For the third year in a row, the U.S. and partner nations, including Ukraine, have their eyes on the Black Sea’s future and ...

To strengthen airborne mine countermeasure capabilities, the US Navy has awarded a $10.5 million firm-fixed-price contract modification to BAE Systems. The contract, announced this week by the US ...

A sea mine that washed ashore near the town of Prymorske in Odesa Oblast after recent storms was disabled by counter-mine units from Ukraine's navy, according to an announcement by the navy's ...

Exercise Sea Breeze 25-2, a mine countermeasure exercise focused on the Black Sea, started Monday in Portland, England, the ...

Defense contractor Raytheon announced it conducted the first untethered, semi-autonomous tests of the Barracuda sea mine destroyer ...

But at sea, a new mine could drift into the same spot the next day, he said. Modern naval mines are generally triggered in two ways — a magnetic trigger, or a pressure-sensitive one, he said.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, ships in the Black Sea have faced a rising threat from mines. Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania -- the only three NATO ...

The Black Sea faces a long-term danger from naval mines in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ships have struck drifting mines in the last two years as Ukraine struggled to clear shipping routes.

An Exail K-Ster C vehicle approaches a sea mine in this artist's rendering of the technology. (Exail image) MILAN — The NATO Support and Procurement Agency has placed a new order for underwater ...

In May, Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) concluded a JPY4.2 billion ($29 million) contract with Ishikawa Seisakusho for the development of a new type of small sea mine. Its ...