France’s Naval Group Starts XLUUV Qualification Trials
Ship spotter photos obtained by Naval News show Naval Group’s future combat XLUUV conducting sea trials in the Bay of Toulon.
Ship spotter photos obtained by Naval News show Naval Group’s future combat XLUUV conducting sea trials in the Bay of Toulon.

By 2028, the Philippine Navy is expected to field at least 12 vessels, including OPVs, corvettes, and frigates, from South Korea.
Today, two Cyclone-class patrol vessels transferred from the U.S. were commissioned into the Philippine Navy at the service’s headquarters. Philippine and American officials attended the
A Japanese V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft landed for the first time on a JMSDF vessel: Hyuga-class DDH JS Ise.
A test flight of the US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile set to launch from Cape Canaveral on Wednesday was pushed back for the third time.
Two of the Philippine Navy frigates are now equipped with the Contralto anti-torpedo system by Naval Group.
Philippine Navy Frigate BRP Jose Rizal (FF150) and US Navy Destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) are currently holding a bilateral sail in Philippine waters.
The Japanese MoD on August 31 requested $52.9 billion (7.7 trillion yen) for fiscal year 2024, its largest ever defense budget request.
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) Air Defense FREMM Frigate Lorraine returned to her home-port in Toulon on 2 August, following its long “duration deployment”
The lead ship of a new type of frigate for the Chinese Navy (PLAN), designated Type 054B, has been launched in Shanghai on August 26, 2023.