In November of last year, Sudan signed an agreement with Russia concerning the construction of a Russian naval base on the Red Sea at Port Sudan. While no airstrip was… Continue reading "Sudan Reviewing Russian Naval Base Agreement"
On 28 May, the long awaited Fiscal Year 2022 Budget request was submitted to Congress. While the overall requests across the board were not special, the Navy has outlined the… Continue reading "US Navy Outlines Plan to Cut 4 Littoral Combat Ships"
As part of wide-scale and on-going efforts to expand India’s domestic defense production capabilities, the Indian government announced a new “positive indigenization list” of 108 defense items which cannot be… Continue reading "India Expands Indigenization Efforts With 108-Item Import Ban List"
Following a series of projects that went grossly overbudget, most notably the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the Zumwalt class destroyers, acquisitions by the US Department of Defense (DoD) has… Continue reading "US Department of Defense Claims Progress on Acquisition Reform"
The French and Egyptian navies have conducted a joint military exercise dubbed “2021 Ramses” in the Red Sea. The most recent joint military exercise between the two countries Egypt took… Continue reading "French and Egyptian Navies Conduct a Joint Military Exercise in the Red Sea"
On 10 May, six US Navy ships escorting the guided missile submarine USS Georgia, as it travelled through the strait of Hormuz, ended up in an incident involving thirteen “fast… Continue reading "US Vessels Fire Warning Shots at 13 Iranians Boats"
The Israeli Navy has received the second of four Sa’ar 6-class corvettes from German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). ThyssenKrupp Naval Systems (TKMS) in Kiel hosted a handover ceremony for… Continue reading "Israeli Navy Receives Second Sa’ar 6 Corvette from Germany"
Over the weekend the US Navy announced that a massive shipment of military equipment had been intercepted and seized off the coast of Oman. USS Monterey (CG-61), a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile… Continue reading "US Navy Captures Major Weapons Shipment Headed Towards Yemen"
On the 27 April the flagship of the Russian Black sea fleet sailed to conduct combat training exercises. The missile cruiser Moskva of the Black Sea Fleet, left its main… Continue reading "Russian Navy’s First Supersonic Cruise Missile Test In The Black Sea"
Speaking before the US House of Representatives’ Appropriations Subcommittee, US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday revealed that the Zumwalt Class destroyers are planned to become the first ships… Continue reading "Zumwalt Destroyers to Become First US Ships Armed with Hypersonic Weapons"