Myanmar commissioned a former People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) Type 35B Ming-class submarine from China last week. The submarine, named “UMS Minye Kyaw Htin” joined the fleet during a ceremony on 24 December 2021 which also marked the 74th Anniversary of the Myanmar Navy.
The “Generalissimo Suvorov” is the third Borei-A class (Project 955A) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). It left the slipway of Sevmash Shipyard on 25 December 2021 the enterprise said.
Russia’s Tsirkon hypersonic missile system was successfully test-launched on December 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
Naval News reached out to the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office in December 2021 for an update on the F-35 and how the U.S. Defense Department views the latest developments in peer nations…
The keel-laying of the “Jacques Chevallier”, the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) known as “BRF” for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) took place at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in St Nazaire.
Turkey’s Dearsan Shipyard unveiled a new family of armed unmanned surface vessels (USV), the USV 15, on its social media accounts on 23 December.
China has started transferring Type 056 corvettes from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) to the Chinese Coast Guard (CCG).
On December 22, the 11th and final Advanced Weapons Elevator (AWE) aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) was turned over to the Ship’s Crew.
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) yesterday awarded a 10 billion Euro contract to Airbus Helicopters for the development and procurement of the H160M in the frame of the Light Joint Helicopter program (HIL). Close to a third of the future “Guépard” fleet is intended for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
China’s Hudong Zhonghua shipyard located near Shanghai today launched two frigates and a landing platform dock (LPD)…
