Argentine Navy’s illegal fishing fight
The Argentine Navy has deployed its two newest offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), ARA Bouchard (P-51) and ARA Piedrabuena (P-52), to monitor an international fishing...
USS Ford getting ready for deployment
First-in-class aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford will be ready for a deployment this fall and Navy officials say it will have all the spare...
Using unmanned ships to protect ports
By George Galdorisi*
“Globalization” instantly brings to mind the flow of international trade that has both lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty and delivered...
Turkey’s mini-subs for world market
Turkey is developing mini attack submarines to operate in its surrounding seas and for potential sale on global weapons markets, a weapon at least...
New Indian submarine Vagir at aea
On 1 February INS Vagir, the fifth Scorpene class submarine in the Indian Navy, commended her sea trials. She was built at the Mazagon...
Inauguration of Republic of Indonesia Fleet Command
On 3 February the Indonesian Chief of Naval Staff (Kasal), Admiral Yudo Margono inaugurated the new Fleet command at a ceremony at Tanjung Priok,...
Chinese ships head to Tonga
On 24 January two PLA-N ships left Guangzhou to deliver China's disaster relief supplies to Tonga. The 1,400 tonnes of supplies include mobile homes,...
Congressional report into FFG 62
This is a summary of the US congressional report into the FFG 62
The Navy began procuring Constellation (FFG-62) class frigates (FFGs) in FY2020, and wants...
3D printing to help naval parts problem
Among the top risks to the critical Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine program is fragility in key parts of the industrial base, Defense News reports.
Additive...
US Navy’s step-by-step drone approach
The U.S. Navy is unlikely to pursue a formal program for unmanned surface vessels in the next five years, instead focusing on the enabling...