Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth yesterday set sail as the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 21 (CSG21) from Portsmouth naval base in the twilight.
The U.S. Navy today commissioned its newest Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) during a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama. USS Mobile was built in its namesake city by Austal USA.
The future USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120) was launched at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine on 16 May 2021. DDG 120 is the fifth (of nine) Arleigh Burke-class, “Flight IIA: Technology Insertion” variant for the U.S. Navy.
The German Navy (Deutsche Marine) commissioned its third F125 Baden-Württemberg-class Frigate on Monday, May 17, 2021. The “Sachsen-Anhalt” joined the German fleet during a ceremony at Naval Base Heppenser Groden in Wilhelmshaven.
Construction on the U.S. Navy’s future USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) began at the General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard, May 21.
The Royal Navy’s two Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers met each other at sea for the very first time earlier this week.
Thales has completed an extensive naval communications upgrade on board HMS Queen Elizabeth that will enable the Royal Navy to establish an additional command operations centre on board to direct wider task group operations.
Spain’s F-110 frigate program has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) carried out by local shipbuilder Navantia, the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the Spanish Navy.
The Portuguese government yesterday approved the procurement of six new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa). These will be «Viana do Castelo» class vessels, of which four are already in service.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has launched a competition to build three new Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships to provide vital support to Royal Navy operations across the world.
