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Names of Two Future U.S. Destroyers Announced

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the names of two future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers

Royal Navy Joins Migrant Interdiction Effort in English Channel

The Royal Navy is set to join the effort to patrol the English Channel as an increasing number of foreign migrants attempt

U.S. Navy Opts for Block Buy for Two Ford-Class Carriers

On New Years' Eve, the Pentagon finalized plans to buy the third and fourth Ford-class aircraft carriers at one time in a money-saving "block buy" deal.

Shutdown Hits Coast Guard Academy, NOAA and MARAD

An estimated ten percent of the U.S. Coast Guard's employees have been furloughed due to the partial government shutdown

Ukrainian Gunboat Fires Shots to Halt Suspected Smugglers

On New Year's Eve, the Ukrainian gunboat Pryluky intercepted a suspected smuggling vessel in the Black Sea by firing warning shots across its bow. 

Kraken Completes Successful Sea Tests of KATFISH with Elbit Systems

Kraken Robotic Systems Inc., has completed a series of successful sea tests of its KATFISH towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar system with Elbit Systems

Royal Austalian Navy Seizes Illegal Drug Shipments

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized more than 900 kilos of heroin worth approximately $279 million*

cIntercepts Five Tons of Hashish in Gulf of Aden

Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Chung-Hoon seized more than five tons of hashish from a stateless vessel in the international waters of the Gulf of Aden

HII gets additional $228m for Enterprise

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries’s Newport News Shipbuilding a $228.m million

Captured Ukrainian Sailors Lose Court Appeal

An appeals court in Russian-occupied Crimea has decided that five Ukrainian Navy sailors captured by Russian forces in late November will not be released

Bath Iron Works Wins Contract for Fifth DDG 51 Destroyer

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract to build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the multi-year award announced in September

Air-Defense Destroyer HMS Dragon Seizes $100M in Hashish

The Royal Navy warship HMS Dragon has seized and destroyed ten tonnes of hash worth nearly $100 million in a record-breaking drug bust in the Persian Gulf.

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