
Turkish Navy commissions 4th and last Ada-class corvette
The Turkish Navy yesterday commissioned its 4th and last Ada-class corvette (MILGEM Project), TCG Kinaliada (F-514), at the Istanbul Shipyard facilities in Tuzla.

The Turkish Navy yesterday commissioned its 4th and last Ada-class corvette (MILGEM Project), TCG Kinaliada (F-514), at the Istanbul Shipyard facilities in Tuzla.

INS Nilgiri, the first of seven P17A-class frigates being built for the Indian Navy, was launched at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd. (MDL) dockyard in Mumbai on September 28.

Combined teams of DGA, the French Navy (Marine Nationale), Thales and Naval Group started putting the new SEA FIRE radar through its pace at the Shore Integration Facility (SIF) located in Southern France, near Toulon.

Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) is the first U.S. Navy vessel to fully integrate the Naval Strike Missile next generation anti-ship and land attack cruise missile.

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG) in a ceremony in Oslo on September 26 unveiled a new naval ship design called Vanguard.

In a first, the French Navy (Marine Nationale) demonstrated a cooperative engagement between two of its surface vessels.

According to pictures released by local medias, the Brazilian Navy first Scorpène-class attack submarine Riachuelo (S40) is now starting sea trials.

Small but ambitious, the Latvian Navy is planning to enhance its mine hunting capability through a 21M€ overhaul program of its Tripartite-class minehunters. Naval News was at the Liepāja Naval Base, to learn more on what is now the biggest upgrade project of the Latvian Navy.

Acting Spanish Minister of Defense, Margarita Robles, visited Navantia’s Cartagena shipyard this week, where she has been shown the current progress of the S80 submarine program, a priority to meet the needs of Spain’s national defense strategy.

An Intuitive Pointing Device (IPD) will be installed and tested aboard one of the French Navy’s PAG type patrol vessels.