Technology/Modernization

Navantia has launched today (July 24) the fourth of the five Avante 2200 corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), named "Jazan".The ceremony was held at the San Fernando shipyard. It was attended by the Commander...

The Indian Ministry of Defense has issued a Request for Proposals (RFPs) for the construction of six new Project 75(India) (P-75I) diesel-electric attack submarines (SSKs).RFP for construction of six submarines under Project 75I issued to Mazagaon Dock Limited (MDL) and ...

Turkish drone-maker, BAYKAR Defence, introduced the unmanned aircraft MIUS (means Muharip Insansiz Ucak Sistemi-Combat Unmanned Aircraft System) on 20th July on Twitter. They made the announcement on the first day of Eid, and declared it as a gift.According to...

Russian Navy's Admiral Gorshkov frigate has successfully test-fired the Tsirkon hypersonic missile against a surface target at the range of over 350 km and the flight speed reached 7 Mach, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday (July 19)."According...

The U.S. Navy released a photo of the USS Stockdale fitted with the new Optical Dazzling Interdictor, or ODIN, while conducting a replenishment at sea with USS Carl Winson (CVN-70) from its official Twitter account.ODIN is one of the...

Damen Shipyards Den Helder has returned the HNLMS Snellius to the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) following her midlife upgrade.The hydrographic survey vessel required a complex and diverse scope of work taking almost a year to complete. The vessel was...

The Indian Navy has received the 10th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-8I from Boeing, according to a statement issued on Tuesday (July 13, 2021)The Indian Defence Ministry had first signed a contract for eight P-8I aircraft in 2009. Later, in...

The Indonesian Navy (Tentara Nasional Indonesia – Angkatan Laut, or TNI-AL) has commissioned its third Teluk Bintuni-class landing ship tank (LST), KRI Teluk Youtefa, on July 12, 2021.The Teluk Bintuni class, Indonesian designation AT-117M is a class of tank landing ships that is being built...

Raytheon Technologies recently secured a contract worth $171.7 million, involving the low-rate initial production for their Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band program (NGJ-MB). The contract was provided by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, MD.The contract advances the Jammer...

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) has entered into contracts with Norway and Germany to deliver ORCCA™ combat system elements to the six new 212CD submarines, and the Naval Strike Missile to the two nations’ Navies, Kongsberg announced."The deliveries...