France’s 2023 Defense Budget: What to expect for the French Navy
The French Ministry of Armed Forces just published its 2023 defense budget, shedding light on…
The French Ministry of Armed Forces just published its 2023 defense budget, shedding light on…
The Nevskoye Design Bureau (part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC)) unveiled a model of the future Project 23900 LHD…
On August 2, 2022, Japan’s major newspaper Mainichi Shimbun reported that the Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) is looking at accelerating the deployment of the

Turkey launched the second Reis-class (Type-214TR) air-independent propulsion (AIP) capable submarine, the future TCG Hizir Reis, on May 23, 2022…
The Royal Navies of Britain and Denmark will work side-by-side to bring the UK’s next generation of warships into service.

The Polish government announced on February 10 the down selection of two competitors for the Miecznik frigate programme: Babcock’s Arrowhead-140PL and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’ MEKO-A300PL.
On January 24, the Pakistan Navy commissioned the first Type 054 A/P class frigate, PNS TUGHRIL, at the Pakistan Navy Dockyard in Karachi.
China’s second Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) (NATO reporting name: Yushen-class LHA) was commissioned with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy)’s East Sea Fleet. The vessel is named after Guangxi (广西), an autonomous region located in South China and bordering Vietnam and the Gulf of Tonkin.

The Project 23900 versatile amphibious assault ships (LHD) Ivan Rogov and Mitrofan Moskalenko currently being built by the Zaliv Shipyard in Kerch in Crimea will be adapted to carry strike and reconnaissance drones (unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs), a source in Russia’s shipbuilding industry told TASS.

On November 25, 2021, the French armament procurement agency (DGA) took delivery of the first SLAMF (Système de lutte anti-mines futur) Future Mine Warfare System prototype…