2020
China Builds its last and final Type 056 Corvette
China will reportedly stop building its Type 056 corvettes after the navy shifted its focus to ordering bigger warships for high sea missions. Chin...
Seaspan lays Keel for Royal Canadian Navy’s First Joint Support Ship, HMCS Protecteur
On January 16, 2020, Seaspan Shipyards and its more than 2,800 employees were proud to host the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environm...
Philippine Navy & DOST launches Heavy-Barrel Automated Weapon Project BUHAWI
Awed by the initial success of the Project BUHAWI or Building a Universal Mount for Heavy-Barrel Automated Weapon Integration, Secretary Delfin N. ...
Australia Surface Combatant (ASC) Program
January 15, 2020 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of long-lead items, engine...
UK Royal Navy unveils futuristic ray-shaped submarine concept
The Royal Navy has unveiled a series of futuristic submarine concepts which mimic real marine lifeforms and radically change the way underwater war...
Raytheon delivered 10th AQS-20C mine-hunting sonar to US Navy
Raytheon Company delivered its 10th AN/AQS-20C minehunting sonar system to the U.S. Navy. The sonar-towed body was officially transferred to the Na...
New Spanish frigate to be named after former Majorcan admiral
The Spanish Navy will name one of five F-110 frigates that are to be built by the Navantia state-owned shipbuilding company after the Majorcan admi...
Royal Navy to Begin Unmanned Mine Hunting and Surveying Ops
Unmanned mine hunters and survey technology will soon be on frontline duties with the Royal Navy. The specialist autonomous kit has now been handed...
Patria delivered the first modernized Hamina class missile boat
Patria has delivered the first modernized Hamina class missile boat Tornio to the Finnish Defence Forces. In the Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) project fou...
Lockheed Martin to continue production of advanced electronic warfare systems for US Navy
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will continue supporting engineering and fielding efforts for the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP...
The French Armed Forces Ministry orders eight diving support flagships
Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces, welcomes the notification by the General Directorate of Armament (French: DGA) on December 18, 2019, ...
Singapore Hosts 14th Malacca Straits Patrol Joint Coordinating Committee Meeting
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) is hosting the 14th Malacca Straits Patrol (MSP) Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) Meeting from 15 to 16 Jan ...