Navy News

USS Freedom (LCS 1), the lead ship of the Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship, recognized more than a decade of naval service during a decommissioning ceremony at Naval Base San Diego on Sept.29Due to public health safety and restrictions of...

The Shin Chae-ho, a 3,000-ton submarine developed with indigenous technology by Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, was launched Tuesday (Sep.28) by the Republic of Korea Navy and Defense Acquisition Program Administration.A launch ceremony for the new submarine, named after...

The US Navy announced today that Boeing has been awarded a production contract for five P-8A Poseidon aircraft for Germany. The P-8A Poseidon will gradually replace Germany's fleet of P-3C Orion aircraft, with the first delivery expected in 2024.“We’re...

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group is operating in the South China Sea for the second time during its 2021 deployment, Sept. 24, the U.S. Navy announced.The carrier strike group includes the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald...

On 23 September, during a ceremony at the Royal Navy's Clyde base in Scotland, the fourth ASTUTE-class attack submarine HMS Audacious was formally commissioned, according to a press release issued by the Royal Navy.Members of the ship’s company and...

Babcock was joined by UK Secretary of State for Defence and Shipbuilding Tsar, Rt Hon Ben Wallace MP to cut the first steel for the first of the Royal Navy’s five new Type 31 frigates, HMS VENTURER.Hosted at Babcock’s...

On Wednesday (Sep 22), the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy conducted joint maritime drills with the Republic of Singapore Navy in waters near Singapore, to increase mutual trust and cooperation between the two navies.The participants from PLAN were...

According to the Crimean State Council's press office, the Kerch Shipyard in Crimea has launched Karakurt-class (Project 22800) latest missile corvette Askold, which is under construction on order from Russia's Defense Ministry for the Russian Navy.It is stated that...

Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Choctaw County (T-EPF 2) arrived in Beirut, Lebanon, Sept. 20, to participate in U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) first-ever Central Partnership Station (CPS) mission.The CPS mission in Lebanon is designed to build partner...

The Russian Baltic Fleet's missile corvette Sovetsk returned to its home naval base in Baltiysk in the Kaliningrad Region on Monday following successful cruise missile firings in the White Sea, according to the Fleet's press office.Corvette missile Sovetsk successfully...