Leading boat launch and recovery systems supplier Vestdavit is bringing new fast craft handling capability to HMS Protector, the only Royal Navy ship dedicated to Antarctic Patrol & Survey duties.
The Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in St. Petersburg in northwest Russia has floated out a multi-layer superstructure for the Project 20380 corvette Strogy (NATO reporting name: Steregushchy-class), the shipyard’s press office said.
98% of the sailors aboard French Navy (Marine Nationale) aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle (and its strike group) are now cured.
The Khabarovsk nuclear submarine of project 09851, which is the second carrier of Poseidon underwater craft, is likely to be floated in late June, a defense industry source told TASS.
The Bundestag (German Parlament) approved the deployment of the Bundeswehr in the crisis management operation EUNAVFOR MED (European Union Naval Force – Mediterranean) “Irini” in the Mediterranean on May 7, 2020.
The first Japanese V-22s have finally reach their home soil. Two Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft were unloaded from a Ro-Ro vessel in Iwakuni , Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, South Korea’s defense budget remains mostly unaffected. Budget reductions in the “2020-2024 mid-term defense acquisition plan” will be limited to programs deemed as “non essential” and to a limited number of foreign procurement programs.
Four minehunters from the two allies’ navies pooled their collective resources to work with two of the Royal Navy’s frigates operating in the Gulf for two action-packed days which extended far beyond the art of hunting mines.
The Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten) conducted a rare, joint (air force, and navy) anti-surface warfare (ASuW) exercise. Surface targets were engaged with RBS15 anti-ship missiles launched from all three domains (land, air and sea).
Maritime technology specialist Sonardyne International Ltd. has launched a new navigation and collision avoidance capability for surface and underwater naval and defence operations with its new Vigilant forward looking sonar (FLS).
