Miscellaneous

The cost to repair collision-damaged destroyer USS FITZGERALD DDG62 keeps going up, with Huntington Ingalls Industries  getting another $27.5 million to fix and modernize the ship, under repair in Pascagoula. To date at least $380.3 million has been awarded...

Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a contract in support of new material for the USS Enterprise, a future Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier.The deal, announced by the Department of Defense, will allow the company to produce new long...

The D-30 missile system including R-30 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile, has been accepted for service by the Russian Navy following successful tests, according to the Russian TASS.The R-30 Bulava (NATO reporting name: SS-NX-30) is a Russian sea-based intercontinental ballistic...

Austal Limited (Austal) today announced (June 26) the United States Department of Defense has awarded Austal USA US$16,303,195 for a cost-plus-fixed fee to a previously awarded contract.The order provides for Littoral Combat Ship class design service, including integrated data...

Chinese frigate "Binzhou" sails into Gdynia port of Northern Poland, on June 22, 2018.  Chinese frigate "Binzhou" started its five-day visit to Poland on Friday.

German Navy Frigate FGS SACHSEN F219 suffered missile accident during missile shooting on Jun 21 off Norwegian coast.Missile was launched from deck launcher in front of the bridge, but missile didn’t take off and burned out in launcher, inflicting...

US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class USS Farragut (DDG 99) was underway as part of the Harry S. Truman carrier strike group when a cooling fan failure forced the US Navy to carry out underway repairs on the destroyer in Norway.U.S....

The Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) arrived in Marseille, France, for a regularly scheduled port visit, June 21."We look forward to the opportunity to enhance U.S.-French relations during this visit," said Commander, Carrier Strike...

Raytheon Awarded LCS Over-the-Horizon Anti-Surface Weapon Contract; Deal Could be Worth $848MThe Norwegian-designed Naval Strike Missile has been officially selected to serve as the Littoral Combat Ship’s over-the-horizon anti-ship weapon, according to a Thursday Pentagon contract announcement.The $14.8 million...

The Hellenic Navy issued on the 25th of May a request for information for the procurement of heavyweight torpedoes for its Type 214 and the upgraded Type 209 AIP submarines, as well as the engineering work required for their...