The Hellenic Navy (Πολεμικό Ναυτικό) revealed the names of its future FDI HN frigates currently under construction in France. The vessels will be known as the Kimon-class.
On September 7, 2022, the French Navy’s FREMM frigate FS Bretagne conducted a live firing of an Aster 15 missile in the Bay of Biscay.
The French Piriou shipyard launched the second of three offshore patrol vessels for the Senegalese Navy, named “NIANI”, in Concarneau on September 13, 2022.
During a recent visit to the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient, Naval News had the chance to interview a Hellenic Navy Commodore on the FDI HN program.
The Spanish Navy confirmed to Naval News that it has selected Kongsberg’s Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as the replacement for its ageing Harpoon anti-ship missiles.
The First-of-Class (FoC) Paolo Thaon di Revel PPA combatant multirole patrol vessel “has joined Operation AGENOR”, said the EMASOH maritime initiative on its social medias.
The U.S. Navy awarded General Atomics an order for the development of EMALS and AAG systems for France’s future aircraft carrier (known as PA-Ng).
Rolls-Royce and Safran Power Units have jointly signed an Assessment Phase contract with MBDA, as part of the Franco-British Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) programme.
Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon.
A Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) corvette, KD LEKIR, took part in a SINKEX during RIMPAC 2022 using an Exocet MM40 Block 2 anti-ship missile.
