
Experimental Missile Catamaran Launched in Taiwan
Taiwan launched an 80-tons missile catamaran on March 15. It will be used by the NCSIST to support R&D work on new maritime weapon systems.

Taiwan launched an 80-tons missile catamaran on March 15. It will be used by the NCSIST to support R&D work on new maritime weapon systems.

The US Navy is requesting $205.6 billion for the Fiscal Year 2020, an increase of $9.5 billion (4.6%) from the FY2019. This is the largest budget request in more than 20 years for shipbuilding.

Rolls-Royce has secured a contract with Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria for the supply of a marine propulsion package to a new Offshore Patrol Vessel under construction for the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM).

The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) recently deployed a new VTOL UAV from the Lanzhou Type 052C destroyer, Chinese media Global Times reported.

For the first time ever, two People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) aircraft carriers got underway and were at sea, at the same time. This took place on February 27, 2019.

Final preparations for the 15th edition of the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition 2019 is currently going underway.

US Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft conducted milestone flight operations with externally-loaded inert and live ordnance in expeditionary strike training from the USS Wasp (LHD 1) in the Philippine and East China Seas, Jan. 26 through Feb. 6, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit PAO announced recently.

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.