South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has delivered the ROKS Jeongjo the Great, the first of the new KDX III Batch II Aegis destroyers, to the Republic of Korea Navy.
On November 28, 2024, the Japanese shipbuilder Naikai Zosen launched the first landing support vessels (LSV) on order for the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
On November 22, 2024, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived at Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and hosted a media tour onboard.
BAE Systems’ Herne XLAUV has completed a first set of in-water trials and demonstrations a little over a year after commencing development.
Two NATO task groups and 15 NATO navies are currently working together in the Baltic Sea on a Finnish Navy-led exercise designed to integrate high-level naval capabilities to build deterrence against enduring and emerging threats in the region. An emerging threat that is now enduring is the risk to critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) on the Baltic seabed.
Navantia’s shipyard in Cartagena has completed the installation of the Hydrogen based Air Independent Propulsion System (AIP) into a S80 class submarine.
The German Navy has announced that it has conducted a two-week intensive test-phase trial with the BlueWhale autonomous underwater vehicle as part of its Operational Experimentation (OPEX).
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
A team of British engineers based in Portsmouth has successfully demonstrated a new type of autonomous submarine, developed specifically for military use, off the south coast of England.Â
As the Pakistani Navy prepares for AMAN-2025, one of the largest naval exercises scheduled to take place in the second week of February, Admiral Naveed Ashraf, Chief of the Pakistani Navy, provided insights in an exclusive interview with Naval News.
