South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced on February 22 that it has completed development on “methanol reforming plant technology” for submarine fuel cell AIP.
The Republic of Korea Navy’s first P-8A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) broke cover in a video released by Boeing.
NATO kicked off Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercise off the Sicilian coast on February 21.
On February 22, 2022, Naval Group started the first sea trials of the FREMM DA Lorraine, an important step before the frigate’s delivery. For several days, the eighth FREMM to be delivered to the French Navy and second with enhanced air defence capabilities (FREMM DA), will undergo sea trials off the coast of Brittany.
The Polish government announced on February 10 the down selection of two competitors for the Miecznik frigate programme: Babcock’s Arrowhead-140PL and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ MEKO-A300PL.
The Australian Department of Defence can confirm that on 17 February 2022, a P-8A Poseidon detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches.
French Navy (Marine Nationale) Mistral-class LHD “Mistral” and La Fayette-class frigate “Courbet” set sails today from Toulon naval base to start “MISSION JEANNE D’ARC 2022”.
Sevmash Shipyard is planning to complete the delivery of the Kirov-class nuclear powered cruiser (project 11442M) Admiral Nakhimov to the Russian Northern Fleet in 2022.
The head of the French DGA, his British DE&S counterpart and the CEO of MBDA signed a bilateral agreement and contracts for the continued preparatory work for the Future Cruise and Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW) Programme. The kick-off meeting was held on 17th february 2022.
Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) participated in Norwegian maritime exercise Arctic Dolphin 2022 in the North Sea from Feb. 7-18.
