At PACIFIC 2019, the international maritime exposition which opened its doors in Sydney, Australia, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan unveiled two news ship designs based on their FMF frigate: Two OPV and a DDG designs.
In a first, the French Navy (Marine Nationale) demonstrated a cooperative engagement between two of its surface vessels.
BAE Systems has received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and repair on two Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyers in its San Diego shipyard.
Australia's third Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD), the future HMAS Sydney, has commenced its first phase of sea trials which will test the ship’s hull, propulsion and navigation systems, the Australian MoD announced today.
The Navy is looking at “something beyond even a Flight III” combat capability for its new-build destroyers, as its plans for transitioning from building the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to the future Large Surface Combatant continue to evolve and the LSC procurement date continues to slide.
Here is NavalNews.com's sixth monthly report (July 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) today launched the second Maya-class guided missile destroyer for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). The vessel is named "Haguro"
Here is NavalNews.com's fifth monthly report (June 2019). Naval News Monthly Reports are video round ups of the most read naval defense news articles we published in the past month.
The Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender intercepted a supersonic target, during exercise Formidable Shield.
Since 2012, Chinese shipyards have launched 60 Type 056 corvettes and 20 Type 052D destroyers, illustrating once again the incredibly fast growing pace of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy).
