FS Courbet is the first of three French Navy La Fayette-class frigates (known as FLF for Frégate Légère Furtive – Light Stealth Frigate) to receive a mid-life update. The Commanding Officer of the ship and the program director at Naval Group gave Naval News a tour of the ship, focusing on the new upgrades.
Naval News earlier this year visited the Thales site of Brest to learn about the latest developments in the French-British MMCM program. We learned about some key milestones being achieved.
A steel cutting ceremony for the Belgian Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy mine countermeasure vessel (MCM) program was held at Crist Shipyard in Gdynia (Poland), on July 19. The first steel sheet was cut for the Belgian Navy’s first-in-class MCM vessel.
USSOCOM’s PEO Maritime presented updates on ongoing Naval Special Warfare (NSW) programs during SOFIC 2021 Virtual Expo. Peter Ong reports on what caught his attention.
A Senatorial report indicates that some French naval programs will be impacted by latest defence budget update because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Nagasaki launched today “Noshiro”, the third Mogami-class vessel. Also known as 30FFM, it is a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).
Turkey’s indigenous anti-ship missile developing story concludes with success. Turkish Navy’s fourth Ada-class corvette, TCG KINALIADA, carried out the final test-firing of the Roketsan-made Atmaca anti-ship missile on 19 June in the Black Sea.
The Department of the Navy (DoN) is producing an after-action review of the U.S. Pacific Fleet-led Unmanned Integrated Battle Problem 21 (IBP21), an exercise held April 19-26 in San Diego, California.
Maritime defence technology company Sonardyne and uncrewed maritime systems (UMS) software experts SeeByte have been awarded UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) funding to enhance and extend the future operational capability of autonomous and remotely operated systems in challenging battlespace domains.
News Highlights of May: Indonesia’s Tank Boat goes to sea, a major amphibious exercise in Japan, exercise Formidable Shield, HMS Queen Elizabeth starts her maiden deployment and Turkey’s ULAQ USV fires its missiles…
