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China, SE Asian states hold simulated naval drill
Aug 03, 2018 (AFP)
The "table-top" exercises at a Singapore naval base came ahead of the first naval drills between the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (A...
China wants military drills with ASEAN in disputed sea, excluding US
Aug 02, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing's suggestions, which also call for joint oil and gas exploration, are part of efforts to expand its influence in the South China Sea, which it claims al...
Austal contracted for engineering services on the USS Tulsa
Aug 01, 2018 (UPI)
The order, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is in support of post-shakedown availability of the vessel. The PSA involves a period of four to five...
Independence-class LCS USS Charleston completes acceptance trial
Aug 01, 2018 (UPI)
Acceptance trials involve testing all of the ships major systems and engineering, and mark the last phase before the delivery and commissioning of the ship into...
Navy awards contracts for guided-missile frigate design
Jul 31, 2018 (UPI)
The contracts, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, are for additional FFG(X) design efforts. The five contracts range in value from $6 million to $8 ...
Dolphins used in minesweeping operations during RIMPAC exercise
Jul 30, 2018 (UPI)
The dolphins, known as Mark 7 Marine Mammal Systems, are part of the U.S. Navy Marine Mammal program based out of Naval Base Loma, Calif. Technicians directed t...
Russian navy in show of strength with 26 new ships this year
Jul 29, 2018 (AFP)
"In total in 2018 the navy should get 26 new warships, motor boats and vessels including four warships with Kalibr cruise missiles," Putin said in the northwest...
State Department approves possible sale of frigate parts to Bahrain
Jul 27, 2018 (UPI)
The government of Bahrain has requested to buy equipment and services for the ship under the Follow-On Technical Support program. The program, announced Thursda...
Surprising findings on the physics of water entry could lead to smarter design of ships
Jul 25, 2018 (SPX)
A team of researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is exploring this relatively untouched area of research and has published a series of surprising f...
Canada's Combat Ship Team investing in Type 26 frigate
Jul 23, 2018 (UPI)
The project has taken four years of study. Lockheed Martin and BAE are the primary contractors alongside Canadian companies CAE, MDA, L3 Technologies, and Ultra...
USS Harry S. Truman to return to Norfolk after three months
Jul 20, 2018 (UPI)
"The National Defense Strategy directs us to be operationally unpredictable while remaining strategically predictable. As such, select units from the USS Harry ...
Baptism at sea for first women to join France's nuclear subs
Jul 19, 2018 (AFP)
"I'm proud to have become part of the submarine family," said Harmonie, a 27-year-old security specialist on Le Vigilant, after returning from her first 10-week...
Lockheed awarded $450.7M contract for Saudi patrol ships
Jul 17, 2018 (UPI)
Work will be performed in Crozet, Va., Iron Mountain, Mich., Milwaukee, Wisc., Sweden, Great Britain and other locations across the United States. The contract ...
Kratos receives $53.1M contract modification for Saudi navy work
Jul 13, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, awarded through the U.S. Defense Department, is directed toward the goals of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces' Vision 2030 national modernization plan...
Littoral combat ship USS Wichita completes acceptance trials
Jul 13, 2018 (UPI)
Lockheed Martin announced the future Wichita, which will be the seventh Freedom-class LCS to be delivered to the US Navy, completed the trials, which were condu...
Fluor Marine awarded $1.2B for nuclear work for U.S. Navy
Jul 13, 2018 (UPI)
The award, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, comes under a $1.2 billion cost-plus-fixed fee contract, and includes options that could bring the t...
Warship's name expanded to include ailing US senator McCain
Jul 12, 2018 (AFP)
The USS John S. McCain guided-missile destroyer now bears the names of three men -- all of whom share exactly the same moniker. It was originally named after Jo...
Multi-nation Sea Breeze exercise kicks off in Black Sea
Jul 11, 2018 (UPI)
The U.S. Navy announced this week that it has arrived in the Black Sea for the 18th iteration of the exercise, which runs until July. 21. Air, land and sea forc...
USS Burlington completes builder's trials
Jul 10, 2018 (UPI)
Naval Sea Systems Command announced the Burlington had completed dock trials and various tests of the ship's readiness at the Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Ala...
HII awarded contract for additional repairs to USS Fitzgerald
Jul 03, 2018 (UPI)
The contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Monday, will go towards collision repairs and modernization of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The wo...
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