Report to Congress on Ford carrier program
Congress, as part of its action on the Navy’s FY2021 budget, provided a total of $2,565.4 million (i.e., about $2.6 billion), including $71.0...
Australian warship to join UK Pacific exercise
An Australian warship is expected to join HMS Queen Elizabeth’s Carrier Strike Group for exercises in the Pacific region later this year, UKDJ reports.
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Italy’s flagship in F-35B trials in US
Following its Atlantic crossing, the aircraft carrier Cavour, the flagship of the Italian Navy, will conduct its first trials with the F-35B Lightning II...
Canadian Navy chooses multi-role ship
Like many navies around the world, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) is making use of the most modern technological advancements in the design and...
Roosevelt, Nimitz in South China Sea
Aircraft carriers Theodore Roosevelt and Nimitz, along with their carrier strike groups, conducted dual carrier operations this month (Feb 2021) in the South China Sea...
$800m for new landing craft
Defence will invest up to $800million to acquire new fleets of Australian-built amphibious vehicles and landing craft that will be able to transport land...
Dreadnought submarine set for 2030s
The Defence Secretary has confirmed that first of class nuclear missile submarine HMS Dreadnought is “on track” for delivery in the early 2030s, UKDJ...
Ships: US cannot outbuild China
By Marcus Hellyer*
The most often quoted line of the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu is that ‘supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance...
US halts deliveries of littoral combat ship
The U.S. Navy has halted deliveries of Lockheed Martin’s Freedom-class littoral combat ship, citing a design flaw with the ship’s transmission, Defense News reports.
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Chinese Navy to get new carrier
The Chinese Navy’s large aircraft carrier, Type 003, is expected to be launched in 2021 and enter naval service around 2025, DefenseNews reports.
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