MBDA has been awarded a number of contracts to significantly upgrade the air and missile defence capabilities of the Royal Navy’s six Type 45 destroyers.
Remotely-piloted systems which locate personnel in the water, drop life-saving equipment and hover over the location until rescuers arrive have been tested extensively by Royal Navy tech experts on Horsea Island and at sea.
The Project 10510 Leader-class lead nuclear-powered icebreaker has been laid down in the Far East, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov said at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
From May 18 to May 20, the French armament procurement agency (Direction Générale de l’Armement – DGA) and the French Navy (Marine Nationale) conducted a test and experimentation campaign for automatic opening jump from an NH90 NFH (Nato Frigate Helicopter).
Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Perth is back in the water after completion of a major part of the anzac midlife capability assurance program.
The Brazilian Navy (Marinha Do Brazil) carried out a firing trial of an Exocet AM39 missile from an H225M helicopter for the first time.
South Korea tested for the first time a submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from a submerged barge last week.
The Project 885M Yasen-M class nuclear-powered attack submarine Novosibirsk has gone to the White Sea for shipbuilders sea trials for the first time, a source in Russia’s defense industry told TASS.
The Coast Guard accepted delivery today of the 45th fast response cutter (FRC), Emlen Tunnell, in Key West, Florida.
After 38 years of service, nearly 2,300 replenishments at sea, and more than 1 million nautical miles sailed, the command and replenishment ship – Bâtiment de Commandement et de Ravitaillement (BCR) – ‘Var’ left active service on July 1, 2021.
