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Australia deploying assets to Japan in support of North Korea sanctions
A frigate was expected to participate in the operation later this year.
Germany’s TKMS introducing 3D printing to submarine construction
German submarine specialist thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has been cleared to introduce additive manufacturing to submarine construction after obtaining necessary approvals from classification society DNV GL. The company said that, as it works with international customers on the integration of additiv
Qinetiq to help reduce Royal Navy subs’ acoustic, electromagnetic signatures
UK defense contractor QinetiQ has won a £18.7 million ($22.7m) contract to help reduce the acoustic and electromagnetic signatures of Royal Navy submarines and ships. Each ship or submarine has a unique acoustic and electromagnetic signature – the bigger this signature the easier it is to detect, id
Virginia-class submarine Delaware completes builder’s trials
The US Navy’s eighteenth Virginia-class submarine, Delaware (SSN 791), has returned to Newport News after completing the initial set of sea trials. The submarine, in the final stages of construction, spent three days at sea proving all of its systems, components and compartments. Delaware submerged
Australian Navy’s second Supply-class tanker launched in Spain
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched the second of two Royal Australian Navy auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ships at its shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. Future support tanker HMAS Stalwart was launched on August 31. The delivery into service of the Supply-class replenishment vessels from next y
Thailand hosts first US-ASEAN maritime exercise
This is the US Navy’s first exercise of its kind with ASEAN.
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HMS Queen Elizabeth departs for final phase of trials with UK F-35B fighter jets
The trials, known as Westlant, will take place off the US East Coast.
Australian sub home after five months of drills
Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS Farncomb returned home after completing a deployment that saw her take part in several international maneuvers in the past five months. Farncomb returned to Fleet Base West at Rockingham, Western Australia last week after participating in exercises Bersama Shield
40-ship maneuver Northern Coasts starting in Denmark
The two-week exercise will take place in Denmark and Germany.
NATO group wraps up deployment’s first drills in US waters
Maritime Express will also see cooperation between military vessels and the commercial shipping community.
US Marines test JLTVs aboard USS Kearsarge
Three different configurations of the Humvee successor were tested.
Raytheon gets $349m to complete first phase of anti-ship Tomahawk development
The US Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Raytheon a $349 million contract to complete the first phase of work on the Maritime Strike Tomahawk program. The project is being undertaken to allow the US Navy to field an anti-ship variant of the Block IV Tactical Tomahawk. The project started in 2016
US clears sale of MK 54 torpedoes for South Korean P-8As
The US state department has approved a possible sale of 31 MK 54 lightweight torpedoes to the Republic of Korea. The Republic of Korea Navy is acquiring the torpedoes for its new Poseidon P-8A submarine hunter aircraft. The proposed sale, along with associated equipment and services, has an estimate