32 Chinese vessels and 39 military planes are set to participate in the naval parade tomorrow, April 23, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy). Close to twenty foreign vessels will also take part in the fleet review.
China’s first carrier-based AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) should leave the assembly line and conduct its first flight soon.
On April 8, 2019, Chinese engineering company Qingdao Wuchuan Heavy Industry (part of the state-owned shipbuilding corporation China Shipbuilding Industry Corp-CSIC) announced the sea (and land) trials of the “Marine lizard”, the world’s first amphibious unmanned surface vessels (USV).
Following over a year of work and dock trials at the Wuchang Shipyard, the old landing ship 936 Haiyangshan, transformed into a floating test rig for the Chinese Navy’s new Railgun, descended from the Blue River for to reach the open sea by the end of 2018.
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 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.
An article published by a subsidiary of Chinese naval group CSSC is suggesting quite clearly that the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) 3rd aircraft carrier will use a conventional propulsion system and EMALS catapults.
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.
China’s tenth Type 052D Destroyer (NATO reporting name: Luyang III class) and Sixth Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (NATO reporting name: Yuzhao class) were both commissioned with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) on 12 January 2019. Our colleagues from Eastpendulum reported that both vessels joined the PLAN South Sea Fleet.
