South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) today launched ROKS Pohang (FFG-825), the sixth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy). The event took place at DSME’s Okpo Shipyard.
The Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) is set to become operational in 2023, Naval News has learned from Marine Corps Systems Command, the acquisition command of the United States Marine Corps.
The United States’ State Department approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to Australia of Defense Services Related to Future SM-6 and SM-2 Production and related equipment for an estimated cost of $350 million. This is in relation to Australia’s Project Sea 1300 Phase 1.
The Indian Ministry of Defence issued a request for information intending to procure four Landing Platform Docks (LPDs) for the Indian Navy. The tender is limited to Indian shipyards but those may answer with a foreign partner and design.
Pictures by local ship spotter 黒兎 (Black Rabbit) show that the new 30FFM Frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) started sea trials yesterday, 24 August 2021.
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) released a Request for Information (RFI) in mid-August 2021 seeking a Wing-in-Ground (WIG) cargo aircraft for the US military. DARPA set some requirements for the WIG plane…
The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) signed a €220 million contract on August 23,2021, with Hensoldt Sensors GmbH for the manufacture, delivery and installation of four radar systems for the Sachsen-class frigates (F124).
The fate of the twelve U.S. Navy Mark VI Patrol Boats has led to U.S. Navy, Media, and public speculation as to their usefulness in peer nation conflicts. Armed with one or two 25mm MK 38 autocannons…
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN)’s Hobart-class Air Warfare Destroyers have reached final operational capability after the third ship, HMAS Sydney, completed a successful test and evaluation period off the coast of the US and Canada. All three ships in the class are now ready for operational deployment.
The official qualification tests of the first version of the Integrated Combat System Core (ICSC), intended to be installed on board the S-80 submarine were carried out in the LBTS of the S-80 Program.
