China's Liaoning aircraft carrier returned on a new sea trial on Monday after more than half a year's maintenance and modification, our colleagues from East Pendulum unveiled yesterday.

China's tenth Type 052D Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luyang III class) and Sixth Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (NATO reporting name: Yuzhao class) were both commissioned with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) on 12 January 2019. Our colleagues from Eastpendulum reported that both vessels joined the PLAN South Sea Fleet.

Royal Air Force personnel from Number 120 Squadron and Poseidon Line Squadron have started training on the P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida. The RAF designation of the aircraft will be Poseidon MRA Mk1.

Atlas North America unveiled the conceptual design of a Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) during the 2019 National Symposium of the Surface Navy Association (SNA). Atlas North America is a company of Germany's Atlas Electronik Group.

Naval News learned that Boeing recently submitted its proposal for Phase II of the U.S. Navy's Orca competition. We learned the information during the Surface Navy Association's (SNA) 2019 National Symposium held last week in Washington DC

Spanish Minister of Defense confirmed that five new F-110 frigates will be built by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia in Ferrol starting in May this year.

CNIM will deliver fourteen new landing craft (LCU type, designated EDA-S for "engins de débarquement amphibie standards" in French) to replace the the ageing "CTM" (previous generation of LCUs) in the French Navy (Marine Nationale).