U.S.  Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4 prepared the RQ-7B Shadow Unmanned Aircraft System for its final flight during Exercise Steel Knight in Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 11, 2017.   Steel Knight is an annual exercise led by 1st Marine Division that combines air and ground assets to complete a wide range of military operations focusing […]

The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Little Rock (LCS 9) –– the nation’s fifth Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) –– on the Buffalo River on Dec. 16. This milestone officially places the ship, which was designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Fincantieri Marinette Marine into active service. USS Little Rock completed its acceptance trials […]

The Russian Navy is the naval arm of the Russian Armed Forces awarded a contract to “Central Design Bureau Neptune” company for two “Manul” (project 23321) light-weight combat hovercraft, reports “Kommersant“. The “Manul” light-weight combat hovercraft was developed on the basis of the “Pardus” hovercraft, also developed by the Central Design Bureau “Neptune”. Today the company has designed and built […]

The Ukrainian Naval Aviation expects to receive Kamov Ka-226 multirole helicopter, said Ukrainian entrepreneur and volunteer Daulet Beisembayev. “Ukrainian Naval Aviation will receive a new Ka-226 helicopter, which did not fly for nearly 9 years and was kept all the time in the hangar of the Lviv Aircraft Repair Plant,” Daulet Beisembayev said. The Kamov […]

With the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federative Republic of Brazil, a delegation of the Ukrainian State Enterprise ‘Ukrinmash’, which is part of the State Concern ‘UkrOboronProm’, visited the Rio de Janeiro from November 27 to 30. A delegation from Ukraine’s defence industry concern […]

The commissioning, naming and flag-granting ceremony for the Type-056A frigate Suining (Hull 551) was held at a PLA Navy’s pier in southern Guangdong province on Tuesday, marking the frigate officially joined the PLA Navy’s battle sequences. The ceremony began at 10:00 am on Nov.28. Yao Guowen, deputy commander of a naval base in Guangzhou, announced […]

The ORP Kormoran minehunter has joined the Polish Navy, the military branch of the Polish Armed Forces. The flag-hoisting ceremony was held on board the ship at the northern port city of Gdynia on Tuesday, on 28 November. “It is the first ship which the Republic of Poland can be proud, which the Navy can be proud […]

After US P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was seen going through the international airspace the Black Sea, Russia has sent fighter jets to intercept. According to the report of the Pentagon, a Russian Su-30 fighter jet made an “unsafe” intercept of a US P-8A Poseidon aircraft Saturday while it was flying over the Black Sea. Lt. Col. Michelle […]

The People’s Liberation Army Navy, also known as the PLA Navy, released photos from maritime exercise in waters of the South China Sea. During the exercise, were involved new Chinese amphibious assault ships with Type 726 landing craft air cushion (LCAC) on board. The amphibious dock landing ship Changbaishan (Hull 989) during an amphibious landing exercise in waters of the South […]

Pella Leningrad Shipyard in St. Petersburg, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has launched the new Russian Project 22800 (Karakurt-class) missile corvette, called Taifun. The Taifun (№ 252) is a Karakurt-class small-size missile corvette built with stealth technology and designed for better performance in the open ocean. With a displacement of nearly 800 tons, they have a sea […]