STADT NAVAL has been invited and approved as a partner in the European Naval Industry Consortium led by Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia (coordinated by NAVIRIS) for the MMPC / EPC.
India’s second P15B destroyer (Visakhapatnam-class), the future INS Mormugao started sea trials on 19 December 2021.
Naval Group laid the keel of the first FDI frigate (frégate de défense et d’intervention) for the French Navy (Marine Nationale). Naval News was on-site at the shipyard in Lorient to cover this important event.
The Danish ministry of defense (Forsvarsministeriet) announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ukrainian Ministry of Infrastructure (Міністерство інфраструктури України) for the delivery of Danish ship design and technology to Ukraine.
The U.S. Navy and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) inked a Strategic Interoperability Framework (SIF) on 17 December 2021. The agreement paves the way for increased cooperation between the two navies for the next twenty years, especially their ability to “plug and fight” side by side.
The fourth and final Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) was named “Rencong” and handed over to the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM or RMN). The naming and delivery ceremony took place today at the Wuchang Shipbuilding Industrial Group, in Wuhan, China.
U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Dec. 12, as part of an initiative to integrate new unmanned systems and artificial intelligence into U.S. 5th Fleet operations.
iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Nagasaki launched today “Mikuma”, the fourth Mogami-class vessel. Also known as FFM, it is a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
French shipbuilder OCEA today launched the first of twenty “OCEA FPB 98 MKI” patrol boats for the State Border Guard service of Ukraine at its shipyard in Les Sables d’Olonne.
