Miscellaneous

The U.S. Navy conducted a scheduled, two-missile test flight of unarmed life-extended Trident II (D5LE) missiles from USS Wyoming (SSBN-742), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, on the Eastern Test Range off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, Sept. 17.This...

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced on 17 September that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division had completed the final round of sea trials for the Frank E. Petersen Jr., an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer (DDG 121).“The successful completion of acceptance...

On Thursday, September 9, 2021, the deconstruction program for France's former nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (ex-SSBNs), which began in September 2018 at the Naval Group site in Cherbourg, reached a new milestone.Following Le Tonnant and L'Indomptable, a third hull,...

The Royal Navy's Second Sea Lord VAdm Nick Hine said during his speech at the DSEI 2021 exhibition in London on September 15 that the Royal Navy wanted to detach capability from platforms as he shed more light on...

Exhibitors and visitors will be welcomed into the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2021, one of the world's premier defense industry events, starting tomorrow. The expo will be open until the 17th of September, according to the schedule.The...

After a 133-day deployment overseas, Iran's 75th flotilla, which includes the Makran forward base ship and the Sahand frigate, returned home.Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said that the 75th flotilla had marked a watershed in the history...

In a press release issued today, Elbit announced that it has been awarded contracts totalling approximately $56 million to provide Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities to the Navy of a country in the Asia-Pacific region. The contracts will be completed...

The ship NB 546 AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes that Navantia builds for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has begun its sea trials in the waters of the Bay of Cádiz in order to check the correct...

The Australian Department of Defence has signed the acceptance certificate of NUSHIP Stalwart, the second of the two Supply class Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment ships built by Navantia Ría de Ferrol for the Royal Australian Navy, Navantia announced.The acceptance of...

Babcock International Group, the aerospace, defence and security company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HHI), affirming the strong relationship between the two companies as focus builds on the Republic of Korea’s...