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Multinational Naval coalition begins second Pacific Vanguard exercise
Nov 20, 2019 (UPI)
According to figures released by the Navy, about 1,500 soldiers total -- coming from Australia, Canada and South Korea, as well as the United States -- will par...
BAE nabs $104.7M for support on Navy, Coast Guard vessels
Nov 19, 2019 (UPI)
Under the contract, BAE will provide engineering and technical services to support production, lifetime support engineering and in-service engineering for the r...
U.S. begins production on combatant ship for Saudi Arabia
Nov 19, 2019 (UPI)
A "cut steel" ceremony was held Oct. 24 at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Marinette, Wisc., which constitutes the start of construction on the first of Saudi A...
HMS Prince of Wales, Britain's newest aircraft carrier, arrives in port after trials
Nov 18, 2019 (UPI)
The $4 billion warship is the sister ship of the carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is currently off the eastern U.S. coast participating in trials with the U.S...
China confirms aircraft carrier sailed through Taiwan Strait
Nov 18, 2019 (AFP)
The ship, which has yet to be named, is Beijing's second carrier and will add massive firepower to its navy once it is officially put into service, as the count...
Australian guided missile destroyer Sydney completes sea trials
Nov 11, 2019 (UPI)
It is the third and final ship in the Air Warfare Destroyer series of Hobart-class vessels, designed and built by Raytheon Australia, ASC Shipbuilding and the A...
PowerCell sign development contract for maritime zero emissions solution with Havyard Group
Nov 05, 2019 (SPX)
The one-year contract concerns the development of the design and the technical specifications for a zero emissions system fully classifiable and in conformity w...
Navy's USS Detroit departs for first deployment to Central America
Nov 04, 2019 (UPI)
The ship, launched in 2014, will conduct operations in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South's "Operation Martillo," a 20-nation United States, European...
USS Marinette, latest Navy littoral combat ship, launched
Nov 02, 2019 (UPI)
LCS 25, the future Freedom-class ship USS Marinette and named in honor of the city where it was built, was launched in the Menominee River on Saturday after a c...
Littoral combat ship USS Kansas City finishes acceptance trials
Nov 01, 2019 (UPI)
The Kansas City on Thursday completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, including tests of the vessels systems and a series of demonstrations in port and...
Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli completes acceptance trials
Oct 31, 2019 (UPI)
The ship, the second in the America class of amphibious vessels, was christened in 2017 and is expected to be commissioned in the summer of 2020. The vessel rec...
Aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy meets water as HII floods dry dock
Oct 30, 2019 (UPI)
The carrier, whose keel was laid in 2015 at the Newport News, Va., shipyard of Huntington Ingalls Industries, was surrounded by 100 million gallons of water on ...
BAE tapped for Marines' amphibious combat vehicles under $119.9M deal
Oct 30, 2019 (UPI)
It is BAE's third order for low-rate initial production of variants of the vehicle and has been called a milestone by the company on the path to full production...
Russia's newest nuclear submarine test fires ballistic missile
Oct 30, 2019 (AFP)
The Knyaz Vladimir, or Prince Vladimir, fired the missile from underwater that landed on target on the Kamchatka peninsula in far eastern Russia, the ministry s...
Extensive Russian submarine operation in North Atlantic: Norway
Oct 29, 2019 (AFP)
Since last week, the Russian submarines -- based on the Kola Peninsula in Russia's far north -- have been dispatched for manoeuvres in the Atlantic Ocean, accor...
New Virginia-class sub USS Delaware delivered to Navy
Oct 28, 2019 (UPI)
The nuclear-powered vessel completed sea trials earlier this month, and is the Navy's 18th Virginia-class submarine, the company announced. The formal commissio...
Navy admiral: A 355-ship Navy may not be attainable
Oct 28, 2019 (UPI)
The Navy has 290 ships, with 300 projected by the autumn of 2020, but maintaining the ships, and expected declining budgets in future fiscal years, are a cause ...
USS John S. McCain makes return to sea following 2017 collision
Oct 28, 2019 (UPI)
The ship, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, completed its in-port phase of testing at Yokosuka, Japan, the Navy said on Sunday, and headed out to open sea for t...
Construction starts on first digital frigate for France
Oct 25, 2019 (UPI)
The shipyard ceremony Thursday was led by French Defense Minister Florence Parly, and guests included Adm. Nicolaos Tsunis of the Greek Navy, the company said i...
Aircraft carrier Ford departs port for sea trials, but problems remain
Oct 25, 2019 (UPI)
The "fast cruise," a final exercise in the ship's 15-month Post Shakedown Availability series of tests, put Navy personnel into scenarios that tested their abil...
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