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High-tech US stealth ship breaks down in Panama Canal
Nov 22, 2016 (AFP)
America's newest warship, the super high-tech USS Zumwalt, broke down in the Panama Canal just a few weeks after the vessel was commissioned, the Navy and repor...
U.S. Navy selects BAE Systems for Zumwalt destroyer work
Nov 21, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems has received a contract worth up to $192 million to install combat systems on the U.S. Navy's new DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers. The contract, i...
Netanyahu defends German submarine sale in face of 'scandal'
Nov 20, 2016 (AFP)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday defended Israel's decision to buy three more submarines from Germany, in the face of a potential scandal involving h...
Damen modifying patrol boats for Jamaica
Nov 18, 2016 (UPI)
Damen Shipyards Group of the Netherlands reports it is currently modifying two patrol boats it has sold to the Jamaica Defense Force. The two new Stan Patrol 42...
L-3 to deliver switchgear equipment for Ohio-class replacement subs
Nov 18, 2016 (UPI)
L-3 Communications has been contracted to deliver switchgear equipment to support the U.S. Navy's Ohio-class submarine replacement program. Under the contract, ...
China's first aircraft carrier 'combat ready'
Nov 16, 2016 (UPI)
The People's Liberation Army Navy's first aircraft carrier is ready to meet threats on the battlefield, Chinese media reports. The vessel, named after the Chine...
Bangladesh buys two submarines from China
Nov 14, 2016 (AFP)
Bangladesh took delivery on Monday of its first submarines, bought from China, as it seeks to boost its naval power in the Bay of Bengal. Bangladesh paid a repo...
Spain king to visit Saudi with sale of warships on agenda
Nov 11, 2016 (AFP)
Spain's king will begin his first state visit to Saudi Arabia on Saturday, with the possible sale of five warships to the oil-rich kingdom on top of the agenda,...
U.S. Navy tests variable depth sonar for Littoral Combat Ship
Nov 04, 2016 (UPI)
The Navy recently conducted a series of tests to improve the mine-hunting ability of the AN/AQS-20A Variable Depth Sonar system used on littoral combat ships, t...
BAE to start production of UK's Type 26 Global Combat Ships next summer
Nov 04, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems said Friday the first steel will be cut on the U.K.'s Type 26 Global Combat Ships next summer. Once contract negotiations are finalized, the Type 26...
SAIC wins Navy torpedo work
Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)
Components for afterbody/tailcone sections of MK 48 Mod 7 torpedoes are to be manufactured for the U.S. Navy by SAIC. The work, commissioned by Naval Sea System...
USS Montgomery LCS damaged during Panama Canal transit
Nov 03, 2016 (UPI)
The USS Montgomery littoral combat ship was damaged Oct. 29 while transiting the Panama Canal, the U.S. Naval Institute reported this week. It was transiting to...
Malaysia signs 'landmark' deal to buy China warships
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
Malaysia will buy four combat vessels from China in a "landmark" defence deal, Prime Minister Najib Razak said, signalling a potential strategic shift away from...
Bechtel receives $532 million naval nuclear propulsion contract modification
Nov 02, 2016 (UPI)
Bechtel Plant Machinery has been awarded a $532 million U.S. Navy contract modification for naval nuclear propulsion components. Work on the cost-plus-fixed-fee...
Lockheed gets $60 million Aegis Weapon System contract modification
Nov 01, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin Corp., Rotary and Mission Systems, has been awarded a $60 million U.S. Navy contract modification for work on the Aegis Weapon System. The modif...
BAE to increase Virginia-class submarine launch tube production
Oct 28, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems has signed a contract with General Dynamics Electric Boat for the production of Virginia Payload Module, or VPM, Tubes for Virginia-class submarines...
Keel laid for new Russian corvette
Oct 28, 2016 (UPI)
Russia's newest corvette's keel was laid during a ceremony Friday at The Northern Shipyard in St. Petersburg, Russian news agency Tass reports. Known as The Der...
Russia's fifth Varshavyanka sub joins navy
Oct 27, 2016 (UPI)
The Veliki Novgorod, the fifth submarine in Russia's Varshavyanka class, has joined the sea service. The non-nuclear project 636.3 boat was formally inducted cu...
Saab announces new Nautics business area
Oct 26, 2016 (UPI)
Saab on Tuesday announced changes to the company's organization and group management, including a new naval business area named Nautics. The changes will take e...
Second submarine for Indonesia launched
Oct 25, 2016 (UPI)
A 1,400-ton diesel submarine for the Indonesian navy has been launched by South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Yonhap news agency reports ...
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