Naval Technology

The US Navy has taken delivery of the 13th Virginia-class submarine, Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Illinois (SSN 786), ahead of the initial contract schedule.

The US Naval Submarine Training Center Pacific (NSTCP) detachment has opened the new Mobile Trainer (MT) 1000 submarine firefighting trainer on Polaris Point in Guam, US.

The US Navy’s first fleet of seven F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft is set to successfully complete the third and final round of at-sea developmental testing, DT-III, aboard the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George…

PN Fleet Tanker (PNFT) is a new fleet replenishment vessel built by Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) in co-operation with Turkish-based Savunma Teknoloji Mühendislik ve Ticaret (STM), for the Pakistan Navy.

UK Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has announced that the Royal Navy’s Daring-class, Type 45 anti-air warfare destroyer HMS Daring (D32) has been deployed in the Gulf to join the fight against the terrorist group, ISIS.

Tenmat will be present at SMM 2016 at Hamburg Messe und Congress (HMC) from 6-9 September 2016.

Karel Doorman is a joint logistic support ship designed and built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (DSNS), for the Royal Netherlands Navy.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) has received its 50th KC-130J Super Hercules aerial refueller at the Lockheed Martin facility.

The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of a potential foreign military sale (FMS) of Mk-V fast patrol boats, equipment, training, and support.

Northrop Grumman and the US Marine Corps (USMC) have successfully completed preliminary and critical design reviews of the ground weapon-locating radar (GWLR) mode software update for the AN/TPS-80 ground/air task-oriented radar (G/ATOR).

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to deliver COMBATSS-21 battle management systems to the US Navy frigates for $79.5m.

ViaSat has been contracted by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to support the US Navy's joint ultra high frequency (UHF) military satellite communications (satcom) system.

FarSounder has been contracted to provide four complete FarSounder-1000 systems and spare parts as part of an upgrade programme of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) four Paluma-class hydrographic Survey Motor Launches.

The New Zealand Government has approved plans to acquire a new ship for littoral operations, in a bid to enhance the country’s naval capability.

The L-CAT is a high-speed sea connector for amphibious operations in the areas of military, logistics support and disaster relief.

Indian and French authorities will launch an investigation into the reported leak of documents related to Scorpene submarines.

North Korea (DPRK) has reportedly fired a KN-11 ballistic missile from a submarine towards Japan.

Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding has been contracted by the US Navy to conduct nuclear propulsion and complex modernisation work on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, USS Harry S Truman (CVN 75).

Historic England has produced a digital model of the UK Royal Navy’s Town-class light cruiser HMS Falmouth, which was sunk by German U-boats during the First World War Battle of Jutland.

Australia’s Queensland and the US Navy have signed a cooperation agreement to support and advance projects and initiatives related to alternative fuels development.