France’s New FREMM DA Alsace Proved its Worth on First Deployment
The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) mission “Clemenceau 2022” saw the first operational deployment of the new Air Defense FREMM (FREMM DA) Alsace.
The French Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) mission “Clemenceau 2022” saw the first operational deployment of the new Air Defense FREMM (FREMM DA) Alsace.
A fleet of SeaExplorer underwater gliders were deployed off the Portuguese coast to carry out REA (Rapid Environmental Assessment) and ACOUSTINT (Acoustic Intelligence) missions in a complex environment.
As readers of Naval News know, the world’s ports and harbors are crucial to global trade. From Antwerp, to Shanghai, to Los Angeles to other mega-ports and hundreds of smaller harbors, these crucial nodes are vital to world trade.

Turkiye’s brand new unmanned surface vessel (USV) “MARLIN” has demonstrated its capabilities during NATO exercises in Portugal…

Exercises REPMUS22 and DYMS22 present opportunities to test the interoperability of new maritime unmanned systems…
Thales pitched the SonoFlash new-generation sonobuoy to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and other international customers at DX Korea 2022…
Patria Group announced Sept. 13, 2022, that it has delivered the fourth and final modernized Hamina-class missile boat to the Finnish Navy at Upinniemi.
The Fincantieri-built Doha-class air defence corvette “Al Zubarah” and offshore patrol vessel “Musherib” were welcomed by the Qatari Emiri Navy on September 12, 2022. Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, and representatives of Fincantieri attended the ceremony.
Belgium is about to increase its defense budget significantly…
Fincantieri Marinette Marine officially began construction of the first Constellation-class frigate for the U.S. Navy on Aug. 31, 2022, at its facilities in Marinette, Wisconsin.