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BAE Systems upgrading more naval guns
Sep 28, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems is to upgrade additional MK 45 naval gun systems for the U.S. Navy under the service's exercise of a contract option. Under the $50 million option, ...
New Australian destroyer passes initial builder sea trials
Sep 26, 2016 (UPI)
The Australian navy's future air warfare destroyer has successfully completed initial builder sea trials to test its hull, propulsion and navigation systems. Th...
Electric Boat gets $105 million Sea Dragon contract modification
Sep 23, 2016 (UPI)
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $105 million U.S. Navy contract modification for work on the Sea Dragon program. The modification will cover t...
Larsen and Toubro signs $99 million Vietnamese ship deal
Sep 23, 2016 (UPI)
Larsen and Toubro has signed a $99 million contract with the Vietnam Border Guard for high speed patrol vessels, the Indian company announced Thursday. The cont...
Northrop delivers sonar upgrade kits to U.S. Navy
Sep 22, 2016 (UPI)
The first of three lots of mine-hunting AQS-24B sonar upgrade kits have been delivered by Northrop Grumman to the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center in Fl...
U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer sidelined after engineering casualty
Sep 22, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt guided-missile destroyer has sustained an engineering casualty, less than a month before it is slated to be commissioned into service. T...
New frigate for French Navy takes to water
Sep 20, 2016 (UPI)
A fifth FREMM multimission frigate for the French Navy has taken to water at a DCNS shipyard in France. The Bretagne, which will be armed with Aster and Exocet ...
Future USNS Yuma launches from Austal USA shipyard
Sep 20, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's future expeditionary fast transport ship, the USNS Yuma, was launched from the Austal USA shipyard this weekend, the service said. During a mult...
Future USS Wichita LCS launched
Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)
A Lockheed Martin-led team launched the 13th U.S. Navy littoral combat ship, the Wichita, during a ceremony Saturday in Marinette, Wis., the company said. The c...
India naval chief blames France for submarine data leak
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
A massive leak of secret technical data on Scorpene-class submarines did not originate in India but in France, Delhi's naval chief said Saturday, pointing to in...
Submarines surface as key tool in world's navies
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
Gliding stealthily through the ocean depths, attack submarines quietly shadow their quarry, ready to strike with torpedoes or missiles. Somewhat neglected after...
Design of new LPD ship class accelerated
Sep 15, 2016 (UPI)
Ingalls Shipbuilding is to accelerate the design of a new U.S. Navy's amphibious warfare ship replacement vessel known as LX(R). The new ship, which will replac...
Australia's first Air Warfare Destroyer in builder's trials
Sep 13, 2016 (UPI)
The first Air Warfare Destroyer for the Royal Australian Navy is performing sea trials to demonstrate its propulsion and control and navigation systems. The bui...
U.S. Navy announces Littoral Combat Ship program overhaul
Sep 12, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy last week announced an overhaul of its troubled Littoral Combat Ship program that will include turning the first four ships into test vessels. Thu...
Russian Navy getting new cruise missile corvettes
Sep 09, 2016 (UPI)
The Russian Navy is to receive additional missile corvettes from the Zelenodolsk Shipbuiding Plant under an agreement signed by the Russian Defense Ministry. Th...
Russia orders new submarines
Sep 08, 2016 (UPI)
Russia's Ministry of Defense has signed a contract for the building of six attack submarines for the Navy's Pacific fleet. The contract was signed with JSC Admi...
Peru modernizing submarines
Sep 07, 2016 (UPI)
Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems reports it is to provide engineering and technical services for the modernization of Peruvian Navy submarines. The contrac...
U.S. Navy orders LCS engineering stand down, crew retraining
Sep 06, 2016 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has ordered an engineering stand down for LCS crews following an engineering casualty on the littoral combat ship USS Freedom, the sea service ann...
Continental Electronics gets $11 million Fixed Submarine Broadcast System contract
Sep 06, 2016 (UPI)
Continental Electronics Corp. has been awarded an $11 million U.S. Navy contract for work on the Fixed Submarine Broadcast System. The indefinite delivery/indef...
Future USS John Finn completes alpha sea trials
Sep 06, 2016 (UPI)
The future Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS John Finn recently completed its alpha sea trials, Naval Sea Systems Command said. DDG 113 successfu...
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