Naval Group today laid the keel of the first FDI (defence and intervention frigate) ordered by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) and destined to the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
Arafura class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Arafura, was launched toda at the
Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia – the first in a fleet of 12 OPVs being built for the
Royal Australian Navy to replace the Armidale and Cape class patrol boats.
On October 6, the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) officially announced a plan to develop ‘customized deterrente’ in response to North Korea’s growing nuclear…
Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) conducted a high-energy laser weapon system demonstration, Dec. 14, while sailing in the Gulf of Aden.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM Frigate “Auvergne” conducted a series of exercises with the Hellenic Navy frigate “Salamis” off Crete, the French MoD said on December 14.
More countries are turning to nuclear-powered submarines. The Royal Australian Navy began the AUKUS program this year. And the Brazilian Navy signed off construction of
South Korean defence electronics company LIG Nex1 announced that the ship-based Haegung (« Sea Bow ») a surface-to-air missile was successfully test-fired from the frigate Daegu as a part of its final qualification test.
According to the Iranian news outlet IRIB News, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy received 110 indigenously made combat speedboats on December 11 during a ceremony in Bandar Abbas.