Hold-up in Foreign Equipment Supply Delays Indian Navy’s Three Warships Delivery
The Indian Navy is facing a delay in delivery of three modern destroyers by nearly three years due to hold-up on the part of foreign vendors to supply vital arms and equipment for these warships. As a result, the ships that were to come to the navy between July 2014 and...
Huntington Ingalls Awarded $63 Million Contract for USS Fitzgerald Repair
Huntington Ingalls has won $63 million modification contract for the execution of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) emergent repair and restoration. This effort shall provide for the initial collision ripout phase of an availability which will include a combination of maintenance, modernization, and collision repair of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62),...
Boeing Wins Contract for Harpoon/SLAM-ER Missile Support for US Navy, 22 FMS...
Boeing is being awarded $10.3 million contract for the procurement of Harpoon/SLAM-ER missile system and Harpoon launch systems follow-on integrated logistics and engineering services support for the United States Navy and various foreign military sales (FMS) customers
Lockheed Martin to build AEGIS weapon system for Japan
Lockheed Martin is being awarded a nearly $136 million contract for new construction DDG AEGIS weapon system J7 baseline development and integration in support of the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force. This contract involves foreign military sales to Japan and work will be performed at various locations in the United States...
Damen Schelde Delivers Second and Final Guided Missile Frigate to Indonesian Navy
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding has delivered the second and final Perusak Kawal Rudal (PKR) guided missile frigate to the Indonesian Navy. Bakker Sliedrecht was responsible for the electrical auxiliary propulsion system
Russia to Expand Naval Base in Syria’s Tartus
Russia has reached an agreement with Damascus to expand the formers naval base in Syrias Tartus. According to the agreement, Russia will use the joint facilities free of charge
UK Navy’s Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Commissioned
The UK royal navy has formally commissioned its new aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth. HMS Queen Elizabeth has been commissioned by Her Majesty the Queen at its home base of Portsmouth Thursday
China’s Type 001A Aircraft Carrier to House 40 J-15 Fighter Jets
Chinas first home-made Type 001A aircraft carrier, slated for sea tests soon, will not house fifth-gen fighter jets but will instead operation with some 40 J-15 fighter aircraft. The Type 001A carrier, which is close to completing its mooring test, has a ski-jump flight deck while the fifth generation jets such as J-20 and J-31 are meant for flight operations from China's future straight-deck aircraft carriers with the electromagnetic launcher system
Ukrainian Companies Pitch for Brazilian Tamandare Corvette Project
Ukrainian Defence and shipbuilding companies have announced their intention to bid for Brazils Tamandare type corvette construction project, the tender for which is expected in early 2018. Representatives of the State Enterprise "UkrinMash" and of the Defense Industrial Complex of Ukraine, part of the state-owned "Ukroboronprom", visited Rio- de Janeiro late last month, a press statement from the Ukrainian firm said
Iranian Caspian Naval Fleet Gets Home-grown Missile-launching Corvette
Irans naval fleet in the Caspian Sea has received a new home-grown missile-launching corvette, ‘Separ (shield). The 47 meters long vessel can sail at a maximum speed of 35 knots, and is about four meters in height
Fincantieri, Naval Group Join Race for Canadian Combat Ship Tender
Fincantieri-Naval Group are bidding for the Canadian Navy's surface combatant ship procurement program competing against Lockheed Martin-BAE Systems and Navantia-Saab who are in the race to supply next-generation ships. Under the country's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy, a $38
Chinese Navy Commissions Locally-made Guided-missile Frigate
The Chinese PLA Navy today commissioned the locally-made Type-056A frigate ‘Suining into fleet service. The Type-056A frigate is the latest surface warship developed by China
Singapore’s F-16 Crash Caused by Gyroscope Malfunction
Fires Rise as Russian Novorossiysk Port, Oil Depot Hit Massive Drone Attack
Diehl Defence’s IRIS-T Missile Fired from S.Korean KF-21 for the First Time...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U
Russia's Growing Influence in Africa: Arms Sales and Military Bases
Russia's expanding influence in Africa, demonstrated by arms sales, military deployments, and diplomatic engagements, reflects a significant geopolitical shift on...
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...