Naval and Maritime Defence News

Babcock awarded Capability Insertion Period contract for Royal Navy Type 31 frigates

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Babcock have secured a contract valued at approximately GBP 65 million aimed at providing the Capability Insertion Period (CIP)...

BAE Systems awarded contract for future Virginia Payload Module missile tubes

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BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth USD 70 million by General Dynamics Electric Boat to manufacture missile...

Rafael and Elbit Systems to supply maritime self-protection systems for NATO frigates

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Elbit Systems have secured a contract to provide an advanced Naval Decoy Control &...

Keel laid for Royal Navy’s first Dreadnought-class submarine

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The keel for the first of the Royal Navy's new Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), which represent the...

Norway and Germany sign maintenance agreement for Naval Strike Missile

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

Norway and Germany have formed a partnership agreement focused on the maintenance of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM). This...

Royal Navy takes delivery of new autonomous mine hunting system

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The Royal Navy has taken delivery of a new uncrewed surface vessel (USV) from Thales designed to identify and...

Türkiye successfully test-fires submarine-launched Atmaca missile

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The Turkish Navy has successfully completed the first underwater test-firing of the Atmaca long-range anti-ship cruise missile. Turkish Defence Industries...

SEA to deliver Torpedo Launcher System for Malaysia’s Lela-class Littoral Combat Ships

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

SEA, a subsidiary of Cohort plc, has obtained a contract extension with Lumut Naval Shipyard (LUNAS) to provide its...

BAE Systems to deliver Mk4 naval gun system for Colombian Navy’s PES Frigate

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract by Damen Naval to supply a Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system...

Canada awards contract for new River-class destroyers

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The Canadian government announced on 8 March the implementation contract award to Irving Shipbuilding Inc (ISI) for the construction...

Denmark to acquire Naval Strike Missile

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace has entered into a contract to supply the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) along with associated...

Royal Navy’s first new electronic warfare system rolls off the production line

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The initial unit of the Royal Navy's next-generation electronic warfare systems has completed production, with final tests and enhancements...

BAE Systems to upgrade additional US Navy Mk 45 naval guns

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

The US Navy awarded BAE Systems a contract exceeding USD 70 million for the upgrade of Mk 45 5-inch...

Rolls-Royce awarded major contract for Royal Navy nuclear submarine reactors

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

A deal valued at around GBP 9 billion, has been signed between the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and...

SEA to deliver Torpedo Launcher System for Latin American frigate programme

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

SEA, a subsidiary of Cohort plc, has been selected to deliver its triple trainable Torpedo Launcher System (TLS) for a...

Raytheon to produce additional SM-6 for US Navy

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Raytheon, a subsidiary of RTX, has received a contract valued at USD 333 million from the US Navy for...

Germany approves Type 127 air defence frigate programme

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The budget committee of Germany's parliament has formally approved the acquisition of Type 127 air defence frigates for the...

Türkiye begins construction of three major naval projects

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The Turkish Ministry of National Defence has announced the commencement of construction of two new surface vessels and a...

Royal Navy trials uncrewed MMCM for the first time

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The Royal Navy's advanced autonomous mine-hunting technology has progressed significantly with the inaugural deployment and testing of the "Apollo"...

Rolls-Royce MBHS selected for Royal Navy Type 26 frigates

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

Rolls-Royce announced that its Mission Bay Handling System (MBHS) has been selected for Batch 2 of the UK Royal...

Austal delivers seventh Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy

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Austal Australia has delivered the seventh of ten Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPBs) under contract to the Royal Australian...

Royal Navy successfully tests next-generation Spearfish torpedo

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

The Royal Navy has successfully tested the next-generation Spearfish weapons system from a Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine during...

Type 31 frigates to be equipped with Marins INS

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

Exail has been selected by Anschutz, a German company specializing in ship navigation systems, to supply Marins inertial navigation...

20th Guardian-class patrol boat delivered to Australia

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Austal Limited has announced that Austal Australia has delivered the 20th Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Australian Department of...

Kongsberg signs contract for Supersonic Strike Missile

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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the initial...

Royal Navy to acquire up to six new amphibious ships

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce today that up to six new state-of-the-art warships will be built...

Sixth Astute-class submarine officially named

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The latest Astute-class submarine of the Royal Navy has been given an official name at BAE Systems' Submarines facility...

Kongsberg Maritime to supply propeller systems for ASW frigates

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

Kongsberg Maritime will supply four shipsets of controllable pitch propeller systems and associated equipment, including shaftlines, to Dutch shipbuilder...

DragonFire to be installed on Royal Navy warships earlier than expected

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

The Royal Navy is set to install the advanced DragonFire laser on its warships from 2027 - much earlier...

Royal Marines take delivery of revamped raiding craft

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The Royal Marines have taken delivery of the Commando Raiding Craft (CRC), a redesigned version of the tried-and-tested Offshore...

BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 gun systems on Australian frigates

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

BAE Systems has been granted a contract by Australia to upgrade the current Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun...

Egyptian Navy takes delivery of third MEKO frigate

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ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems handed over the third in a series of four MEKO A-200 EN frigates to the Egyptian...

RFA Stirling Castle delivered to the Royal Navy

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation has successfully delivered a former specialist offshore support vessel,...

Saab to deliver Double Eagle SAROV to Kuwait

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

Saab has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to deliver a Double Eagle Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicle...

KONGSBERG awarded framework agreement for maintenance of Norwegian frigates

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

Kongsberg Naval Services (KONGSBERG), a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, has secured a significant strategic...

Japan to procure Tomahawk cruise missiles

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

The US State Department has approved Japan's potential purchase of the Tomahawk Weapon System and related equipment for an...

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

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

MBDA has announced that it has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to deliver Common...

Babcock awarded contract to support Royal Navy Phalanx CIWS

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

Babcock International has secured a contract worth £17.9 million from the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support...

Northrop Grumman to supply US Navy with new guided ammunition

Naval Weapons Neil Ritchie -

Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a development contract from the U.S. Navy for their newly designed 57mm guided high...

HENSOLDT to equip US Coast Guard with naval radars

Naval Systems Neil Ritchie -

HENSOLDT, a provider of sensor solutions, will equip the US Coast Guard's "Legend" class National Security Cutter (NSC) with...

Type 31 frigate programme moves into multi-ship build phase

Naval Platforms Neil Ritchie -

Babcock International Group has laid the keel for HMS Active, the second ship in the Royal Navy's Type 31...

French Navy takes delivery of second Suffren-Class attack submarine

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The French Navy has welcomed its second Suffren-class attack submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, into its fleet. The submarine was officially...

Fincantieri wins maintenance contract for German submarines

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Fincantieri has announced that it has won a contract from the German Navy to provide maintenance and modernization services...

Belgium and Netherlands launch frigate programme

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Belgium and Netherlands have recently announced the launch of a joint frigate programme that will replace their current multipurpose...

U.S. Navy commissions USS Santa Barbara

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The U.S. Navy has a new addition to its fleet of littoral combat ships (LCS): the USS Santa Barbara,...

Dutch navy to receive twenty new landing craft

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The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive twenty new landing craft to enhance its amphibious capabilities and replace...

Australia to buy 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles

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Australia has announced its intention to purchase up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, in a...

Kongsberg to deliver propulsion systems for Philippine Navy’s new OPVs

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Kongsberg Maritime announced on 6 March the sale of six sets of Controllable Pitch Propeller systems to Hyundai Heavy...

Lockheed Martin to develop ship-launched hypersonic missile

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The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto...

Fifth Astute-class submarine delivered to the Royal Navy

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HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class submarine, has departed BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to begin the journey to...

Construction begins on third Dreadnought-class submarine

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The first steel has been cut at BAE Systems works in Barrow-in-Furness for the third Dreadnought-class strategic missile submarine...

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