Mozambique has ordered three additional HS132 interceptor vessels to the existing order of three ocean eagle 43 trimaran patrol vessels and three HS132 interceptors ordered in September 2013 from CMN, a French shipyard. Meanwhile, the first Ocean Eagle 43 trimaran patrol vessel has been launched by the French Shipyard Thursday
A Hong Kong businessman wined, dined, gave away stacks of US dollar bills plus $20 million price to Ukrainian shipyard officials to bring home a disused aircraft carrier which later surfaced as the Liaoning, Chinas first carrier. How the Peoples Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) realized its blue ocean ambitions by...
BAE Systems has won a five-year contract worth $120 million from the US Navy to provide critical system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the Aegis Combat System on board surface ships. “Our Aegis system engineering experts have been working side by side with sailors for more than 40 years to...
Egypt and France are close to signing a 5 to 6 billion Euro contract for the sale of twenty Rafale and two FREMM multi-mission frigates. La Tribune newspaper said on its website today that a French delegation of the Treasury visited Cairo earlier this week to assess the security of Egypt...
Russia has demanded a written explanation from Paris as to why a Mistral helicopter carrier not delivered to Russia according to an earlier agreement, Ria Novosti reported Tuesday. “Russia could not accept oral explanations from individual French politicians of why the warship was not delivered on time, even if that politician...
The Indian Navy has 41 ships and submarines under construction in Indian shipyards, the Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Robin K Dhowan said in Bangalore yesterday. “The Navys blueprint revolves around the ‘Make in India concept
Indias coastal defences, beefed after the Mumbai attacks in 2009, came good in thwarting a suspected terrorist attack from the sea near the Indo-Pakistan maritime boundary on December 31. The Indian Navy, Coast Guard and intelligence agencies had set up radars and improved coordination to identify and intercept terrorist threats coming from the sea after the Mumbai attacks in which 200 innocent lives had been lost
Canada's Lockheed Martin has future plans of selling naval combat system to South America and Europe, designed as part of the modernization program for the nation's frigates. Work is underway on the first export sale of the combat management system to the Royal New Zealand Navy
A Canadian frigate, HMCS Fredericton has set off on Tuesday to join NATO forces in the Mediterranean Sea monitoring the Ukraine crisis. HMCS Fredericton, which is carrying a Sea King helicopter and an air detachment, will replace HMCS Toronto, which joined the permanent NATO forces in July
General Dynamics has won a $498 million contract from the US Navy yesterday for the design and construction of the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). Under this option, NASSCO, subsidiary of General Dynamics, will provide the detail design and construction efforts to build the second AFSB of the Mobile Landing Platform-class ships
An Indian shipyard, Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers (GRSE) will supply warships to Vietnam and is also eyeing an order worth Rs 2000 crore ($315 million) to export two 3500 tons Frigates to the Philippines Navy. Vietnam order will be the second export of warships for India
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a 12 month £1.5 million contract to design the engineering support solution for the Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers