Naval Technology

Gowind® 2500 corvette is one of two variants in the Gowind family of multi-mission corvettes developed by DCNS Group.

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter has completed its first external lift flight.

Australia has selected French shipyard DCNS for the $39bn contract to build a new fleet of 12 submarines in Adelaide.

The first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) command centre, the MQ-XX system, has been successfully installed aboard the US Navy's Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70).

From meeting the need to improve fuel economy and enhance operational flexibility to preparing for the power-hungry radar, communications and energy weapons systems of the future, the US Navy has been steadily surging ahead with electrification. Dr G…

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has conducted the firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula.

Sikorsky has been contracted by the Naval Air Systems Command to procure the long-lead parts and materials required to build and deliver the first low rate initial production Lot 1 (LRIP-1) of the US Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53K King Stallion.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has outfitted the Gerald R Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier John F Kennedy (CVN 79) with a 965t structure called superlift into dry dock.

Construction has started on the first Gowind 2500 corvette built in Egypt at Alexandria Shipyard.

The US Marine Corps' (USMC) two F-35B Lightning II aircraft have conducted an aerial refuelling mission with a KC-130J Super Hercules, during a training flight over Southern California.

The German Navy's P-3C Orion aircraft has joined forces with Operation Atlanta's maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft (MPRA) in Djibouti.

A US Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine deployed to Submarine Group 10 fired three Trident II D5 missiles marking the conclusion of a follow-on commander's evaluation test (FCET).

Klein Marine Systems, a subsidiary of Mitcham Industries, has partnered with Elbit Systems to conduct structured mine countermeasure (MCM) exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.

MBDA has announced the successful completion of the pre-delivery trials of its SIMBAD-RC firing post.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has commissioned its 16th fast response cutter (FRC), Winslow Griesser, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The US Navy's Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) has left from the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor to engage in its first strategic deterrent mission since 2011.

Saab Grintek Defence has been contracted by Armscor's Institute for Maritime Technology to deliver the TactiCall integrated communications system for the South African Navy.

Raytheon Canada has been contracted by the Government of Canada to provide a new weapon system to the Royal Canadian Navy.

Comtech Telecommunications has announced the award of a contract extension from US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).

The Aircraft Carrier Alliance has handed over the first compartments of the Queen Elizabeth-class of aircraft carrier, the HMS Queen Elizabeth, to its crew.