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Lockheed Martin, Daewoo partner for combat ships
May 02, 2016 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering have partnered to produce a multi-mission combat ship based on a DSME hull design. The vessels will...
France to build Australia subs but US to arm them
May 01, 2016 (AFP)
Australia may have awarded France a bumper contract to build its next generation of submarines, but its highly secretive combat system will come from close ally...
Inflation adds $3.4B to cost of next 6 US nuclear aircraft carriers
Apr 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
The US Department of Defense has added $3.4 billion to the costs of its 30-year-long program to build six new super nuclear-powered Ford-class aircraft carriers...
Australia contracts for ANZAC-class frigate sustainment
Apr 29, 2016 (UPI)
The Australian government has signed a $1.5 billion open-ended sustainment contract with Australian companies for lifetime sustainment of ANZAC-class frigates. ...
Sailors rush for tattoos as US Navy bends rules to recruit
Apr 29, 2016 (AFP)
An indelible blue drawing of an ornate birdcage, festooned with roses and petals, wraps its way around Navy Corpsman Jessica Bryant's forearm. The 23-year-old s...
Thales wins Royal Thai Navy contracts
Apr 29, 2016 (UPI)
The Royal Thai Navy has commissioned Thales of France for the modernization of two mine-hunter vessels and for a communications suite on a new patrol vessel. Th...
Steel cut for new U.S. Navy destroyer
Apr 28, 2016 (UPI)
A Huntington Ingalls Industries shipyard has begun construction of a new Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer for the U.S. Navy. A ceremony marking the cuttin...
France wins 'momentous' $39 bn Australia sub contract
Apr 26, 2016 (AFP)
France on Tuesday beat off competition from Germany and Japan to win a Aus$50 billion (US$39 billion) contract to design and build Australia's next generation o...
Race for $39 bn Australian submarine contract hots up
Apr 22, 2016 (AFP)
The international race between France, Germany and Japan to win a US$39-billion-dollar contract to build new submarines for Australia is reaching a climax with ...
UK Dangles Big Money to Attract New Nuke Chief
Apr 21, 2016 (Sputnik)
The British Defense Ministry is seeking to hire a director general for a new organization intended to bring the country's most ambitious nuclear programs under ...
Milestone trials taking place for new U.S. Navy Zumwalt-class destroyer
Apr 21, 2016 (UPI)
The first-in-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy has left a shipyard in Maine to perform acceptance trials. The trials for the Navy's Board of Insp...
New U.S. Navy ship gets thumbs up after successful sea trials
Apr 20, 2016 (UPI)
A future amphibious transport dock for the U.S. Navy has successfully competed acceptance trials conducted by the Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey. The six...
Indian navy goes nuclear as first nuke sub undergoes sea tests
Apr 20, 2016 (Sputnik)
Arihant, India's first armed nuclear submarine is currently undergoing sea trials, according to a top naval official. India's first indigenous armed nuclear sub...
Australia's sixth ANZAC-class frigate modernized
Apr 19, 2016 (UPI)
The sixth of eight ANZAC-class frigates of the Royal Australian Navy has been undocked by BAE Systems Australia after major modernization work. The upgrades wer...
U.S. Navy funds Raytheon's next-gen jammer for $1 billion
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
Raytheon has been awarded $1 billion to continue development of a next-generation electronic jamming pod for the U.S. Navy, the Defense Department announced thi...
U.S. orders Archerfish counter-mine system
Apr 14, 2016 (UPI)
BAE Systems in Britain is to build and deliver Archerfish mine neutralizers to the U.S. Navy as well as fiber-optic communication spools for them. The Archerfis...
U.S., Philippine forces test-fire HIMARS during drills
Apr 11, 2016 (UPI)
The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, was test-fired in the Philippines for the first time as part of a large-scale joint military exercise...
DCNS, ThyssenKrupp shortlisted for new Norwegian submarine
Apr 11, 2016 (UPI)
Norwegian defense officials have narrowed down their search to French and German maritime defense firms to replace Norway's Ula-class attack submarine fleet. Fr...
France to deliver Mistral carriers to Egypt this summer
Apr 11, 2016 (UPI)
France plans to deliver two new Mistral helicopter carriers to the Egyptian navy by this summer, according to officials in Cairo. Deliveries of the new ships ar...
DARPA Director to Christen ACTUV Prototype Vessel
Apr 08, 2016 (SPX)
DARPA today is holding a christening ceremony for the technology demonstration vessel it has developed and built through the Agency's Anti-Submarine Warfare (AS...
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