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C4I suite installed on Navy's newest Mobile Landing Platform ship
Jun 25, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy has installed a C4I suite aboard its newest Mobile Landing Platform ship, the USNS Lewis B. Puller. The installation of the command, control, comm...
FREMM frigate for Egyptian Navy
Jun 25, 2015 (UPI)
A FREMM frigate built by DCNS for the French Navy has been transferred to the Egyptian Navy as part of the company's strategic relationship with the country. Th...
Canada seeking supply ship for its Navy
Jun 24, 2015 (UPI)
The Canadian Department of National Defense has reportedly started talks with Chantier Davie on providing the Royal Canadian Navy with a supply ship. The ship c...
Newport News Shipbuilding breaks ground for new facility
Jun 23, 2015 (UPI)
Newport News Shipbuilding has broken ground for a Joint Manufacturing Assembly Facility that will support the construction of aircraft carriers and submarines. ...
The Future Is Now: Russian Navy to Modernize Ten Nuclear Submarines
Jun 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russian Naval Forces plan to upgrade ten nuclear submarines with the newest armament and ship systems. Russian Naval Forces plan to upgrade ten nuclear submarin...
US Navy Plans to Equip Next-Generation Aircraft Carriers With Laser Weapons
Jun 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
US Navy officials are pinning their hopes on laser and directed-energy weapons, claiming that lasers would even replace some existing missile systems, providing...
Egypt takes delivery of two US missile ships
Jun 22, 2015 (AFP)
Egypt has taken delivery of two more US fast missile boats to boost its ability in ensuring "regional security and countering terrorism", the American embassy i...
Philippines buys 100 patrol boats to combat poachers
Jun 22, 2015 (AFP)
The Philippines is buying nearly 100 new patrol boats to protect its fisheries, an official said Monday, in a substantial expansion from its current fleet of 20...
Soaring Submarine Costs Threaten Other US Navy Programs
Jun 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
US military spending is causing headaches in Congress once again - this time it's the ballooning costs of the program to replace the Ohio class ballistic submar...
Invisible No More: US Stealth Subs to Lose Unbeatable Advantage
Jun 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Navy's worst nightmare is about to come true: new technologies will deal a severe blow to the ability of American stealth submarines to vanish beneath th...
US Defense Increases Workforce by 20 percent at Submarine Nuclear Missile Tests
Jun 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
The US Navy's Trident II D5 Fleet Balistic Missile program in Florida will see 130 jobs provided by Lockheed Martin, the US defence contractor, over the next tw...
Navy receives third MLP ship from GenDyn NASSCO
Jun 16, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy's third Mobile Landing Platform, the USNS Lewis B. Puller, has been delivered to the service in California by General Dynamics NASSCO. The USNS Le...
Curtiss-Wright supplying Navy with submarine components
Jun 16, 2015 (UPI)
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is supplying pumps, valves, generators and propulsors for 10 future Block IV Virginia-class U.S. Navy submarines. The equipment is be...
France receives second multi-role frigate
Jun 15, 2015 (UPI)
The French Navy has received its second multi-mission FREMM frigate from shipbuilder DCNS. The Provence, delivered in Brest, had been ordered on behalf of Franc...
India floats first locally made aircraft carrier
Jun 12, 2015 (UPI)
India's first indigenous aircraft carrier has been floated out of its building drydock for equipment fitting prior to sea trials in 2017. The floating of the IN...
Navy christening new Littoral Combat Ship
Jun 12, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy is christening its tenth Littoral Combat Ship on Saturday at Austral USA's shipyard in Mobile, Ala., the Department of Defense announced. Jill Bid...
Navy's electro-optic systems get support from CACI International
Jun 10, 2015 (UPI)
A $32 million U.S. Navy contract has been given to CACI International Inc. for engineering and technical support for Electro-optic Technolgy. The award issued b...
Military Marvel: China Ready to Test Asia's Largest Warship
Jun 09, 2015 (Sputnik)
New satellite data reveals that China is getting ready to test Asia's largest surface warship. It will be tested at a landlocked test rig in Wuhan, the capital ...
HII gets design, building contract for new aircraft carrier
Jun 08, 2015 (UPI)
Huntington Ingalls Industries has received more than $4 billion in U.S. Navy contracts for constructing a second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. The firs...
BAE Systems starts work on Royal Navy boat
Jun 08, 2015 (UPI)
BAE Systems began construction in Scotland on Monday of the second offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Navy. Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, at BAE Systems i...
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