Small but ambitious, the Latvian Navy is planning to enhance its mine hunting capability through a 21M€ overhaul program of its Tripartite-class minehunters. Naval News was at the Liepāja Naval Base, to learn more on what is now the biggest upgrade project of the Latvian Navy.
Acting Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visited Navantia’s Cartagena shipyard this week, where she has been shown the current progress of the S80 submarine program, a priority to meet the needs of Spain’s national defense strategy.
An Intuitive Pointing Device (IPD) will be installed and tested aboard one of the French Navy’s PAG type patrol vessels.
China’s first amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai today.
The U.S. Navy conducted the first East Coast launch of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia Sept. 12 as part of a fleet missile exercise, known as MSLEX.
Raytheon demonstrated an integrated capability using two future unmanned technologies during the 2019 Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX).
The next generation Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) is set to achieve early operational capability with the F/A-18E/F by the end of the month, Naval News learned from NAVAIR, bringing new capabilities to U.S. Naval Air Forces.
The first aircraft touched down on the deck of Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales off the Scottish coast on September 23, 2019.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) took command of the EUROMARFOR during a ceremony held aboard Mistral-class LHD Tonnerre on September 19, 2019 in Toulon.
Leidos was awarded a follow-on contract by the U.S. Navy to provide submarine detection sonar services.
