Two Fast Attack Missile Crafts and one Type 214 submarine will be delivered to the Hellenic Navy before the end of the year and will be commissioned together with three more submarines next year. The first two crafts are the refurbished Laskos-class (Int. La Combattante IIIa), HS Mikonios (P-22) Fast Attack Missile Craft, and the… Continue reading TWO FAST ATTACK CRAFTS AND FOUR SUBMARINES TO BE COMMISSIONED INTO THE HELLENIC NAVY IN 2016

The Russian Navy has decided to use a nuclear power reactor unit for the new Leader-class guided missile destroyers it plans to build. According to ITAR-TASS press agency, the Russian Navy decided to switch from a gas turbine power unit, to a nuclear power reactor unit for the new class of 12 destroyers it is… Continue reading TWELVE NUCLEAR POWERED, GUIDED MISSILE DESTROYERS FOR THE RUSSIAN NAVY

After more than a year of negotiations, Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a Landing Platform Dock/Light Aircraft Carrier. The contract was signed between the Undersecretary of Defense Industries (SSM) and the Turkish shipbuilding company Sedef. The new vessel is going to be a version of the Landing Helicopter Dock Juan Carlos… Continue reading TURKEY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NAVANTIA-SEDEF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER

North Korea claims to have launched a Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Bukkeukseong-1 (Polaris-1 or KN-11 according to the US Intelligence Community) on May 9 2015. The launch is suspected to have been accomplished from a modified Golf II-class Soviet-made Ballistic Missile Submarine that Pyongyang bought from Russia in 1994. The launch took place off the… Continue reading NORTH KOREA CLAIMS TO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED A SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSIL

After more than a year of negotiations, Turkey has signed a contract for the construction of a Landing Platform Dock/Light Aircraft Carrier. The contract was signed between the Undersecretary of Defense Industries (SSM) and the Turkish shipbuilding company Sedef. The new vessel is going to be a version of the Landing Helicopter Dock Juan Carlos… Continue reading TURKEY SIGNS CONTRACT WITH NAVANTIA-SEDEF FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIGHT AIRCRAFT CARRIER

The development of one of the most important programmes of the Turkish Navy is nearing completion according to the Turkish defence industry forerunner, Aselsan. The new Multifunction, Phased Array Radar System, ÇAFRAD, is nearly complete following the official commencement of the programme in September 2013 when the Under Secretariat for the Defence Industries of Turkey… Continue reading ASELSAN NEARS COMPLETION OF ÇAFRAD – A NEW MULTIFUNCTION PHASED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEM

A list of the proposed future requirements of the Indian Navy was recently submitted to the Government by the Navy Chief, Admiral Robin Dhowan. The Indian Navy proposal includes a fleet of six nuclear powered submarines and the construction of a second indigenous aircraft carrier, which could be nuclear powered or conventionally powered. The submarine… Continue reading SIX NUCLEAR POWERED SUBMARINES AND A NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER FOR THE INDIAN NAVY

One of the most important contemporary shipbuilding programs of the Italian Navy started this month, when OCCAR (Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière d’armement) signed the order of contractual performance for the construction of six PPA vessels (Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura – Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Ships) and one LLS (Logistic Support Ship), with an option for the construction… Continue reading MAJOR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM VALUED 3.5 BILLION EUROS FOR THE ITALIAN NAVY