Vessels
USS Olympia arrives in Bremerton for inactivation, decommissioning
US Navy’s Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) arrived at Bremerton, Washington, on October 29 to start her inactivation and decommissioning process at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The 35-year-old Olympia is starting the inactivation procedure after completing her final deplo
Turkish indigenous rail gun “Şahi-209” to be integrated to naval assets
Article by: Dorian Archus The Turkish defense industry is growing day by day. With the confidence of the success in recent years, Turkish engineers are very close to a game-changer technology, Electromagnetic Rail Gun (EMRG). According to the sources in Turkey, Turkish indigenous Rail Gun (launches
Australia’s second AWD completes Cooperative Engagement Capability tests
The Royal Australian Navy’s second air warfare destroyer HMAS Brisbane recently carried out a live missile firing using the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) and remote sensor data from a US Navy destroyer. The missile firing was part of the Australian destroyer’s US East Coast combat systems
USS Gerald R. Ford completes Post-Shakedown Availability
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first of a new class of US Navy aircraft carriers, completed its Post-Shakedown Availability/Selected Restricted Availability (PSA/SRA), returning to its home port at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on October 30. A PSA is a typical period of construction availabili
UK takes delivery of first Poseidon maritime patrol plane
US defense and aerospace giant Boeing has delivered the first of nine Poseidon P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to the UK armed forces. The aircraft, with military registration ZP801, was handed over in a ceremony in Seattle that was attended by Royal Air Force and Royal Navy personnel. An RAF crew wil
Germany starts construction of seventh K130 corvette FGS Emden
Construction works on the second ship of the second batch of German Navy K130 corvettes kicked off with a steel-cutting ceremony at Luerssen’s Bremen shipyard on October 28. In addition to being the second ship of the new batch, the future FGS Emden will be the seventh K130 (Braunschweig-class) corv
BAE gets follow-on deal for Amphibious Combat Vehicle deliveries
The US Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded BAE Systems a $119.9 contract modification for the delivery of an additional 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). In June 2018, BAE Systems was selected as the preferred builder for the construction of the ACV, a new platform that will eventually repla
Second Ford-class carrier afloat ahead of christening ceremony
The US Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), marked another milestone as Huntington Ingalls Industries-Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) flooded the ship’s dry dock on October 29. John F. Kennedy has been under construction at its Newport News location sin
Amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) passes US Navy trials
The US Navy’s newest America-class amphibious assault ship, future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), has completed acceptance trials. The aviation-centric ship spent three days underway in the Gulf of Mexico during the trials, before returning to the Ingalls Shipbuilding’s shipyard. The Navy’s Board of Inspectio
GDBIW floats out 68th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer
US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) was floated out on October 27 at General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works shipyard. The 68th unit in its class was first translated into the drydock on Friday. The drydock then moved to a deep section of the Kennebec River on Saturday and lowe
US Navy tests drone deliveries to submarines
History was made as the first ever drone delivery to a submarine at sea was achieved.
US Navy takes delivery of Virginia-class sub Delaware (SSN 791)
The US Navy has taken delivery of its newest fast-attack submarine from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding. Delaware (SSN 791), which successfully completed sea trials earlier this month, is the ninth Virginia-class submarine to be delivered by Newport News and the 18th built a
Royal New Zealand Navy tanker named in South Korea
The Royal New Zealand Navy has held an official naming ceremony for its new tanker at Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan, South Korea. HMZS Aotearea, which will be the largest ship in the navy fleet once it is delivered, was named after being launched in April this year. Following her sea t
USS Gerald R. Ford returns to sea after overhaul
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), dubbed the world’s most expensive ship with a price tag of over $13 billion, departed Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) after 15 months of repairs. The ship started trials after undergoing rectification work on a