Sea Platforms

The latest Astute-class submarine of the Royal Navy has been given an official name at BAE Systems' Submarines facility in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Named Agamemnon, after the ancient Greek king, this is the sixth of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Babcock International Group has laid the keel for HMS Active, the second ship in the Royal Navy's Type 31 frigate programme, marking the beginning of the programme's multi-ship phase, where two warships are being...

The French Navy has welcomed its second Suffren-class attack submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, into its fleet. The submarine was officially delivered on 11 August, after completing a series of sea trials and tests. The Duguay-Trouin...

Fincantieri has announced that it has won a contract from the German Navy to provide maintenance and modernization services for four Type 212A submarines. The agreement, worth about 300 million euros, will be carried...