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General Dynamics to support Columbia-class submarine development
May 22, 2017 (UPI)
The contract includes technological development funding for vendors and shipbuilders, concept design, engineering, affordability studies, and prototype manufact...
French officials probing Brazil submarine deal: report
May 20, 2017 (AFP)
In October 2016, the National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) opened a preliminary probe into "bribery of foreign public officials" over a contract signed i...
General Atomics receives Ford-class carrier contract
May 19, 2017 (UPI)
The contract includes manufacturing, assembly, and testing. Technical data and drawing changes are also part of the program. The majority of the work will be co...
Lockheed Martin lays keel for USS St. Louis
May 18, 2017 (UPI)
Ship sponsor Barbara Broadhurst Taylor oversaw the ritual of welding of the ship's initials into the keel. "It is a tremendous honor to serve as the sponsor of ...
Rolls-Royce engines for Korean frigates
May 18, 2017 (UPI)
The engines are for the second, third and fourth vessel of the eight frigate program. The second frigate is being built by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engine...
Australian naval shipbuilding getting $1B boost
May 17, 2017 (UPI)
The investment, announced by the Australian Department on Defense earlier this week as the Naval Shipbuilding Plan, is designed to end the boom-and-bust cycle t...
Australia unveils massive new shipbuilding plan
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Aus$89 billion (US$66 billion) package -- first flagged in 2015 to replace its ageing fleets -- would boost local indus...
Italian shipyard delivers new Torado submarine
May 12, 2017 (UPI)
The vessel is the last of four submarines being built in the U212A Todaro-class. The previous ship, Pietro Venuti, a twin of the Romeo Romel, was delivered in J...
Nimitz-class carrier USS Ronald Reagan begins sea trials
May 08, 2017 (UPI)
The carrier, one of the only forward deployed aircraft carriers in the U.S. Navy at this time, set sail for sea trials on Sunday. "I am extremely proud of the R...
Austal opens new office in Australian contract bid
May 08, 2017 (UPI)
The design and project management office, located in Adelaide, South Australia, marks a major company expansion in one of two major Australian shipbuilding hubs...
New America-class amphibious assault ship launched early
May 05, 2017 (UPI)
"Ingalls has been the Navy's large-deck amphib builder since the early 1970s," Ingalls Shipbuilding President Brian Cuccias said in a press release. "Our vast k...
DCNS to modernize three French navy frigates
May 05, 2017 (UPI)
The upgrade coincides with the Ministry of Defense decision to build new intermediate-size frigates to maintain a fleet of 15 first-rank frigates during a trans...
Australia commissions Austal patrol boat
May 03, 2017 (UPI)
Austal says the ADV Fourcroy was officially named in a recent ceremony at a base in Western Australia. "Austal is delighted to deliver Cape Fourcroy, the first ...
Navy installs submarine rescue system in merchant vessel
May 03, 2017 (UPI)
A submarine rescue diving and recompression system has been installed on a Military Sealift Command-chartered merchant vessel by the U.S. Navy. The SRDRS was in...
Boeing cancels Harpoon contract
May 03, 2017 (UPI)
"We've really taken a hard look at what the requirements are that Naval Sea System Command has looked for in the request, Troy Rutherford, director of Boeing Cr...
BAE to launch fourth British Astute-class attack submarine
Apr 28, 2017 (UPI)
The Audacious will be launched Saturday at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, before starting its test and commissioning program to prepare for sea trials in 2018. "To...
Navy exercises nuclear fuel contract options for subs, aircraft carriers
Apr 28, 2017 (UPI)
The work by Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., comes under $141.7 million in contract options from the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. "NFS is dedicated to pro...
Russian spy ship sinks off Turkey after collision
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
The Russian military said the Liman -- a former research ship re-fitted as an intelligence vessel -- had a hole ripped out of its hull in the early afternoon in...
What China's 1st domestically-built aircraft carrier means
Apr 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
In 2012, China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was commissioned. The ship was originally laid down as a Soviet multirole aircraft carrier under the name...
China launches first domestically built aircraft carrier: media
Apr 26, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing has embarked on an extensive project to build a "blue water" navy and modernise its two million-strong military, the world's largest. The country's rapi...
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