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Royal Marines take delivery of revamped raiding craft

The Royal Marines have taken delivery of the Commando Raiding Craft (CRC), a redesigned version of the tried-and-tested Offshore Raiding Craft – commonly known in the Corps as the ORC. The CRC is an upgraded...

BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 gun systems on Australian frigates

BAE Systems has been granted a contract by Australia to upgrade the current Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac-class frigates with a Common Control System (CCS). The upgrade aims to eliminate...

Egyptian Navy takes delivery of third MEKO frigate

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems handed over the third in a series of four MEKO A-200 EN frigates to the Egyptian Navy at a ceremony held in Bremerhaven on 15 December. Production work on the frigate named...

RFA Stirling Castle delivered to the Royal Navy

The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation has successfully delivered a former specialist offshore support vessel, the RFA Stirling Castle, to the Royal Navy. This 6,000-tonne vessel has been equipped with...

Saab to deliver Double Eagle SAROV to Kuwait

Saab has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to deliver a Double Eagle Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicle (SAROV) to the Kuwait Naval Force. The Double Eagle family of undersea vehicles is a...

KONGSBERG awarded framework agreement for maintenance of Norwegian frigates

Kongsberg Naval Services (KONGSBERG), a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, has secured a significant strategic framework agreement with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency to provide operational support, maintenance, and life-extending...

MBDA to deliver Common Anti-air Modular Missiles to Swedish Navy

MBDA has announced that it has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to deliver Common Anti-air Modular Missiles (CAMMs) for the Swedish Armed Forces. The contract will see MBDA supply...