On April 10, 2023, the Turkish Navy celebrated the commissioning of its new flagship, the landing helicopter dock (LHD) TCG Anadolu, with a ceremony at the Sedef Shipyard in Istanbul.
South Korea’s HHI (Hyundai Heavy Industries) launched ROKS Chungnam (FFG-828), the first of six Chungnam-class FFX Batch III frigate to the Republic of Korea Navy. This event took place at HHI’s Ulsan shipyard on April 10th, 2023.
The Italian Navy’s second Thaon di Revel-class PPA Francesco Morosini left La Spezia naval base on the evening of 6 April for a deployment of five months in the Asia-Pacific region.
The CH-53K King Stallion completed five full days and nights of envelope expansion testing at sea in the Atlantic last month. The aircraft continued testing in a modern naval environment following initial successful sea trials in June, 2020.
The Turkish Defence Agency (SSB) held a signing ceremony for the construction of the remaining three I-class (Istanbul-class) frigates for the Turkish Navy. The frigates will be built by a partnership involving Turkish companies STM and TAIS Shipyards.
ABB has secured a contract with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku to supply an integrated power and propulsion package comprising two Azipod propulsion units and the Onboard DC Grid power system for two new, advanced multi-purpose patrol vessels of the Finnish Border Guard.
Abeking & Rasmussen has selected Anschütz to design and deliver an integrated solution for mine countermeasures (MCM), command and control, and navigation for two mine countermeasures vessels of the Indonesian Navy.
On April 04, 2023, BAE Systems’ Govan Shipyard in Scotland, cut the first steel of the fourth Type 26 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigate for the Royal Navy.
The Dutch Ministry of Defense stated on April 3, 2023, that the first frigate of the ASW Frigate programme will enter service for the Royal Dutch Navy in 2029.
On April 03, 2023, the Dutch Navy’s amphibious transport ship HNLMS Johan de Witt departed Damen Naval’s facilities after completing a comprehensive mid-life upgrade (MLU).
