South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) won the construction contract for the second next-generation Aegis destroyer (also known as KDX III batch II).
The Project 11435 heavy aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov (NATO reporting name: Kuznetsov) is planned to go to an upgraded dry dock of the 35th Shipyard (an affiliate of the Zvyozdochka Shipyard) in June 2022.
A German frigate named Bayern, the third ship of the Brandenburg-class frigate, docked in Tokyo on November 5, 2021. It is the first time in 20 years that a German warship has docked in a Japanese port.
The forward section of the Jacques Chevallier, the first of four Logistic Support Ships (LSS) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the French Navy FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”), was delivered on November 6 at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard.
General Dynamics NASSCO christened and launched the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) on 6 November 2021. It is the second ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program.
35 surface ships and 5000 personnel from 10 countries (U.S., Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Qatar, South Africa, Ukraine), as well as NATO Standing
The fourth and final PN MILGEM-class corvette for the Pakistan Navy was laid down on November 5th at Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works (KS&EW) by
Spain’s SAES & France’s Thales have agreed to integrate the new Thales SonoFlash sonobuoy on SAES’ acoustic sonobuoy processor. The agreement was announced during the Feindef 2021 defense exhibition currently held in Madrid, Spain.
Two years ago, the Finnish Defense Ministry selected Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and Saab for the building of four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 program. It appears now that the program is facing a new, 6 to 12 months, delay because of extra design work.
Sonardyne and Wavefront, successfully demonstrated their MOAS capability aboard an extra-large, uncrewed, underwater vehicle (XLUUV) built and operated by Plymouth-based MSubs Ltd.
