Navy News

Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, and the United States met in the waters off the eastern coast of Australia to conduct cooperative maritime exercise Pacific Vanguard (PACVAN) 2021 beginning July 5.The Royal Australian Navy is hosting...

4 sailors taken to hospital, later released after fire on USS Gettysburg. The U.S. Navy said four sailors were injured after a fire aboard the USS Gettysburg Wednesday (July 7) night at BAE Systems Ship Repair.The ship’s force and...

The German Ministry of Defense today signed a letter of offer and acceptance for five Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft under the U.S. government’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process, Boeing announced.The US State Department had approved the sale of five...

In a steel-cut ceremony at BAE Systems’ shipyard in Glasgow, His Royal Highness, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, set the plasma cutting machine to work on the first plate of steel for the third Type 26 frigate, HMS BELFAST,...

Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command and the Vietnam People's Navy wrapped up the 30th joint patrol in the Beibu Gulf on June 25, China Military reported.China and Vietnam each deployed two naval vessels to participate in this joint patrol....

Russia's Project 20380 corvette Rezkiy was rolled out from the slipway with a ceremony held on the foundation of Amur Shipyard’s 85th anniversary, TASS Agency reported."Today, an official ceremony was held at the Amur Shipyard in the city of...

The U.S. Navy, Sri Lanka Navy and Air Force, and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) concluded week-long training during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise, June 30.CARAT Sri Lanka, the first CARAT event to be held in 2021,...

Austal USA has delivered its 14th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to the U.S. Navy, from the company’s shipyard in Mobile, Alabama on June 28, 2021, builder Austal USA announced on Monday.Achieving significant gains in production efficiency, the future...

Iran’s Navy commander unveiled plans for the inauguration of a center in the country’s southeastern port city of Chabahar for international cooperation on maritime security, Iran's Tasnim News Agency reported.Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi on...

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has officially commissioned the first Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf, with a ceremony held in NJ Jetty at CFB Halifax on 27 June.According to a press release issued by the Canadian...