2019
New Zealand - MV Edda Fonn began conversion into naval platform
The future hydrographic and diving support vessel, the MV Edda Fonn, that the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) ordered has arrived in Frederikshavn, D...
Austal-built LCS 20 completed acceptance trials
On February 14, AUSTAL (ASX: ASB) announced its tenth Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) successfull...
US Navy to commission LCS Tulsa
The U.S. Navy will commission its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Tulsa (LCS 16), during a 10 a.m. PST cerem...
HENSOLDT to procure naval radars for German corvettes
HENSOLDT is to equip the second batch of the German Navy’s K130 corvettes with its TRS-4D Rotator naval radar and its MSSR 2000 ID friend-or-foe id...
Anti-air frigate Chevalier Paul to be modernised by Naval Group
The French large anti-air frigate, the "Chevalier Paul", has come into port (in Toulon, France) to be modernised by Naval Group. This docking takes...
US pursuit of FONOPS in the South China Sea irritates China
Admiral Phil Davidson, commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, publically said the U.S. Navy will pursue its freedom of navigation operations (...
Papua New Guinea commissioned Austal-built HMPNGS Ted Diro
On February 01, The Papua New Guinea Defence Force commissioned the first Austal-built Guardian-class patrol boat, the Her Majesty's Papua New Guin...
BAE Systems to modernize USS Bulkeley
BAE Systems received a $US 114.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to perform maintenance and modernization of the guided-missile destroyer USS "...
Future Canadian warships to be based on BAE Systems Type 26
On February 08, the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility, announced that the Government of Ca...
3D printer from Naval Group taken onboard French aircraft carrier
After a second massive dry docking for technical issues, French aircraft carrier, the "Charles de Gaulle", is ready to take part to new operations ...
UK to purchase motherships for Special Forces and Marine commandos
According to Britain's Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson, the UK is to purchase 2 new Special Forces motherships to storm ennemy beaches. This mov...
US Marines testing combat engineering applications of 3D printing
The US 1st Marine Logistic Group (1st MLG) used an Automated Construction of Expeditionary Structures (ACES) printer (3D printer) to build, among o...