China’s third amphibious assault ship, a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) known as Type 075, was launched in Shanghai today for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).
MBDA and Rheinmetall won a contract to fabricate, integrate and support testing of a laser weapon demonstrator in the maritime environment.
Belgium Naval & Robotics press release The new rMCM vessels will be provided with state-of-the-art robust equipment to combat various threats such as mines, piracy,
Through this contract for its new NS50 radar, Thales is proud to serve both the navies of Belgium and the Netherlands…
Prof. Ismail Demir, Head of Turkish Defence Industries Presidency (SSB) made significant statements about the 2021 targets of the defence industry during the “Evaluation of 2020 and 2021 Projection Meeting” held last week.
Elbit Systems announced today that its subsidiary Elbit Systems UK was awarded a contract valued at approximately $166 million (approximately £123 million) from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Royal Navy Future Naval Training Program.
The U.S. Department of Defense on 5 January 2021 reported that SAFE Boats International LLC has been awarded a US$ 19 million order to launch production of Ukraine’s Mk VI first patrol boats.
The commander of the Ukrainian naval forces confirmed the procurement of Ada-class corvettes and Bayraktar unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). Talking to a local media, Rear Admiral Alexei Neizhpapa also discussed Mk VI and Island-class patrol boats from the United States and “missile boats” from the United Kingdom.
Here is NavalNews.com’s last Monthly Recap of 2020.
As 2020 came to an end, here is an overview of the ten most read naval defense news stories we published this past year, based on the number of readers.
