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Israeli navy orders three new warships to protect gas fields
Oct 01, 2013 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries won a contract to supply the navy with three Super Dvora-class Mark III fast patrol craft to bolster maritime security. The main fun...
Taiwan receives first US anti-submarine aircraft
Sep 25, 2013 (AFP)
Taiwan on Wednesday received the first of 12 anti-submarine aircraft from the United States, as it beefs up its naval defences against China, the military said....
Zycraft Completes Phase 1 Development of Vigilant Class IUS Vessel
Sep 22, 2013 (SPX)
Zycraft has announced that it has successfully completed the Phase 1 development of the Vigilant Class Independent Unmanned Surface Vessel. A lead vessel named ...
Navantia floats first landing craft for Australia
Sep 20, 2013 (UPI)
Navantia has floated the first of 12 LCM-1E fast landing craft that the Spanish company is building in Spain for the Australian navy. The LCM craft, based on la...
Canada mulls laser threat from hostile arctic ships
Sep 18, 2013 (UPI)
Canada is preparing defenses against hostile laser deployment by nations it sees challenging its arctic sovereignty, most likely Russia. Allocations dating back...
Northrop Grumman to Produce Additional Mission Modules for US Navy Littoral Combat Ship
Sep 18, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has received a $25.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy for additional Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Modules. The company will deliver th...
Russia says 15 hospitalised after nuclear sub fire
Sep 17, 2013 (AFP)
Russian investigators on Tuesday said 15 servicemen had been hospitalised after a fire during repairs on a nuclear-powered submarine in the Far East, with the v...
Fire on Russian nuclear submarine, no leaks: official
Sep 16, 2013 (AFP)
A Russian nuclear-powered submarine undergoing repairs at a Far East shipyard caught fire on Monday, but its reactor had long been shut off and posed no danger ...
Northrop Grumman Delivers Platform Management System for UK Royal Navy's Astute Boat 5 Submarine
Sep 12, 2013 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has supplied the final batch of Platform Management System (PMS) hardware for the Royal Navy's Astute-class series' boat 5 submarine. Under a p...
British lawmakers slam spiraling costs of aircraft carrier program
Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)
The British navy still doesn't have a grip on spiraling costs for an ambitious aircraft carrier expansion program, House of Commons lawmakers asserted this week...
China moves closer to electric propulsion for naval ships
Aug 29, 2013 (UPI)
China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. said it has finalized its gas turbine electric propulsion system for naval ships, China Daily reported. CSIC's Wuhan Institute...
Australia PM says warships could be moved north
Aug 27, 2013 (AFP)
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Tuesday said key naval assets could be relocated north to adapt to a changing security landscape and put personnel nearer t...
Vietnam's third black-hole sub soon to be floated
Aug 23, 2013 (UPI)
Russia's Admiralty Shipyard in St. Petersburg said it will float out the third of six Project 636 Varshavyanka-class submarines being built for Vietnam's navy b...
India works to salvage sub as PM laments deadly accident
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
Indian divers and engineers struggled Thursday to raise a submarine that exploded with 18 crewmen on board, as the prime minister voiced "deep regret" over the ...
First Indian nuclear submarine set for open sea trials
Aug 15, 2013 (AFP)
India announced Saturday that its first indigenously-built nuclear submarine is ready for sea trials, a step before it becomes fully operational, and called it ...
Brazil's BAE-made ocean patrol ship on way home
Aug 14, 2013 (UPI)
Brazil has taken delivery of the last of three ocean patrol vessels made by BAE Systems in Britain, which is now on a 8,693-mile journey home. The Amazonas clas...
Qinetiq Paramarine Software Selected By SKorea For Ship Design
Aug 14, 2013 (SPX)
QinetiQ GRC'S Paramarine ship and submersible design software, one of the world's fastest growing ship design tools, has been selected by Republic of Korea's Ag...
Fire on Indian navy submarine, 18 trapped: spokesman
Aug 14, 2013 (AFP)
A recently refurbished Indian submarine exploded early Wednesday in a dock in Mumbai, leaving rescuers scrambling to find 18 sailors who were on board. The dies...
India 'milestone' as it launches own aircraft carrier
Aug 12, 2013 (AFP)
India launched its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier on Monday, a landmark moment in the $5 billion project that seeks to project the country's power an...
India to launch own aircraft carrier
Aug 11, 2013 (AFP)
India will Monday launch its first indigenously built aircraft carrier, two years behind schedule and at an estimated cost of up to $5 billion. The event to be ...
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