Maritime Security

U.S. Navy buys three more SSC hovercraft

Textron Systems has secured a $353.9 million contract modification to build three additional Ship to Shore Connector...

Textron’s drone boat joins anti-drug ops in El Salvador

Textron Systems recently showcased its TSUNAMI unmanned surface vessel during the Hybrid Fleet Campaign Event FLEX25 in...

Russia’s naval drone program fails

Russia’s efforts to develop and deploy naval strike drones have proven to be a failure, according to...

Chinese carriers return from Pacific deployment

China’s Liaoning and Shandong aircraft carrier strike groups have completed an extended far-sea combat readiness training mission...

USS Gerald R. Ford earns top U.S. Navy honor

The U.S. Navy’s first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) has been awarded the 2024...

South Korea launches CIWS-II production hub

South Korean defense manufacturer LIG Nex1 has inaugurated a dedicated production and testing complex for its next-generation...

Japan’s P-1 patrol plane faces operational gaps

A recent investigation by Japan’s Board of Audit has revealed persistently low operational availability of the Maritime...

Japan successfully tests unmanned mine hunter

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has completed its first successful live mine disposal using an unmanned surface...

Lockheed Martin to upgrade LRASM missiles to C-3 standard

Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control has received a $45.9 million contract modification to upgrade 10 Long-Range...

U.S. Navy awards $1.85B for next-gen attack subs

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. a contract modification valued at up to...

US Navy’s giant hospital ship arrives in Panama

The U.S. Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort arrived in Colón, Panama, on June 25 as part of...

China conducts 1,000 carrier ops near Japan

Japan’s Ministry of Defense reported that China’s Liaoning aircraft carrier has exited the Pacific and entered the...

USS Ford strike group heads to Europe

Nearly 4,500 U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk...

Raytheon to supply missile kits for Japanese ESSM production

Raytheon, an RTX business, has secured a $250 million contract from Japan’s Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) to...

Danish firm develops plug-and-play naval module system

Danish defense company SH Defence is promoting its modular Cube system, a scalable platform technology designed to...

Ukrainian Navy blows up Russian landing craft

Ukrainian Naval Forces have struck and destroyed a Russian landing craft carrying troops near the western shoreline...

Final Independence-class ship clears trials

The U.S. Navy’s final Independence-class littoral combat ship, the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), has successfully completed...

British F-35 still grounded at Indian airport

A British F-35B stealth fighter remains grounded at Thiruvananthapuram International Airport in India, six days after an...
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