Turkey’s New UCAV AKINCI engages sea target for the 1st time
On April 22, 2022, Turkey’s newest unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), the AKINCI, conducted its first live firing at a sea target.
On April 22, 2022, Turkey’s newest unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), the AKINCI, conducted its first live firing at a sea target.
On April 21, the first of five K130 Batch II corvettes built for the German Navy, Köln, was christened at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has confirmed that it intends to install the new Mark 38 Mod 4 on some new Cutters

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $483 million contract to activate, maintain and modernize Zumwalt-class destroyers, with options totaling $1.68 billion over five years.
The PLAN (People’s Liberation Army Navy) just released a video showing the launch of a new hypersonic missile from a Type 055 cruiser. The missile is likely the Eagle Strike YJ-21…
Indian shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) today launched “Vagsheer”, the final Scorpene type submarine for the Indian Navy.
Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, and the grinding war that has followed, will be studied by war colleges for years, perhaps even decades. Among the many lessons learned during this conflict, one that will likely be most prominent is the vital importance of logistics in warfare.
The United States and NATO allies have completed the multinational exercise Northern Viking 2022 (NV22) in Keflavik, Iceland.
The shock of the sinking of the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, continues. In the absence of a satisfactory evidence-based explanation for the event, there has been much speculation.
Naval News met with Rear Admiral Brian Corey, Program Executive Officer for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons, to get an update on the MQ-25 program during Sea Air Space 2022.