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Third US Littoral Combat Ship Completes Acceptance Trials

May 08, 2012 (SPX)

The nation's third Littoral Combat Ship, USS Fort Worth (LCS 3), successfully completed its U.S. Navy acceptance trials and will be delivered to the Navy this s...

Israel's submarine fleet gets 4th Dolphin

May 04, 2012 (UPI)

Israel's navy has taken delivery of its fourth Dolphin class submarine built by Germany's Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, giving the Jewish state the most powerfu...

French firm eyes Brazil's naval expansion

Apr 26, 2012 (UPI)

French defense manufacturer DCNS is lining up to compete for a multibillion-dollar Brazilian navy program for a number of ships after winning a submarine develo...

Taiwan plans to buy four warships from US: report

Apr 22, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan plans to purchase four warships from the United States as part of the island's efforts to modernise its forces and offset the perceived military threat f...

China and Russia hold first navy exercises

Apr 22, 2012 (AFP)

China and Russia launched their first joint naval exercises Sunday, with war games in the Yellow Sea that come amid tensions between China and its Asian neighbo...

Iran builds sub force in gulf face-off

Apr 20, 2012 (UPI)

Iran has been building up its submarine fleet for the last decade, adding mainly indigenously built small boats armed with torpedoes and mines that make them id...

DCNS, Brazil firm partner for submarines

Apr 19, 2012 (UPI)

DCNS of France, a major naval defense company, is working with a Brazilian firm for a submarine development program. Under the partnership agreement, Progen -- ...

Northrop Grumman Silent Watch Distributed Aperture System Demonstrated on Surface Vessel

Apr 18, 2012 (SPX)

A team of Northrop Grumman engineers recently successfully demonstrated the capability of the company's Silent Watch Electro-Optical Infrared (EO/IR) Distribute...

Commentary: Loose lips sink ships

Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)

The U.S. high command in Afghanistan has evidently decided to inform Taliban chieftain Mullah Omar of military action plans before U.S. and allied forces leave ...

BAE Systems uses Paramarine marine design software for design of latest Royal Navy frigates

Apr 12, 2012 (SPX)

Paramarine advanced marine design software, developed by QinetiQ GRC, is being used by BAE Systems' Maritime - Naval Ships business, in the assessment phase for...

India inducts new Russian-made nuclear submarine

Apr 04, 2012 (AFP)

India returned to the elite club of countries with a nuclear-powered submarine on Wednesday when it inducted a new vessel leased from Russia. Indian Defence Min...

India upgrades submarine fleet

Apr 02, 2012 (UPI)

The Indian navy is about to deploy two new submarines. Indian Defense Research and Development Organization head V. K. Saraswat said that the Indian navy is pre...

Taiwan may build its own submarines: official

Mar 29, 2012 (AFP)

Taiwan may build its own submarines, a top military officer said Thursday, in a sign that patience is wearing thin after a US offer to sell the island eight sub...

Britain to upgrade nuclear sub in 350m pound deal

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Britain has signed a 350 million pound contract to upgrade one of its nuclear submarines in a move that the Ministry of Defence on Monday said would secure 2,00...

Submarines -- the ultimate toy for the super rich

Mar 26, 2012 (AFP)

Jet plane, tick. Private island, tick. Chopper, tick. Submarine? When director James Cameron descended to the bottom of the Pacific on Monday, he not only shed ...

China's carrier set for commissioning

Mar 23, 2012 (UPI)

China will commission its first aircraft carrier into active although limited service Aug. 1. The Chinese navy will take over the 55,000-ton vessel, purchased a...

Israel to sign deal for sixth German sub

Mar 20, 2012 (UPI)

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is in Germany to sign a deal for a sixth Dolphin class submarine that would give the Jewish state the most powerful sub flee...

US Navy Commissions Lockheed Martin To Construct Two Littoral Combat Ships

Mar 20, 2012 (SPX)

The U.S. Navy has issued a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a $715 million contract modification to add funding for construction of two Littoral Combat Ships (...

NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting

Mar 15, 2012 (SPX)

In both war and peacetime scenarios, fire in the shipboard environment is serious and frequently results in excessive damage and high repair costs because the f...

Israeli warships pass though Suez canal

Mar 13, 2012 (AFP)

Two Israeli naval vessels passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Tuesday, headed from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, Israeli and Egyptian sources said. "It was...