
HMS Pembroke minehunter back to Royal Navy service
The HMS Pembroke minehunter vessel is back with the Royal Navy ahead of schedule and ready for action after a successful 42-week, £8 million refit at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard in Fife.

The HMS Pembroke minehunter vessel is back with the Royal Navy ahead of schedule and ready for action after a successful 42-week, £8 million refit at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard in Fife.

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The German Defense Ministry announced on Oct. 31 it will procure a further two Type 212 submarines, in a global move to invest ten billion euros in new equipment in 2020.

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The ATMACA anti-ship missile was successfully test fired from an Ada-class corvette, according to a brief statement and a video released by Turkey’s Defense Industries Presidency (SSB).

Lockheed Martin was awarded a $50.9M contract for AN/ALQ-217 Electronic Support Measure (ESM) systems from Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Navy’s E-2D aircraft program.

A steel cutting ceremony for the final two Type 054 A/P Frigates for Pakistan Navy was held at Hudong Zhonghua shipyard in China on November 1st.