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,...
Aotearoa heads for Antarctica
THE RNZN’s new replenishment ship Aotearoa has commenced its first resupply mission to Antarctica. It is the first time in more than 50 years...
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.
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