The 49th Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 2020) exercise, the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, kicks off June 7, in the Baltic Sea.
The Dry Combat Submersible (DCS) is about a year from achieving Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for USSOCOM’s US Navy SEALs, Naval News learned during Virtual SOFIC 2020.
Ghost Fleet Overlord test vessels continue to inform and accelerate the U.S. Navy’s Large and Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) programs
Abengoa has inked a contract with Navantia to supply its AIP system to the future S80 Plus submarines of the Spanish Navy. Abengoa’s solution was selected in Feb. 2020 by the General Directorate of Armament and Material of the Spanish MoD. The Spanish company stated that its AIP system will allow the S80 Plus to operate for up to 3 weeks without surfacing.
Royal IHC has announced that the acquisition and recapitalisation of Royal IHC has been finalised. The company remains in the Dutch submarine replacement program alongside Naval Group.
The keel laying ceremony of the first MILGEM type corvette for Pakistan Navy was held on June 4 at Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY), Turkey.
ECA GROUP won a contract for the supply of steering and diving consoles for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy’s 1st KSS III Batch 2 submarine. The French company successfully delivered this equipment for the first batch of 3 submarines in 2016, 2018 and 2019.
Australian company BlueScope Steel AIS has signed a contract with ASC Pty Ltd Shipbuilding, a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia , for the Hunter-class Frigate program.
The first F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet test jet took its first flight at Boeing’s factory in St. Louis, Missouri, the company announced today.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) started on May 29 the competitive bidding process for the next generation destroyer of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy known as “Korea Next-Generation Destroyer” or KDDX.
