New carrier strike group idea
When the destroyers The Sullivans and Delbert D. Black deployed in the fall to the eastern Mediterranean Sea, they joined the Gerald R. Ford...
Steel cutting of India’s new fleet support ship
A Steel Cutting ceremony of first of the five Fleet Support Ships (FSS) was held at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL), Visakhapatnam on 10 April,...
US shipbuilding years behind
Several of the U.S. Navy’s top shipbuilding programs are running one year to three years behind schedule, as the service and the industrial base...
Report of US Constellation Class frigate program
On 4 April the US Congressional Research Service released a 32 page report on the US Constellation Class Frigate (FFG-62) Program. The US Navy...
Fourth Chinese spy vessel around India
With India planning to test at least one more nuclear ballistic missile in the next two weeks, a new Chinese spy ship has started...
Sinking of Russian ships has come too late
Last week, the Ukrainian military claimed it struck—presumably with British-made Storm Shadow missiles or similar, French-made SCALP-EGs launched by Sukhoi Su-24 bombers—two Russian navy...
Big radar upgrade for HMAS Choules
HMAS Choules (L-100) was quietly fitted with a CEA Technologies CEAFAR Phased Array Radar over the new year period, Australian Defence Magazine reports. The...
AUKUS aims for common uncrewed system
The AUKUS partners – Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom – are eyeing the creation of an “AUKUS” Common Control System for...
Fiji takes second patrol boat
Fiji has taken delivery of its second Guardian-class Patrol Boat, the RFNS Puamau, at a handover ceremony at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia, Australian Defence...
China is building fourth carrier
China is in the process of developing its fourth aircraft carrier to rival the US fleet in the western Pacific, a People’s Liberation Army...