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Russian Antey-Class SSN Upgrade to Extend Service Life by 10 Years

Russian Antey-Class SSN Upgrade to Extend Service Life by 10 Years

MOSCOW — The service life of the Pacific Fleet’s Project 949A ‘Antey’ multirole nuclear-powered submarine Irkutsk will be extended by at least ten years after its repairs and upgrade at the Zvezda Ship Repair Plant in Russia’s Far East, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the ministry’s confere…
Mazagon Delivers Fourth Scorpène Submarine to Indian Navy

Mazagon Delivers Fourth Scorpène Submarine to Indian Navy

The fourth submarine of the Project-75, Yard 11878 was delivered to the Indian Navy today, 09 November 2021. Project–75 includes construction of six submarines of Scorpene design. These submarines are being constructed at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) Mumbai, under collaboration with M/s N…
RAF Typhoons Land in Oman for Exercise ‘Magic Carpet’

RAF Typhoons Land in Oman for Exercise ‘Magic Carpet’

RAF Typhoon jets and a Voyager air-to-air refueller arrived at the Air Exercise area in Dhofar Governorate, Oman, this week to prepare for Exercise MAGIC CARPET, an annual bilateral exercise with the RAF of Oman.

The Typhoons of II (AC) Squadron RAF Lossiemouth and 12 Squadron RAF Coningsby, and …

Contractor Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for US Navy Subs

Contractor Admits Faking Steel-Test Results for US Navy Subs

SEATTLE — A metallurgist in Washington state pleaded guilty to fraud Monday after she spent decades faking the results of strength tests on steel that was being used to make U.S. Navy submarines.

Elaine Marie Thomas, 67, of Auburn, Washington, was the director of metallurgy at a foundry in Tac…


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