Germany Leans Toward Watercat M18 AMC for Sea Battalion Combat Boat Requirement
Germany is set to award Marine Alutech a contract for up to 15 Watercat M18 AMC combat boats to equip the German Navy’s Sea Battalion.
Germany is set to award Marine Alutech a contract for up to 15 Watercat M18 AMC combat boats to equip the German Navy’s Sea Battalion.
On September 1, 2026, TKMS announced the delivery of the INS DRAKON, the third and final submarine of the HDW “Dolphin” class, to the Israeli
Japan seeks the U.S. AARGM-ER missile in its FY2027 budget to suppress enemy warship air defenses and enable long-range anti-ship strikes.
The U.S. Navy officially issued an RFI for carrier-based Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) to boost air wing mass alongside F/A-18E/F and F-35C fighters.
Japan plans to field the supersonic ASM-3ER anti-ship missile in FY2027 with a new dual-role capability to target enemy AWACS and tankers at long range.
The German Navy completed a successful live-fire trial of IAI’s Naval LORA ballistic missile as part of its Marine 2035 OPEX initiative. IAI press release
GE Aerospace will supply 12 LM2500+G4 marine gas turbine engines to power six ships of the Republic of Korea Navy’s next-generation destroyer project, KDDX.
Raytheon and the US Navy explore accelerating the AN/SPY-6(V)3 radar retrofit on DDG-1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers to as early as 2028.

German shipbuilder TKMS and Italy’s Fincantieri join forces to strengthen European underwater defense capabilities, targeting a joint framework by year-end.
At DALO Industry Days 2026 in Denmark, Destinus, CUBEDIN, and OMT Group announced a joint effort to develop a modular, containerized naval counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capability.