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Brazil's Rousseff inaugurates nuclear sub shipyard
Dec 12, 2014 (AFP)
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff inaugurated Friday a naval shipyard that will oversee construction of a nuclear-powered submarine and four others to patrol B...
Navy approves Milestone C production of infrared target tracking system
Dec 10, 2014 (UPI)
A long-wave infrared sensor pod that searches for, identifies and tracks heat sources at extended ranges has received Navy approval for low-rate production. Mil...
Indian Navy orders German-made sonar systems
Dec 10, 2014 (UPI)
The Indian Navy is to receive active towed array sonar systems from Atlas Elektronik of Germany beginning in 2016. The deal for six of the systems is worth near...
Australia asks BAE Systems to help save destroyer project
Dec 09, 2014 (UPI)
BAE Systems and two other companies have been commissioned by the Australian government to help reform its foundering Air Warfare Destroyer program. Under the a...
Russia's Navy to be Fully Modernized by 2050, Get Next-Generation Warships
Dec 08, 2014 (Sputnik)
Russia has started the implementation of its long-term military shipbuilding program, according to Russia's parliamentary newspaper Rossiiskaya Gazeta. The Navy...
Russia says France 'must fulfil obligations' over warship delivery
Dec 05, 2014 (AFP)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday warned France its reputation was on the line over the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia, which has ...
Chinese farmer finds new life in an orange submarine
Dec 01, 2014 (AFP)
In the village where he was born, a Chinese chicken breeder emerged from a lake of green to tell of his life beneath the waves in a homemade orange submarine. T...
Russian warships in English Channel due to 'bad weather'
Nov 28, 2014 (AFP)
French authorities and NATO confirmed the presence of four Russian warships in the English Channel on Friday, but denied they were doing military exercises and ...
Australian defence minister back-paddles on canoe comment
Nov 26, 2014 (AFP)
Australia's Defence Minister David Johnston Wednesday backtracked on comments in which he said a government shipbuilding firm could not be trusted to "build a c...
Babcock International readies second OPV for Ireland
Nov 25, 2014 (UPI)
A second offshore patrol boat for the Irish Naval Service has been put afloat by Britain's Babcock International for final outfitting, trials and commissioning....
France delays warship delivery to Russia 'until further notice'
Nov 25, 2014 (AFP)
France on Tuesday pushed back "until further notice" the delivery of a controversial warship to Russia because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking a measured initia...
French shipbuilder DCNS creates Australian subsidiary
Nov 24, 2014 (UPI)
French shipbuilder and naval defense firm DCNS has opened a subsidiary in Australia in a bid to win a contract to replace Australia's Collins-class submarines. ...
Lockheed advancing technologies for U.S. Navy
Nov 21, 2014 (UPI)
A new Lockheed Martin facility -- the Surface Navy Innovation Center -- has been opened to support development of new technologies for the U.S. Navy. Lockheed s...
Fabrication starts on Navy's new air-cushioned landing craft
Nov 19, 2014 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy says Textron Inc. has started fabrication of the Navy's first Ship to Shore Connector, a next-generation Landing Craft, Air Cushion boat. The Ship...
Airbus building periscope maintenance plant in India
Nov 18, 2014 (UPI)
A facility for the maintenance and repair of Indian Navy submarine periscopes is being built in India by Airbus Defense and Space's Optronics business unit. Air...
New Zumwalt-class destroyer 79 percent complete, Navy says
Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)
The deckhouse of the second Zumwalt-class guided missile destroyer has been integrated on to the ship's hull by General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works. The operation...
Ukraine expects France to wriggle out of Russia warship delivery
Nov 17, 2014 (AFP)
France must find a way to avoid the controversial delivery of two state-of-the-art warships to Russia, Ukraine Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin said Monday, addin...
Unidentified Asian country orders ECA naval simulators
Nov 17, 2014 (UPI)
Simulators for tactical anti-submarine systems training and sonar systems use are to be provided to an unidentified Asian country by the ECA Group. The French c...
Moscow gives France until end of November to deliver warship: report
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
Russia on Friday warned France of "serious" consequences unless Paris delivers by the end of this month a Mistral-class assault warship whose handover has been ...
Sweden confirms foreign submarine incursion
Nov 14, 2014 (AFP)
Sweden said Friday it had evidence that a mini submarine entered its waters in October, triggering a week-long hunt with echoes of Cold War stand-offs fuelled b...
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