Estonia’s Ministry of Defense announced the procurement of two 18 meters patrol boats for the Estonian Navy. The contract was awarded to local company Baltic Workboats.
Pella Shipyard in St. Petersburg launched two more Raptor-class patrol boats (project 03160) for the Baltic Fleet. These vessels are the 15th and 16th built for the Russian Navy.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) fourth and final d’Entrecasteaux-class vessel, “Dumont d’Urville”, entered “active duty” (admission au service actif in French) on April 17, 2020.
Babcock Team 31 is pleased to announce the second round of supply chain contract awards across the UK and Europe to support the Royal Navy’s Type 31 general purpose frigate programme.
The Royal New Zealand Navy’s newest auxiliary ship HMNZS Aotearoa started conducting replenishment trials with Philippine Navy’s Future Frigate Jose Rizal off the coast of South Korea.
The “Admiral Golovko” frigate of project 22350 will be floated in late April — early May, Severnaya verf Shipyard said. It is the third frigate of the class following the “Admiral Gorshkov” and “Admiral Kasatonov”.
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Friday delivered the nuclear-powered attack submarine Vermont (SSN 792) to the U.S. Navy. The future USS Vermont is the first of ten Block IV submarines.
During the past few weeks, the German Navy (Deutsche Marine)’s F125 class Frigate “Baden-Württemberg” conducted sub-systems tests under extreme conditions and in realistic combat situations. She left for Brazil on February 7 to evaluate on-board systems in hot weather near the Equator. The first-of-class vessel returned on April 16.
The Republic of China Navy (ROC Navy, Taiwan) has started a program to upgrade the decoy launchers aboard its French-built Kang Ding-class frigates. Following the upgrade, the DAGAIE MK2 launchers will be able to deploy next gen countermeasures which will better protect the vessels against modern anti-ship missiles.
Admiral Boo Suk-jong was appointed as the 34th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) on April 10, 2020.
