On June 23, 2020, while peacefully operating in the Caribbean Sea, USS Nitze conducted a freedom of navigation operation (FONOP), contesting an excessive maritime claim by Venezuela.
The U.S. Navy’s first CMV-22B Osprey for operational use arrived at Naval Air Station North Island, June 22. The tilt-rotor aircraft configured for Carrier Onboard Delivery (COD) missions is replacing the C-2A Greyhound.
ECA GROUP and SOACSY recently signed a licensing agreement giving ECA GROUP exclusive rights to exploit its developments using seaCHIRP® technology based on SAS (Synthetic Aperture Sonar) for the detection of buried naval mines.
The Royal Netherlands Navy (Koninklijke Marine) and Belgian Navy (Marinecomponent/Composante marine) will replace their current M-frigates (Karel Doorman-class), the Dutch MoD confirmed today in an official statement. The future frigates’ main task will be anti-submarine warfare (ASW) thanks to a new type of torpedo and their embarked NH90 NFH maritime helicopter.
Shipbuilder Metal Shark has introduced the welded-aluminum “52 Fearless Super Interceptor,” an offshore-capable, ultra-high-performance military patrol vessel delivering 70-knot top speeds. Production has commenced at Metal Shark’s Jeanerette, Louisiana USA production facility, with fifteen vessels currently on order for overseas military and law enforcement interests.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) FREMM Frigates FS Auvergne and FS Bretagne won the US Navy’s “Hook’em” award. This is the second time U.S. 6th Fleet has provided the award to French ships for their ability to find and track submarines.
The first crewless Pacific 24 unmanned surface vessel (USV) for general duties with the Royal Navy has been launched, ready for trials to see how it – and similar craft – might fit into the ‘fleet of tomorrow’.
ΟΝΕΧ Νeorion Shipyards based in Syros Island, Greece, and Israel Shipyards based in Haifa entered a teaming agreement to jointly propose a next generation corvette design for the Hellenic Navy: The Themistocles.
Austal USA has been awarded a modification to previously awarded contract with a total potential value of $43,362,000 by the United States Department of Defense. This contract was modified to exercise the options for LCS Class design services, material to support LCS Class design services, and the Integrated Data Product Model Environment (IDPME).
According to pictures released on social media, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)’s Final Aegis destroyer, JS Haguro, left Yokohama on June 23 to start its initial sea trials.
