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The proliferation of submarines continues to rise as global maritime security realities necessitate the need for undersea defence. Naval warfare...
Read moreThe South African Navy has been allocated a substantial sum of R1.4 billion to undertake a refit of its submarine...
Read moreMaritime leaders from 31 of Africa’s 38 coastal countries gathered in Cabo Verde in late March to discuss collaborative strategies...
Read moreSpanish shipbuilder Group Aresa International has supplied five more Aresa inshore patrol boats to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety...
Read moreFrench-based Constructions Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN) has launched the first of two tank landing craft for the Angolan Navy as...
Read moreAlgerian Navy has modernized its fleet of Super Lynx Mk-140 anti-submarine helicopters with the Thales Compact Flash dipping sonar system....
Read moreMako Marine, a South African-based company has delivered more than half a dozen Defender 470 inflatable boats to the Armed...
Read moreThree years ago, Algeria had placed an order for a 96 metre corvette from China’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group (HZ), a...
Read moreIt was a warm summer day in the Ivory Coast when the Ivorian Navy received a much-awaited delivery. On the...
Read moreThe Algerian Navy could receive a second Landing Platform Dock (LPD) from Fincantieri under a shipbuilding cooperation agreement developed by...
Read moreTwo of the South African Air Force helicopter types– the Oryx transport and Rooivalk attack helicopter are largely grounded, with...
Read moreIn the framework of the contract between Abu Dhabi Ship Building - ADSB (Edge Group) and the Angolan Navy for...
Read moreRussia's navy will not launch its new generation "Zircon" hypersonic missile during a joint exercise with South Africa and China,...
Read moreA joint maritime military exercise is underway in South Africa involving China and Russia along with the South African navy....
Read moreThe Nigerian Navy has taken delivery of the first (NN410) of three new Leonardo AW-109SP GrandNew helicopters. Nigeria ordered for...
Read moreAbu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) - a subsidiary of UAE EDGE Group has signed a 'landmark' deal with Angola to...
Read moreMoscow and Khartoum are set to sign an agreement on establishing a logistic centre for the Russian Navy in Sudan,...
Read moreExercise Obangame Express 2023 (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, has concluded in Nigeria. The...
Read moreMosi, the second tri-nation naval exercise to be held in South African waters with Chinese and Russian participation will feature...
Read moreEgypt could manufacture two Gowind-class corvettes on behalf of Bahrain, one of its close allies in the Gulf. The Kingdom...
Read moreEgyptian Navy Shipyard (ENSY) is constructing sixteen new 28 meters coastal patrol boats in conjunction with United States' Swiftships. The...
Read moreThe first of three heavily armed OPV 58S for the Senegalese Navy has started receiving its armaments in time for...
Read moreThe first of two Ivorian Navy OPV 45 offshore patrol vessel (Esperance) ordered from Israeli Shipyards is undergoing sea trials...
Read moreThe United States Navy has deployed it's P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft to Nigeria to participate in the Obangame Express...
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