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Aug 12, 2015 (UPI)

The Mk 45 gun system on U.S. Navy destroyers is being overhauled and upgraded by BAE Systems. The initial contract for the work, including the upgrade of the Mk...

BAE Systems issues Type 26 frigate contracts

Aug 10, 2015 (UPI)

BAE Systems has awarded its first equipment manufacturing contracts for the British Royal Navy program for Type 26 frigates. Seven demonstration phase contracts...

'Extremely difficult' for France to sell Mistral warships: experts

Aug 06, 2015 (AFP)

After cancelling the sale to Russia, France finds itself lumbered with two giant Mistral warships which it will find "extremely difficult" to re-sell and cannot...

DynCorp International continues maintenance services for U.S. Navy

Aug 04, 2015 (UPI)

DynCorp International is to continue to provide maintenance and logistics support at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in Patuxent River, Md. The c...

China's Growing Maritime Power May Look Like Mini US Navy by 2020

Aug 04, 2015 (Sputnik)

China's determination to become what President Xi Jinping called a "great maritime power" and how the United States should respond has received a lot of media a...

China Building New Aircraft Carrier... Possibly Nuclear Powered

Aug 04, 2015 (Sputnik)

China has confirmed that it is building a unique aircraft carrier, and that it may even be nuclear-powered. On Thursday, huanqiu.com, the Chinese-language versi...

Australia to build new naval fleet in $65bn package

Aug 04, 2015 (AFP)

Australia on Tuesday announced a Aus$89 billion (US$65 billion) shipbuilding package to construct new frigates and patrol boats locally, with a decision on an i...

Mixed messages from Russia, France on warship compensation deal

Jul 31, 2015 (AFP)

Russia has reached a compensation deal with France for the non-delivery of two Mistral warships, a Kremlin aide has said, but Paris on Friday denied that a fina...

Navy orders more universal modular masts for submarines

Jul 31, 2015 (UPI)

Universal Modular Masts for Virginia-class submarines are to be produced by L-3 KEO, an operating division of L-3's Integrated Sensor Systems business. The cont...

Damen Shipyards Group launches vessel for Bahamas Defense Force

Jul 31, 2015 (UPI)

One of nine vessels for the Royal Bahamas Defense Force has been launched in Vietnam by Ha long Shipyard in partnership with the Damen Shipyards Group. The vess...

China denies plans to build military base on Maldives

Jul 30, 2015 (Sputnik)

China said it is not planning to build military bases on the Maldives, which passed legislation last week to allow foreigners to own land despite opposition con...

China, Russia to hold joint naval, air drills

Jul 30, 2015 (AFP)

China and Russia will hold joint military drills in the waters and airspace of the Sea of Japan, Beijing said Thursday, the latest defence cooperation between t...

China's PLA launches massive war games in South China Sea

Jul 30, 2015 (Sputnik)

Amid high tensions in the South China Sea, Beijing announced it conducted large-scale military drills at both air and sea on Tuesday, focusing on new informatio...

Work to prepare Portsmouth Navy base for new carriers begins

Jul 29, 2015 (UPI)

Britain's Royal Navy is revamping part of its Portsmouth Naval Base so it can accommodate the country's newest aircraft carriers. The 18-month project involves ...

Russia to build 5th-Gen nuke subs by 2020

Jul 28, 2015 (Sputnik)

The construction of fifth-generation nuclear-powered submarines could begin at the Sevmash shipyard in northern Russia by 2020, the company's general director M...

Hollande to decide on Russia warship deal 'in weeks'

Jul 28, 2015 (AFP)

French President Francois Hollande said on Monday that he would decide "in the coming weeks" whether or not to scrap a contentious contract to supply two warshi...

US charges naval officer over nuclear sub photos

Jul 24, 2015 (AFP)

A 28-year-old US Navy serviceman has been charged with allegedly taking unlawful photographs of a nuclear submarine and trying to cover up evidence, prosecutors...

GenDyn continues submarine weapons control system's software upgrades

Jul 24, 2015 (UPI)

A contract modification has been given to General Dynamics to continue modernizing AN/BYG-1 Weapons Control System software for U.S. and Australian submarines. ...

More modernization work set for Navy electronic warfare defense systems

Jul 24, 2015 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin is to continue to upgrade the electronic warfare defense systems of U.S. Navy ships under a low-rate production contract worth $154 million. The...

More acoustic sensor systems for U.S. submarines

Jul 23, 2015 (UPI)

A follow-on contract to produce acoustic sensors used on 10 U.S. Navy Virginia-class submarines has been given to Harris Corporation. The value of the contract ...