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Stay up to date with the latest Vessels updates from the global naval industrySaab to modernise HTMS Chakri Naruebet
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) has selected Saab to modernise the command and control system equipped onboard Offshore Patrol Helicopter Carrier, HTMS Chakri...
US Navy awards MK 110 SDC contract
Integrated Combat Systems, a subsidiary of Orbit International, has been awarded a follow-on contract by the US Navy Procurement Agency to provide MK 110 Signal Data Converter...
US Navy receives P-8A training devices from Boeing
The US Navy has taken delivery of the second set of P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance training devices from Boeing at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida,...
USNS Spearhead completes builder's sea trials
The US Navy’s first of ten joint high speed vessels (JHSVs), USNS Spearhead, has successfully completed Builder's Sea Trials (BST) in the Gulf of...
Pakistan Navy commissions first Azmat-class vessel
Pakistani Navy chief admiral Muhammad Asif Sandila has announced the launch of its first Azmat-class Fast Attack Craft (Missile), PNS Azmat, at Xingang shipyard in Tianjin,...
Rolls-Royce to support USMC V-22 Osprey aircraft
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce to provide logistics support for the AE 1107C-Liberty engines, which power the US Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey...
France takes delivery of third EDA-R landing craft
The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) has received the third of four fast amphibious landing craft Engin de Débarquement Amphibie Rapide (EDA-Rs) n°3 at Toulon,...
Indian Navy to induct new warship on 27 April
The Indian Navy will induct the first of three Talwar-class warships, INS Teg (F45), on 27 April 2012 to bolster its war-fighting capabilities, Chief of Material Vice Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan...
Babcock to enhance CESM system for UK Royal Navy
The UK Royal Navy has awarded a contract to Babcock to provide a mid-life software update to Eddystone, the Communications Electronic Support Measures (CESM) system deployed on...
US Navy receives USNS Medgar Evers
The US Navy has received the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo-ammunition ship, USNS Medgar Evers (T-AKE 13), from General Dynamics (GD) National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) Ship...
Series of errors led to HMS Astute grounding, says report
The grounding of the UK Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Astute (S119) off the west coast of Scotland two years ago, was due to a catalogue of errors, an official report has...
Russia, China begin joint naval exercise
China and Russian Navies have begun their first joint naval exercises in the Yellow Sea off China's east coast, amidst rising tensions over China’s territorial...
USS Mississippi set for commissioning in June 2012
The US Navy's ninth Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine Pre-Commissioning Unit USS Missouri (SSN-780) has returned to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard for its...
DCNS, Progen team up for Brazilian Prosub submarine programme
DCNS has signed a partnership agreement with Progen to procure domestically-produced equipment in support of the Brazilian Navy’s Prosub submarine development and construction...
US Navy certifies new Aegis BMD upgrades
Lockheed Martin’s new Aegis ballistic missile defence (BMD) system 4.0.1 configuration upgrades have been certified by the US Navy, marking a milestone in the evolution of the Aegis...
Royal Thai Navy receives HTMS Ang Thong
The Royal Thai Navy has officially received the first Endurance-class landing platform dock ship, HTMS Angthong (LPD-791) at Laem Thien Port, Sattahip naval base in Chon Buri,...
HMS Dragon to join front-line Fleet on 20 April
The UK Royal Navy's fourth Type 45 Daring-class anti-air warfare destroyer, HMS Dragon (D35), will be commissioned to join the front-line Fleet on 20 April 2012 at Portsmouth Naval Base,...
Netherlands MoD receives third Holland-class patrol vessel
The Defence Materiel Organization of the Netherlands Ministry of Defence (MoD) has received the third of four Holland-class oceangoing patrol vessels (OPV), Friesland (P842), from Damen...
HMS Defender completes final set of sea trials
The UK Royal Navy's fifth Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender (D36) has successfully completed its second and final set of sea trials off the west coast of...
Rolls-Royce to power US Navy’s Freedom-class LCS
The US Navy has awarded a contract to Rolls-Royce to deliver power and propulsion systems for its two latest Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships...
