SSK Kilo Class (Type 636)
The Russian Kilo-class submarine first entered service in the early 1980s. It was designed by the Rubin Central Maritime Design Bureau in St Petersburg. Subsequent developments led to the improved…
26 Oct 2020
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21 Oct 2020
Constellation-Class Guided-Missile Frigates
The Constellation-class (FFG 62) multi-mission guided-missile frigate is being developed by Fincantieri Marinette Marine for the US Navy. The frigate will have the capability to carry out multiple missions, including…
20 Oct 2020
Thales launches new friend-foe identification system for French frigates
Thales has launched a new friend-foe identification system for the French Navy’s future FDI-class frigates. The new system, called TSA6000, is the latest addition to the company’s portfolio of identification…
16 Oct 2020
Jose Rizal-Class Frigates, Philippines
The Philippine Navy ordered a class of two Jose Rizal-class multi-mission capable frigates from South Korean shipbuilding company Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), under the Frigate Acquisition Project (FAP), which is…
15 Oct 2020
GE Marine to power Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-class corvettes
GE Marine has received a contract from Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) for the delivery of four LM2500 marine gas turbines. The engines will be installed on Finnish Navy’s new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes under the Squadron 2020…
13 Oct 2020
iXblue to provide sonars for mine countermeasures programme
ECA Group and iXblue have signed a contract for navigation, underwater positioning systems and obstacle avoidance sonars for mine countermeasures replacement programme for the Belgian and the Royal Netherlands navies.…
16 Sep 2020
Trafalgar Class Attack Submarines
Trafalgar Class nuclear-powered attack submarines are in service with the Royal Navy. The submarines were built by Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited (VSEL), now known as BAE Systems Submarine Solutions.…
11 Sep 2020
SSN Seawolf Class
The Seawolf was designed as a faster, better-armed eventual replacement for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines. The first of class, the Seawolf (SSN21), was ordered from the Electric…
11 Sep 2020
Project 677 Lada Class / Project 1650 Amur Class Submarines
The Project 677 Lada Class diesel-electric submarines are being built by Admiralty Shipyard for the Russian Navy. The class is also called the Petersburg class after the lead submarine. The…
04 Sep 2020
Type 054A (Jiangkai II) Class Frigate
The Type 054A (Nato reporting name: Jiangkai-II) Class of missile frigates are being built by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard and Huangpu Shipyard for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The new-generation multi-mission…
14 Aug 2020
MH-60S Knighthawk (Seahawk) Multimission Naval Helicopter
The multi-mission Sikorsky MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter entered service in February 2002. The US Navy uses the MH-60S helicopters to carry out missions such as vertical replenishment, combat search and rescue,…
14 Aug 2020
PPA Class Multi-Purpose Offshore Patrol Vessels
Italian Navy plans to induct seven Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura (PPA) class multi-role offshore patrol vessels by 2026. Fincantieri, an Italian shipbuilding company, is the prime contractor for the PPA-class vessels,…
07 Aug 2020
NSSN Virginia-Class Attack Submarine
The Virginia-Class new attack submarine is an advanced stealth multimission nuclear-powered submarine for deep ocean anti-submarine warfare and littoral (shallow water) operations. Although the Seawolf submarine was developed to provide…
31 Jul 2020
SSN Astute Class Nuclear Submarine
The Royal Navy’s Astute Class submarine is a nuclear-powered attack submarine, which will replace the five Swiftsure Class submarines, launched between 1973 and 1977 and approaching the end of their…
31 Jul 2020
U212 / U214 Submarines
The U212 submarine is capable of long-distance submerged passage to the area of operation. The German Navy ordered four of the submarines. Type 212 is being constructed by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft…
23 Jul 2020
DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class – Multimission Destroyer
DDG 1000 Zumwalt, the first vessel built under the US Department of Defense’s (DoD) DD(X) programme, was delivered to the US Navy in May 2016. The ship was commissioned for…
17 Jul 2020
SSBN Typhoon Class (Type 941)
The Typhoon class (Project 941 Akula class) nuclear-powered ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines were constructed at the Severodvinsk Shipyard, on the White Sea near Archangel. The first of the six members…
17 Jul 2020
MEKO A Class Combat Ship Family
The MEKO A class combat ships, designed by German shipbuilding company Blohm and Voss, are evolved from the MEKO family of ships, which have been in operation with navies around…
16 Jul 2020
SSK Scorpene-class Attack Submarine, France
The Scorpene-class submarine is jointly developed by French state-owned shipbuilding firm DCNS (now Naval Group) and Spanish shipbuilder Navantia (formerly Bazan, then Izar). Two Scorpene submarines were ordered by Chile.…
02 Jul 2020
SSBN / SSGN Ohio Class Submarine
The Ohio Class submarines serve the US Navy as virtually undetectable undersea launch platforms of intercontinental missiles. The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics based at Groton, Connecticut, built 18…