The first two littoral combat ships (LCS) were under way together for the first time recently off Southern California. USS Freedom (LCS 1) and USS Independence (LCS 2) represent a …
In order to fulfill a long standing U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of operations (AOR) request for an Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB), the Navy has delayed the decommissioning of …
The Indian Navy (IN) commissioned its newest frigate, INS Teg (F 45) at Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia on April 27, 2012. Teg is the lead ship of a series of three …
The first of two new missile-armed fast attack craft (FACM) for Pakistan, PNS Azmat (with pennant 1013) was commissioned into the Pakistan Navy at Xingang Shipyard in Tianjin, China on …
The first of the U.S. Navy’s new aluminum Joint High Speed Vessels, the future USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1), completed builder’s sea trials on April 19 in the Gulf of Mexico.
Naval …
Since it was reincarnated from its 2008 Northrop Grumman National Security Frigate avatar by Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and rolled out at the Surface Navy Association’s annual meeting in January, …
The most sophisticated integrated electric power and propulsion system ever built for a U.S. warship is one step closer to hitting the “on” switch.
The Navy’s new USS Zumwalt (DDG …
Navy ships have begun the semiannual Koa Kai naval exercise, which includes integrated flight operations, anti-surface and anti-submarine training, and dynamic ship maneuvers in and around Hawaiian waters.
Koa Kai …
Two Gulf Coast shipbuilders, VT Halter Marine (Pascagoula, Miss.) and Swiftships (Morgan City, La.), are playing important roles in modernizing Egypt’s naval and coast guard forces respectively.
VT Halter Marine …
Thailand’s government is thought to be interested in equipping the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) with two to three new frigates. In response to this, South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) …
