Technology/Modernization

The launching ceremony of the Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ship (PPA) “Paolo Thaon di Revel” took place on June 15 at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano (La Spezia), in the presence of the Italian Minister of Defence Elisabetta Trenta. The PPA, first of seven...

In a bid to boost its underwater firepower, the Indian Navy has decided to induct the indigenous developed heavyweight torpedo Varunastra into in its arsenal, reports Times of India. According to the report, the weapon developed by the Naval Science and Technology Laboratory (NSTL),...

France’s Naval Group has won a €750 million order from UAE for two Gowind corvettes, French La Tribune reported this morning. The deal has options for an additional two units in the class. Naval Group has already supplied Gowind ships to...

Saab Receives Order from the U.S. for Sea Giraffe MMR Saab has received an additional order from the U.S. Navy for the Sea Giraffe Multi Mode Radar (MMR) for the Coast Guard’s offshore patrol cutter. This additional order exercises an...

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) conducted an operational demonstration of the Quickstrike-ER (QS-ER) Naval mine project at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) May 30.  This is the final and largest demonstration of the project and is part of a two-year...

Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems, Syracuse, New York, is awarded a $20,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract for engineering and technical services for the design, development, testing, integration, technology insertion/refreshment and system support of the AN/BLQ-10 Electronic Warfare...

The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN)'s first Type 218SG  Invincible-class submarine, Invincible, was launched on Feb 18 at the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems Shipyard in Kiel, Germany. Speaking to reporters after the launch ceremony in Kiel, Singapore Defence Minister Ng Eng...

The littoral combat ship USS Tulsa (LCS 16) was commissioned as the US Navy's newest surface combatant in a ceremony in San Francisco Feb. 16. The Independence-variant LCS is the Navy's second ship to be named for the city of...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated a new domestically-built submarine armed with cruise missiles in line with the Islamic Republic's move to boost its defense power. The inaugural ceremony for Fateh (Conqueror) submarine was held in the southern port city...

During recent Netanyahu's visit to Haifa naval base provided the photos of new launchers on the Saar-4.5 ships.  There has been speculation they are for IAI's Green Dragon loitering munition but later it it said that they are not Green...