In its first ceremony celebrating the U.S. Navy’s newest fast-attack submarine in front of a virtual audience, Huntington Ingalls Industries on September 12 christened pre-commissioning unit Montana (SSN 794) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.
Saab has received an order from its German partner Diehl Defence for the RBS15 anti-ship missile for provision to the German Navy. The order value is approximately €160 million with deliveries between 2022 and 2026.
Australia’s National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the keel laying for the first Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) under construction in Western Australia.
On 28th August, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying ceremony for the second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) that Damen is building for the South African Navy’s Project BIRO.
The Royal Malaysian Air Force began modification of existing CN235-220M (M44-05) tactical airlifter into maritime surveillance aircraft (MSA) under the US Maritime Security Initiative (MSI).
The U.S. Navy is bringing an aerial refueling capability to its E-2D Advanced Hawkeye command and control fleet, with the first operational squadron certifying its pilots to refuel with Air Force tankers.
The German Government recently formulated the interests, principles and central areas of German policy in the Indo-Pacific region. The new guidelines are also a contribution to a possible European Union (EU) overall strategy for the region, the country’s Ministry of Defense stated on September 2.
The South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) has decided in August to double its fleet of Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets. A total of forty additional “Joint Strike Fighters” will be procured, including 20 F-35B short take off and vertical landing (STOVL) variant for its light aircraft carrier project known as LPX-II.
Here is NavalNews.com’s August Monthly Recap. There was a lot happening in the Asia Pacific region this past month: China’s new LHD, Korea’s aircraft carrier plans, RIMPAC 2020 and China launching a frigate for Pakistan.
In the early May, Taiwanese media reported that over 250 foreign advisors and engineers, who are participating in Taiwan’s Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS) project considered
