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Aug 09, 2014 (AFP)

Russia said Saturday that it had chased away a US submarine that had approached its territorial waters in the Barents Sea. A representative of the naval headqua...

New sub afloat in South Korea

Aug 08, 2014 (UPI)

Hyundai Heavy Industries has launched a new 214-class submarine, to be equipped with locally produced cruise missiles, for the South Korean Navy. The vessel is ...

Successful testing for new Virginia-class submarine

Aug 07, 2014 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy's 11th Virginia-class attack submarine has successfully completed its alpha sea trials, shipbuilder General Dynamics Electric Boat reports. The tr...

New integrated bridge systems for destroyers

Aug 07, 2014 (UPI)

Northrop Grumman has been contracted to supply key systems for the modernization of the U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke-Class destroyers. The awards were given by the...

ERAPSCO receives $166 million order for sonobuoys from U.S. Navy

Aug 06, 2014 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy has issued a new contract to a joint venture of Sparton Corporation and Ultra Electronics Holdings to manufacture sonobuoys. Sonobuoys are a tacti...

Navy's Mobile Landing Platform passes testing

Aug 06, 2014 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy's second Mobile Landing Platform successfully completed final contract trials in the Pacific, the Navy reported. The trials of the USNS John Glenn...

Work on defueling nuclear carrier being prepared

Aug 04, 2014 (UPI)

Newport News Shipbuilding is planning its work on defueling the aircraft carrier USS George Washington under a $49.6 million military contract. The USS George W...

China's aircraft carrier puts naval ambitions on show

Jul 25, 2014 (AFP)

At a northern quayside China's first aircraft carrier dwarfs nearby vessels, its take-off ramp rising higher than the top deck of the cruise ship at the next be...

Ukraine 'disappointed' by French refusal to halt Russia warship sale

Jul 24, 2014 (AFP)

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Thursday he was "very disappointed" by France's decision to go ahead with a deal to sell two warships to Russia, de...

Transfer of French warships to Russia 'inappropriate': US

Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)

The delivery of French Mistral-class warships to Russia would be "completely inappropriate" given the West's misgivings about Moscow's role in Ukraine, the Unit...

Saab buys ThyssenKrupp's Swedish submarine shipyard

Jul 22, 2014 (AFP)

Swedish defence and aeronautics group Saab said Tuesday it had completed the acquisition of a submarine shipyard in Sweden owned by German heavy industry giant ...

China says spy ship operations 'in line with international law'

Jul 21, 2014 (AFP)

Beijing has defended its dispatch of a spy ship to international waters off Hawaii, near where Chinese vessels are taking part in a US-led naval exercise for th...

Australia Using Paramarine Submersible Design Software

Jul 16, 2014 (SPX)

QinetiQ, in association with the Re-Engineering Australia Foundation Ltd (REA), is assisting Australian schools participating in the Future Submarine Technology...

Air sea battle: Concept, cover or a charge of the light brigade in waiting?

Jul 08, 2014 (UPI)

The Air-Sea Battle concept is the subject of a two-day conference held at UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, England, the home of Britain's center for military edu...

Bulgaria, NATO allies hold Black Sea drills

Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)

Bulgaria was hosting joint navy drills with fellow NATO members in the Black Sea on Friday, as the United States tries to reassure a region worried about Russia...

Queen smashes whisky, gives her name to Britain's biggest warship

Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)

Queen Elizabeth II smashed a bottle of whisky against Britain's biggest warship on Friday as she gave her name to the new aircraft carrier at a ceremony in Scot...

US Navy gets its first four-star female admiral

Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)

The US Navy has promoted a woman to the rank of a four-star admiral for the first time in its 238-year history, a milestone for females in the American military...

Controversial France-Russia warship step closer to completion

Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)

A controversial French-Russian warship project that has been decried by NATO came a step closer to completion on Thursday when the stern of the helicopter carri...

DARPA-Navy Agreement to Develop Tern Concept

Jun 16, 2014 (SPX)

DARPA and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on a joint DARPA/Navy research and development program called "Tern...

China fears spur Philippine naval upgrade

Jun 16, 2014 (AFP)

As fears grow that China is on an aggressive South China Sea territorial grab, a sleepy Philippine village is being transformed into a major naval base that may...