Following the announcement of the launch of the construction of four third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SNLE 3G in French) on February, Naval Group has signed several design and procurement contracts for the next generation SSBNs of the French Navy.
The Knyaz Oleg Borey-A-class SSBN of project 955A began its first test sortie on May 30, a defense industry source told TASS.
In a what is likely a first ever, China's today commissioned three major vessels into the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) fleet: A Type 055 Destroyer (NATO designation: Renhai-class cruiser), a Type 075 LHD (NATO designation: Yushen-class) and a Type 094 SSBN (NATO Designation: Jin-class).
The event took place at the French General Directorate of Armaments (DGA) hydrodynamics test center ...
General Dynamics Mission Systems Receives $43.2M Contract Modification for Columbia/Dreadnought Class Ballistic-Missile Submarine Fire Control Systems
The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Sevmash Shipyard signed a contract in July 2020 for the construction of two Borey-A-class SSBN of project 955A, shipyard CEO Mikhail Budnichenko told the Zavod journal of Sevmash.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Le Triomphant-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) "Le Terrible"...
The Pacific Fleet’s Project 955 Borei-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh (NATO reporting name: Dolgorukiy-class) has performed a salvo launch of four Bulava (SS-NX-32) submarine launched ballistic missiles...
General Dynamics Electric Boat is prime contractor on design and production of new class of submarines, the nation's top strategic defense priority
Here is Naval News' Monthly Recap video for June 2020.
