Chinese Navy Next Generation Frigate Starts Builder Trials
The first Type 054B next generation frigate for the Chinese Navy has started trials in Shanghai. Second hull to follow in near future.
The first Type 054B next generation frigate for the Chinese Navy has started trials in Shanghai. Second hull to follow in near future.
Turkiye’s ammunition and gun manufacturer MKE delivered the first indigenous 76mm naval gun to the Turkish Navy. The gun will be fitted to the Hisar-class OPVs.
On August 2, 2023, the fourth corvette of the PN MILGEM project , the Babur-class corvette PNS TARIQ (283), was ceremonially launched at the Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works in Karachi, Pakistan.
The Italian Navy’s Amerigo Vespucci training sailing vessel left Genoa on Saturday July 1st for a circa 20-month World tour of over 40,000 nautical miles calling at 31 ports and touching 28 countries and five continents.
The Italian Navy’s second Thaon di Revel-class PPA Francesco Morosini left La Spezia naval base on the evening of 6 April for a deployment of five months in the Asia-Pacific region.
The FDI HN will be one of the most powerful surface combatants for its size and one of the most sophisticated designs, worldwide…
PNS Yarmouk, the Pakistan Navy’s first Yarmook-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), opened its gates to visitors for NAVDEX 2023 exhibition in Abu Dhabi, which is being held in Abu Dhabi between February 20 and 24, 2023.
American shipbuilder Swiftships announced the keel laying of a new class of “gun boats” designed for the Pakistan Navy.
The indigenous submarine development project in Pakistan has reached another milestone. The keel laying of the first HANGOR-class submarine and the steel cutting of the second submarine were carried out at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on December 24, 2022.

Turkish state-owned company ASFAT ceremonially launched the third PN MILGEM corvette for Pakistan Navy (PN), PNS BADR (281), at Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW) on 20 May 2022.