiness” in the Shetland Islands, the newspaper […]
This is the third time (and the second year in a row) that the U.S. 6th Fleet awards the price to French units for their ability to find and track submarines.
Russia's Admiralty Wharves Shipyard has started the first stage of the shipbuilders sea trials of the Project 677 submarine Kronstadt, the shipyard’s press office said. Kronstadt (B-586) is the second of the Lada-class of submarines
The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) isthe new so-called supercarrier to join the ranks ofthe USNavy, The ship belongs to the Gerald R. Fordclass which currently has two ships. The USS JFK was launched on 29 October 2019 andhas since been in the systems installation phaseandtogether with the Gerald R. Ford will be […]
The Chief of Staff of the French Navy, Admiral Vandier, was represented by Rear Admiral Christophe Lucas. The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral Gilday, was represented by Vice Admiral Merz. The agreement was signed remotely (via video conferencing, at the French Navy headquarters and at the French Embassy in Washington DC). According to the […]
The problems that Russia has with its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, are well known. But it seems that Russia will soon have the opportunity to replace it with an upgraded aircraft carrier, the Chinese Liaoning, and could use it until it builds its own carrier around 2030. As the Chinese newspaper Beijing Today reports, in recent years the rapid […]
OSI contracted to provide Integrated Navigation System for Mid-Life Modernisation (MLM) of Bung Tomo Class Multi-Role Light Frigate (MRLF).
Sailors recover 1,745 kg of hashish, 500 kg of meth and 30 kg of heroin, valued at $14.7 million, after crew apparently set fire to their stash onboard traditional sailing vessel
iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.