The German parliament has approved the sale of six MEKO frigates to Egypt in a 2.3 billion Euro deal. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ (TKMS) MEKO A200 frigate design has already been… Continue reading "Germany Approves Sale of MEKO A200 Frigates to Egypt"
The Spanish government has ordered the procurement of five multi-role F-110 frigates for the Spanish Navy. The deal with the state-owned shipbuilder Navantia is expected to cost 4.31 billion Euros… Continue reading "Spain Gives Go-Ahead for Construction of Five F-110 frigates"
The US Navy is planning to back-fit a derivative of the future SPY-6 radar to its Flight IIA Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers. The currently fitted SPY-1 has been… Continue reading "Flight IIA Arleigh Burke destroyers to get SPY-6 radar"
The Russian Pantsir is a jamming-resistant naval close-in weapon system (CIWS) in R&D, to replace the current Kashtan CIWS. The Pantsir-M is equipped with friend or foe identification system and… Continue reading "Russia exhibits the Naval Pantsir air-defense system"
In the early hours of the morning of 8th November, one of the Royal Norwegian Navy’s 5 Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates struck an oil tanker near the port of Sture. HNoMS Helge… Continue reading "Norwegian Frigate On the Rocks after Collision with Tanker"
The old dream of shooting things through the water (and hitting) is coming closer to reality. Traditional ammunition either stops or deflects when it hits water. The new 30 mm… Continue reading "Nammo’s Bullet swims through the Water"