The Australian Government will accelerate the creation of a $1 billion Sovereign Guided Weapons Enterprise, boosting skilled jobs and helping secure Australia’s sovereign defence capabilities.
News Highlights of March: Submarine news from India, Indonesia and Turkey, a frigate commissioning in the Philippines and a large maritime exercise between France, Belgium, Japan and the United States.
British shipbuilder Babcock is proposing its Arrowhead 140 design for the Hellenic Navy frigate requirement. The vessels, based on the future Type 31 frigate…
The Project 22350 frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ (NATO reporting name: Gorshkov-class) is set to support the trials of hypersonic weapons this year, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The US Navy received its first Block V configured Tomahawk missile from Raytheon March 25, paving the way to provide the fleet with an upgraded warfighting capability.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Cassard-class frigate Jean Bart will set sail for one final mission in April: Demonstrate its capabilities to the Hellenic Navy, who may acquire it as part of a “global French offer”.
The French Armed forces conducted in mid-March a large-scale, joint maritime counter terrorism exercise, off the Greek island of Crete in the central mediterranean sea.
The Royal Navy announced that the first Merlin ‘Crowsnest’ airborne early warning (AEW) helicopter has entered service with 820 Naval Air Squadron.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) today commissioned its 12th and final Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) in Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture.
The Norwegian Ministry of Defense announced that an agreement has been reached regarding the Type 212CD submarines. There is also agreement on the joint acquisition of missiles, as well as the development of the Future Naval Strike Missile.
