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Navigating the Future on the High Seas
Jan 13, 2022 (SPX)
Providing technological innovation in robust naval inertial systems, the AN/WSN-7 Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) designed and manufactured by Northrop Grumma...
Genting blames German state after shipbuilder's collapse
Jan 11, 2022 (AFP)
Negotiators for Mecklenburg-West Pomerania "presented a mechanism that hid the political motivation", lawyers representing the group's Genting Hong Kong unit to...
Philippines to buy two new South Korean warships for $556M
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
The Philippine Navy had become run down in recent decades -- even featuring US craft from World War II -- until President Rodrigo Duterte's predecessor, Benigno...
US keeps carrier in Mediterranean amid Russia tensions
Dec 28, 2021 (AFP)
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier strike group to stay in the region and hold off on its scheduled onward voyage to...
Australia nuclear sub deal in line with non-proliferation treaty: US official
Dec 16, 2021 (AFP)
The new defence alliance that Australia officially entered into with Britain and the United States last month could allow it to become the only non-nuclear weap...
Russia says monitoring French warship in Black Sea
Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)
Russia's Black Sea Fleet forces "began to monitor" the actions of the French navy's multi-mission frigate Auvergne after it entered the Black Sea, the defence m...
Australia warned bid for nuclear subs carries 'enormous' risks
Dec 13, 2021 (AFP)
The report from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute -- an influential Canberra-based think tank -- said ownership of the high-tech subs built with US or B...
France-Greece frigate deal going ahead despite US offer: Paris
Dec 11, 2021 (AFP)
"Since we have been in discussion with the Greeks, the American offer is no longer on the table... We also signed the contract with the Greeks. It was initialle...
US offers Greece frigate deal in competition with France
Dec 10, 2021 (AFP)
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said it had approved the sale for $6.9 billion of four Lockheed Martin combat frigates, known as multi-mission surface c...
Russia, ASEAN hold first naval drills off Indonesian coast
Dec 01, 2021 (AFP)
The drills come at a time of growing tensions in the Pacific, particularly around the South China Sea, which Beijing claims almost in its entirety. All ten memb...
US, Australia, UK sign key deal in nuclear sub alliance
Nov 22, 2021 (AFP)
Defence Minister Peter Dutton joined US and British diplomats in signing an agreement allowing the exchange of sensitive "naval nuclear propulsion information" ...
Australia mocks 'silly' China criticism of nuclear subs
Nov 19, 2021 (AFP)
The Chinese embassy's charge d'affaires, Wang Xining, said Australia would become the "naughty guy" if it procures the submarines, which are capable of stealthy...
Putin tells Macron US leading 'provocative' exercises in Black Sea
Nov 15, 2021 (AFP)
Both leaders expressed "dissatisfaction" with what Moscow called a "worsening" situation in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin statement said. Putin "drew attention t...
Indian navy presence in Arctic could act as strategic counterweight to China: Analyst
Nov 12, 2021 (Sputnik)
The melting ice in the Arctic has provided opportunities for energy-hungry nations to explore the possibilities of more imports via this region as transportatio...
US slaps sanctions on Cambodians over naval base
Nov 10, 2021 (AFP)
The Treasury Department said it was freezing any US assets and criminalizing transactions with senior defense ministry official Chau Phirun and naval commander ...
US Navy boosts monitoring of subs after falsified steel tests
Nov 09, 2021 (AFP)
Elaine Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Washington, pleaded guilty on Monday to falsifying test results that measured the strength and toughness of steel used in navy sub...
US submarine commander fired after crash into sea mountain
Nov 04, 2021 (AFP)
Commander Cameron Aljilani and two others were removed from their positions following an investigation into the crash in the disputed South China Sea. The USS C...
Argentine ex-president denies spying claims in sub sinking
Nov 03, 2021 (AFP)
The 62-year-old former head of state made a brief court appearance in Dolores, some 200 kilometers (124 miles) south of Buenos Aires, and submitted a written st...
US Navy finds damaged nuclear sub hit underwater mountain
Nov 02, 2021 (AFP)
The US Navy regularly conducts operations in the South China Sea to challenge China's disputed territorial claims on small islands, reefs and outcrops, to the i...
US nuclear sub struck uncharted seamount
Nov 01, 2021 (AFP)
The US 7th Fleet, which operates in the western Pacific, said an investigation had concluded that the USS Connecticut smashed into a geological formation and no...
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