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North Korea Launches Missiles as U.S. Nuclear Submarine Docks at South's Port...

July 19, 2023 @ 11:43 AM

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles eastwards early on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, just hours after a U.S

Naval Group Offers to Develop Naval Base at Subic Bay if it...

July 14, 2023 @ 08:41 AM

Naval Group has expressed willingness to help the Philippine Navy (PN) develop Subic Bay in Zambales into a modern naval base if it wins the Scorpene submarine contract. On Wednesday, the firm opened its Philippines Office

L&T and Navantia sign Teaming Agreement for Project 75 Submarines

July 10, 2023 @ 09:46 AM

Indias Larsen & Toubro and Spanish Navantia have signed a Teaming Agreement (TA) today for the purpose of submission of a techno-commercial bid for the Indian Navys P75 submarine program. Project 75 (I) requires the Indian bidder to tie up with a Foreign Collaborator (FC) and execute the program for delivery...

General Atomics to Develop Propulsion Tech for Submarines, Undersea Vehicles

July 1, 2023 @ 05:15 AM

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) will create propulsion technology designs to power submarines and other undersea vehicles under Defense Advanced Research Projects Agencys (DARPA) Advanced Propulsor, Experimental (APEX) program. The company has won a contract from General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences to perform propulsion system design, to provide modeling, technical evaluation,...

Germany’s thyssenkrupp Teams Up with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders to Build Subs for...

June 8, 2023 @ 06:19 AM

thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) on the intended construction of conventional, air-independent propulsion submarines on 7 June 2023. “We look back on a trusting and decade-long partnership with India

Construction of Second NFS Submarine for Italian Navy Begins

June 7, 2023 @ 05:43 AM

Fincantieri said production activities for the second of 2 new-generation submarines, as part of the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) acquisition program of the Italian Navy, started today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The programme includes two vessels contracted in 2021 to be delivered in 2027 and 2029, a third submarine which has received parliamentary approval, as well as the creation of a Training Center

Spent Nuclear Core Forces Russian Navy to Decommission Akula-class Submarine

June 2, 2023 @ 07:30 AM

The Russian Navy has decommissioned Project 941 Akula-class heavy nuclear-powered missile-carrying submarine cruiser Dmitry Donskoi due to its spent nuclear core. "The Dmitry Donskoi could no longer be in service due to its spent nuclear core," a source close to the Russian Navy told government-owned TASS on Thursday

Japan Receives CAE’s Magnetometer to Detect Submarines

June 1, 2023 @ 06:40 AM

CAE delivered the first batch of Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) systems to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) for installation on Japans new P1 Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA). The delivery of the MAD-XR systems is part of a multi-year contract for the integration, installation, and sustainment of the MAD-XR sensor in support of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)s fixed wing Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations

Fincantieri to Build 3rd NFS Submarine for Italy

June 1, 2023 @ 05:17 AM

The construction of the third new generation submarine related to the U212NFS (Near Future Submarine) program for the Italian Navy has received parliamentary approval and will now follow the standard administrative procedure, shipbuilder Fincantieri announced today. The programme, which includes two vessels contracted in 2021, as well as the creation of a Training Center, is led by OCCAR (Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière dArmement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation)

Indian Fuel Cell-based Air Independent Propulsion System for INS Kalvari

April 26, 2023 @ 07:22 AM

French firm Naval Group signed a pact with Indias DRDO to fit indigenous Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system on Kalvari class submarines. The indigenous fuel cell-based AIP system will be fitted on INS Kalvari soon

New Fateh-Class Subs to Join Iranian Navy Soon

April 26, 2023 @ 06:32 AM

Two new types of the domestically-designed Fateh-class submarine will join the Iranian Navy "in the near future.” Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Shahram Irani made the announcement on April 25

Iranian Submarine "Forced" U.S. Nuclear Sub to Surface in Strait of Hormuz...

April 21, 2023 @ 12:05 PM

The Iranian Navy today claimed that its “Fateh” class submarine forced a U.S

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