The French Navy has released a short video showing the test-firing of an Exocet SM39 underwater-launched anti-ship cruise missile from the nuclear-powered attack submarine. In a video posted by the French Navy, this weekend showed a test of an SM39 missile in the Atlantic Ocean on April 19. A nuclear attack submarine destroyed a target […]

UK-based Navy Lookout magazine has shared artist’s rendering of secret Russian special mission submarine. A series of renders showing an adapted Oscar class SSGN special-purpose boat, commonly known as Belgorod (Project 09852), designed to be ‘mother’ to the Losharik deep-diving midget submarine. Data on the submarine’s current technical characteristics are classified as of today. According […]

The U.S. Navy plans to select a California-based AeroVironment Inc. to manufacture submarine-launched Blackwing drones, according to the U.S. government’s main contracting website. In a notice posted on the Federal website on Tuesday, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) announced plans to issue a sole source contract to Aerovironment, Inc. for the procurement of Blackwing 10C Electro-Optic […]

A Russian Navy officer was punished following drunken outbursts on a K-18 Karelia (NATO reporting name: Delta IV) nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine while his crew was in quarantine due to the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). The details of the incident were disclosed in court decisions published by the state automated system “Pravosudiye”, multiple news […]

Wartsila Defense, a U.S. division of Finnish Wartsila which manufactures and services power sources and other equipment in the marine and energy markets, has won a contract valued at as much as $12,2 million for U.S. Navy submarine propeller systems. The contract award from U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center enables the company to make a […]

BAR Technologies that it has partnered with British company SubSea Craft Ltd in the design and build of VICTA – the world’s most advanced diver delivery unit. According to a company statement, as the principal partner, BAR Technologies has been integral to the shape and form of VICTA – designing and optimising the hull and control […]

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The Russian nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) Vladimir Monomakh has launched four Bulava intercontinental-range ballistic missiles for the first time, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. “Today, the strategic missile submarine Vladimir Monomakh of the Pacific Fleet fired a salvo of four Bulava ballistic missiles as part of planned combat training activities,” the statement says. […]

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One of the quietest and fastest U.S. Navy submarines, USS Seawolf (SSN 21), conducted a scheduled port visit in Gibraltar. The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Seawolf (SSN 21), also known as a silent hunter, made a routine port visit in Gibraltar, Dec. 1, 2020. These submarines are exceptionally quiet, fast, well-armed, and equipped with advanced sensors. […]

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The U.S. Navy has announced that French Navy Rubis-class attack submarine FS Émeraude (S-604) and Loire-class tender and support vessel FS Seine (A 604) arrived at Naval Base Guam. French nuclear attack submarine and support vessel arrived at Polaris Point, Guam as part of their long-term deployment. “Seine and Émeraude are in the Western Pacific on a […]

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Huntington Ingalls Industries, America’s largest military shipbuilding company has announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a contract modification from General Dynamics Electric Boat in support of construction on the first two Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines. As noted by the company, the contract modification, valued at approximately $2.2 billion, provides continued design […]

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