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Turkey moves to start domestic submarine-building industry
Oct 24, 2019 (UPI)
Turkey's submarine fleet, the second-largest in NATO, currently consists of 12 vessels based on the design of the German Type-209. Six more are expected from Ge...
USNS Burlington returns to shipyard for bow modifications
Oct 24, 2019 (UPI)
Austral USA's Mobile, Ala., shipyard will modify the ship's bow to "10-knot Sea State 5" standards, the Navy said Tuesday in a contract announcement. The ship, ...
Bahrain approved for $150M refurbishment of U.S. Navy frigate
Oct 24, 2019 (UPI)
The Bahraini government requested refurbishment of the former USS Robert G. Bradley with, spares, support, training, publications, and other related elements of...
China's new carrier being built alongside massive new shipyard
Oct 23, 2019 (Sputnik)
Commercial satellite imagery taken last month shows that not only is progress continuing on the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) third aircraft ca...
International Maritime Exercise 2019 begins in Middle East
Oct 21, 2019 (UPI)
The exercise is the sixth of its kind, having last conducted in 2017. It will be held in four phases, including staff build-up and training, seminars and table-...
Israel's Elbit promotes USV as anti-mine, anti-sub drone vessel
Oct 21, 2019 (UPI)
The company's vessel is the first USV developed without a conversion from a standard, manned boat, and was specifically designed not as a patrol boat but for de...
Malaysia looks to strengthen navy as sea tensions grow
Oct 17, 2019 (AFP)
China has laid claim to nearly all of the sea and has built numerous military outposts on small islands and atolls, angering other countries with competing clai...
US diplomats taken off train in Russian nuclear sub port: reports
Oct 16, 2019 (AFP)
The US State Department confirmed the visit -- which according to the reports took place on Monday -- but said the diplomats were on an official trip and had in...
Expeditionary sea base USNS Miguel Keith completes acceptance trials
Oct 16, 2019 (UPI)
The vessel left the General Dynamics shipyard in San Diego last week, completing its week-long trials on Oct. 11, the Navy said on Tuesday. While not officially...
Electric Boat's $434.3M sub services deal comes amid congressional questions
Oct 14, 2019 (UPI)
The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, calls for lead yard support for Virginia-class submarines to maintain, update and support the desig...
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Porter in Black Sea, stops for port call in Ukraine
Oct 14, 2019 (UPI)
Its docking on Saturday was a scheduled port visit "as part of our continued Black sea presence and support to our region partners," a statement on Sunday by th...
USS Gerald R. Ford will lack most working elevators when delivered
Oct 09, 2019 (UPI)
The ship is scheduled to depart Huntington Ingalls Industries' shipyard in Newport News, Va., in late October for Naval Station Norfolk, with deployment anticip...
Navy to christen attack sub Oregon, commission LCS Cincinnati
Oct 03, 2019 (UPI)
The Oregon will be christened at General Dynamics Electric Boat's facility in Groton, Conn., at 10 a.m., while the Cincinnati will be commissioned at the same t...
Pentagon says N. Korea missile launched from 'sea-based platform'
Oct 03, 2019 (AFP)
North Korea announced the day before that it had successfully test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile that it said marked a "new phase" in its defense...
Navy starts second round of Ghost Fleet Overload USV tests
Oct 02, 2019 (UPI)
Naval Sea Systems Command on Tuesday announced the transition from the first to second phase of development, which officials say will help inform development an...
Fluor nets $1.07B for work on advanced naval nuclear propulsion
Oct 01, 2019 (UPI)
The contract covers work on naval nuclear propulsion technology, including the research, design, construction, testing, operation, maintenance and ultimate disp...
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower returns home after pre-deployment tests
Sep 30, 2019 (UPI)
The vessel returned to Norfolk, Va., its home port, after completing the Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem on Sept. 29. TSTA/FEP is...
Navy awards $49.3M for work on six cargo ships
Sep 26, 2019 (UPI)
Crowley Government Services will receive $49.3 million to perform work on five USNS 2nd Lt. John P. Bobo-class vessels and the USNS GySgt Fred W. Stockham, the ...
China launches first domestically developed amphibious assault ship
Sep 26, 2019 (UPI)
This latest inclusion of the new Type 075 adds to China's People's Liberation Army Navy's military presence, which includes 106 naval missile platforms in the W...
HII awarded $58M for work on Columbus, Helena submarines
Sep 25, 2019 (UPI)
The Department of Defense on Tuesday announced HII received a $38 million contract for work on the USS Helena, and a $20 million contract for work on the USS Co...
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