Thursday 12 December, 2024

Naval Platforms

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

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

20th Guardian-class patrol boat delivered to Australia

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

Royal Navy to acquire up to six new amphibious ships

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

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Type 31 frigate programme moves into multi-ship build phase

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fifth Astute-class submarine delivered to the Royal Navy

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

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

Third Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat delivered to Royal Australian Navy

Austal Limited announced on 3 November that Austal Australia has delivered the third of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats...

Seagull USV in successful trials off Scotland

Elbit Systems UK reported on 4 October that its Seagull Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) had been successfully demonstrated during...

FMV signs agreement with Saab for submarine upgrades

Swedish defence company Saab has received new orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding submarine upgrades. The...

Finnish Navy takes delivery of fourth modernized Hamina-class vessel

Finnish defence company Patria has delivered the fourth and last modernized Hamina-Class missile boat to the Finnish Navy in Upinniemi....

Babcock awarded contracts for Poland’s MIECZNIK frigate programme

UK-based defence company Babcock announced on 7 September that it had secured a further two contracts relating to Poland’s...

Astute-class submarine HMS Anson joins Royal Navy fleet

HMS Anson, the fifth of the new Astute-class submarines, was welcomed into the Royal Navy fleet at a ceremony...

Babcock wins contract for carrier dry dock

Babcock has been awarded a 10-Year Contract for HMS Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers dry-dock maintenance. Babcock Press Release, 16...

Construction begins on new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates

The construction of HMS Venturer, the first of five new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates, is now underway at...

Babcock signs deal to support NAM Atlântico

Aerospace, defence and security company, Babcock International Group announced on 7 April that it has signed a four-year contract...

Saab to upgrade third Gotland-class submarine

Swedish defence company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the Mid-Life Upgrade...

HMS Prince of Wales to lead NATO task force in the Arctic

Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales deploys in her role as NATO’s command ship to Exercise Cold Response, the...

Ireland set to purchase two patrol vessels from New Zealand

The Irish government is set to shortly announce a deal to purchase two Lake Class patrol vessels from New...

Cutting-edge Russian guided-missile corvette in White Sea trials

Russian Northern Fleet press office reported 6 December that Project 20385 guided-missile corvette Gremyashchiy entered the White Sea for...

Britain’s latest aircraft carrier has set sail to begin sea trials

Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has sailed from Rosyth Dockyard for the first time the UK...

Sweden’s Gotland-class submarine HMS Uppland relaunched

The relaunch of HMS Uppland took place on 19 June, Saab announced. Two of the Gotland-class submarines have now...

Russian Navy to get over 180 warships by 2027 under armament plan

Russian news agency TASS reported 27 March that the Russian Navy will get over 180 warships and vessels of...

Japan commissions 10th Sōryū-Class Attack Submarine

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its 10th Sōryū-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on 18 March. The submarine JS...