Recent aerial pictures of Jiangnan shipyard are doing the rounds on social media: They show no less than 15 destroyers and 1 aircraft carrier at various stage of construction.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the JS “Shiranui” (pennant number 120) during a ceremony held today at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki shipyard. JS Shiranui is the second Asahi-class anti-submarine destroyer (25DD program) of the JMSDF.
MBDA has received three contracts worth around £400 million to boost and sustain the Sea Viper principal area air defence system of the Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers.
The Royal Navy will receive the Naval Strike Missile (NSM), outfitted on Type 23 frigates and Type 45 destroyers, to replace the Harpoon missiles.
HMS Duncan is back at sea after a major overhaul that primes the Type 45 destroyer for the next five years at the sharp end of naval operations.
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a five year contract to BAE Systems to provide a data management system to multiple ships in the Royal Navy fleet including the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, Type 45 destroyers and the new Type 26 frigates.
The Royal Navy HMS Dauntless Type 45 destroyer’s S1850M Long Range Radar has been officially completely revised since last week. The overhaul was part of the ship’s “Upkeep 2020” program and included a digital “factory acceptance test” (FAT), Thales said in a March 17 release.
Stark and MBDA have combined to offer a new capability package designed to support NATO requirements for projecting strike capability into the North Atlantic, to
The current deployment of the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) HMS Prince of Wales carrier strike group (CSG) across the North Atlantic and into the High
At least six new Common Combat Vessels will be built for the Royal Navy under the Defence Investment Plan, delivering the UK’s most advanced maritime
