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Kongsberg signs contract with Australia for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM)
Kongsberg has signed a substantial contract with the Commonwealth of Australia for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and supporting equipment.
5 January 2023
Kongsberg has signed a substantial contract with the Commonwealth of Australia for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) and supporting equipment.
On December 27, 2022, French Navy’s La Fayette-class frigate, FS Guépratte (F714), seized a huge amount of illegal drugs from a fishing vessel in the international waters of the North Arabian Sea. FS Guépratte (F714) carried out the operation under CTF 150 mission, a part of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), a multinational maritime partnership located in Bahrain.
On December 21, 2022, the Indian Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Ltd (GRSE) laid the keel of two Anti-submarine Warfare Shallow Crafts (ASW SWC) in Kolkata.
As 2022 comes to an end, here is an overview of the ten most-read naval defense news stories we published this past year, based on the number of readers.
The Royal Navy’s drone squadron have taken their expertise in uncrewed systems one step further by building their own quadcopter.
On December 28, 2022, Edge Group’s ADSB (Abu Dhabi Ship Building) PJSC announced the cutting steel ceremony of the first Falaj 3-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) for the UAE Navy.
The U.S. Navy declared full rate production of the Sikorsky CH-53K® helicopter, a decision that is expected to increase production to more than 20 helicopters annually in the coming years.
On 21 December 2022, in the frame of the NFS PC meeting, the 2nd Contract Amendment for U212 NFS was awarded by OCCAR. This is another major step towards the progressive development of the Near Future Submarine Programme.
On December 23, the Japanese MoD released its budget request for FY2023 in which we can learn further details about Japan’s future ballistic missile defense (BMD) destroyers, also known as ASEV (Aegis system-equipped vessels).
On December 23, 2022, the Russian Admiralty Shipyard ceremonially launched the third Project 677M (Lada-class) submarine, the “Velikie Luki”, for the Russian Navy in St. Petersburg. “Velikiye Luki” hull was laid down in March 2015.
