Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today the successful completion of the initial sea trials Friday of fast-attack submarine Montana (SSN 794). The Virginia-class submarine, built at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, spent several days at sea […]
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Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) yesterday christened the 23rd Virginia-class submarine, New Jersey (SSN 796), at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. “The christening is a Navy and shipbuilder tradition that celebrates the hard work and […]
TOKYO (GDC) — China is facing consecutive blows in geopolitics and military tussles- first, Australia armed itself with nuclear-powered submarines as a part of the AUKUS deal with the UK and the US. And now, an increasingly resurgent Japan is also looking to arm itself […]
France will look to ensure any financial hit to Naval Group from a cancelled Australia submarine deal is limited, French Armed Forces Florence Parly said on last Thursday. Parly did not rule out France seeking […]
Some South-East Asian nations also worry that the new defense partnership between the US, Australia and the United Kingdom — known as AUKUS — could further marginalize the region’s peak diplomatic group, the Association of […]
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morison has approved a Life-of-Type Extension to the Collins class submarine fleet from 2026 in South Australia, and confirmed that the Full-Cycle Docking of the Collins class will continue to be […]
Australia’s defense minister Peter Dutton confirms that the short-term leasing of nuclear-powered submarines from the UK or the US is being considered by the government. “The short answer is yes,” Dutton said when asked on […]
Japan detected a submarine believed to be Chinese off a southern Japanese island, the defense ministry said Sunday, heightening Japan’s caution levels in the East China Sea as China increases its military activities. Japan’s Ministry […]
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