06/30/2009
Typhoon class submarines to remain in service with Russian Navy
The world's largest Typhoon-class submarines will remain in service with the Russian Navy, the Navy commander said on Friday.
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06/30/2009
Russian firm pledges to deliver frigates to India on schedule
Russia will fulfill its obligations on schedule to supply three Project 11356 frigates to India by 2012, a shipbuilding industry official said on Friday.
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06/30/2009
Russia to take part in Indian diesel submarine tender
Russia will participate in an expected tender to supply diesel-electric submarines to the Indian navy, the Russian state arms exporter said on Friday.
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06/26/2009
Rosoboronexport, Thales sign cooperation memorandum
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport and France's Thales Group agreed on Friday to market jointly-developed naval equipment internationally.
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06/26/2009
Anti-piracy operations must be led by UN - Russia's navy chief
The Russian Navy supports the idea of conducting international anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden under the UN aegis, its commander said on Thursday.
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06/26/2009
Russia to lay down 2nd Graney class nuclear sub in July
Russia will start construction of a second Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine in July, a shipbuilding industry official said on Thursday.
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06/26/2009
Fire in decommissioned submarine
An ignition in some rubber covering the front part of the submarine Orenburg caused a fire that lasted for nearby two hours Thursday morning at the Zvezdochka yard in Severodvinsk.
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06/26/2009
Stalin remembered in the Northern Fleet
A memorial in the Northern Fleet base Polyarny has been restored to show the original inscription that hails Josef Stalin as founder of the Northern Fleet.
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06/26/2009
Construction of new icebreaker starts in 2010
Russia will have its first nuclear icebreaker of the next generation within 2015. Construction of the first vessel will start in 2010, and it will be equipped with a new type of nuclear reactor.
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06/25/2009
Construction of 2nd Adm. Gorshkov class frigate to start in 2009
The construction of a second Admiral Gorshkov class frigate will begin this year in St. Petersburg, Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said on Wednesday.
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06/25/2009
Russia may export up to 40 diesel submarines by 2015
Russia could sell up to 40 fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines to foreign customers by 2015, state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
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06/22/2009
Moscow postpones moving of Navy headquarters
The planned moving of the Russian Navy headquarters from Moscow to St. Petersburg is likely to be delayed because of the economic crisis, Navy Head Commander Vladimir Vysotsky said on Friday.
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06/21/2009
Russian Navy takes delivery of new frigate
Russia's newest frigate, the Yaroslav Mudry, was officially presented to the navy on Friday, a spokesman for the Yantar shipyard said.
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06/21/2009
Nine subs to be scraped
In 2009 Russia will utilise nine of its older nuclear powered submarines.
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06/21/2009
Yury Dolgoruky left Severodvinsk
Russia's brand new submarine left the yard today and sailed out in the White Sea.
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06/19/2009
Russia's Black Sea Fleet rules out joint drills with Georgia
Russia's Black Sea Fleet will not take part in any joint naval exercises involving Georgian warships, a senior Russian military official said on Wednesday.
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06/17/2009
Russia's troubled nuclear sub to resume sea trials in late June
Sea trials of the Nerpa nuclear-propelled submarine, which was damaged in a fatal accident during previous tests, will resume in late June, the director of the Amur shipyard in Russia's Far East said on Monday.
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06/17/2009
General Staff: New security treaty must include Arctic
Deputy leader in the Russian General Staff Anatoly Nogovitsyn says the proposed new European Security Treaty should include also the North Atlantic and the Arctic.
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06/11/2009
Russia's Lada sub trials to be completed in 2009
The Defense Ministry plans to complete sea trials of a new diesel Lada-class submarine this year, a military official said on Wednesday.
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06/11/2009
Topol-M, Bulava missiles to be core of Russian nuclear triad
Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia's nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said on Wednesday.
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