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Russia Creating Cutting-Edge Universal Nuclear Battleship
Jul 28, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia's Severnoye Design Bureau has started working on the Project 23560 Leader-class destroyer that will combine the features of a destroyer, large antisubmar...
Leidos completes unmanned Sea Hunter ship performance tests
Jul 26, 2016 (UPI)
Leidos has completed initial performance trials of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Unmanned Vessel, or ACTUV, ...
New Naval Sonar Network to Allow Russia to 'Hear' Enemy Subs Via Satellites
Jul 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
Russia develops a unique sonar system capable of detecting enemy ships and submarines at a distance of hundreds of kilometers via a satellite network, according...
Huntington Ingalls gets $194 million contract modification for carrier overhaul
Jul 25, 2016 (UPI)
Huntington Ingalls has received a $194 million U.S. Navy contract modification for the refueling complex overhaul of the USS George Washington. The modification...
EnergySolutions Services gets Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program contract
Jul 25, 2016 (UPI)
EnergySolutions Services has received a $12 million U.S. Navy contract for services to process materials from several Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program sites. Th...
China delivers third C28A corvette to Algeria
Jul 22, 2016 (UPI)
China delivered a third C28A-class corvette to the Algerian navy earlier this month, China Daily reported this week. The stealth guided-missile ship was commiss...
North Korea building bigger submarine pens
Jul 22, 2016 (UPI)
North Korea is building fortified structure with what appears to be two covered docks that could shelter ballistic missile submarines, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly...
VSE reactivating mothballed frigates
Jul 21, 2016 (UPI)
Two mothballed U.S. Navy frigates are to receive reactivation work from VSE Corporation for their transfer to Taiwan through the Foreign Military Sales program....
Spain seeks 'urgent' answers from London after nuclear sub collision
Jul 21, 2016 (AFP)
Spain said Thursday it had asked London for "urgent" explanations after a British nuclear submarine collided with a vessel off the coast of Gibraltar, forcing i...
British nuclear submarine docks in Gibraltar after collision
Jul 20, 2016 (AFP)
A British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar on Wednesday after it collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of the territory located on Spain's southern...
USS Jackson completes full ship shock trials
Jul 20, 2016 (UPI)
The USS Jackson has completed its full ship shock trials, the Navy announced Tuesday. The trials of the Independence-class littoral combat ship began last month...
GenDyn awarded $19 million Virginia-class submarine contract modification
Jul 19, 2016 (UPI)
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $19 million contract modification for the continued development of the Virginia Payload Module, or VPM, the co...
New Zealand approves Hyundai Heavy Industries tanker purchase
Jul 19, 2016 (UPI)
New Zealand's Ministry of Defense announced Monday it will purchase a $346 million naval tanker from Hyundai Heavy Industries. The new tanker for the country's ...
Lockheed Martin team lays keel for 17th LCS
Jul 19, 2016 (UPI)
A Lockheed Martin-led industry team has laid the keel for the future USS Indianapolis, the Navy's 17th littoral combat ship, the company announced Monday. The ...
Spain approves critical design review for Navantia S-80 submarine
Jul 18, 2016 (UPI)
Spain's Ministry of Defense has approved the critical design review for Navantia's S-80 diesel-electric submarine, the company announced Friday. The approval re...
Ingalls Shipbuilding lifts 700-ton LHA 7 deckhouse
Jul 15, 2016 (UPI)
Huntington Ingalls Industries' shipbuilding division has successfully installed the deckhouse on the future amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, the company ann...
Work starts on Italian navy logistics ship
Jul 14, 2016 (UPI)
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has begun constructing a logistics support ship for the Italian navy, the company reports. The drydock work on the vessel is tak...
Rheinmetall to supply decoy ammo to Canadian navy for next 30 years
Jul 14, 2016 (UPI)
Rheinmetall and the Canadian government have reached an agreement where the company will supply naval decoy ammunition to the Royal Canadian Navy for 30 years, ...
Pyongyang close to developing sub-based missile: expert
Jul 13, 2016 (AFP)
North Korea may be able to develop a submarine-based ballistic missile within a year, which would significantly increase the threat Pyongyang poses, a US expert...
Starbucks to salons, life below deck a world away from IS
Jul 10, 2016 (AFP)
Day and night, warplanes take off from the USS Eisenhower for Iraq or Syria. But below deck on the vast aircraft carrier, the fight against the Islamic State gr...
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