The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Vigraha, seventh in the series of Vikram-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs), was commissioned by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in Chennai on August 28, 2021.
Maritime forces from Australia, Japan, India, and the United States began phase 1 of cooperative maritime exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Philippine Sea, August 26.
Sperry Marine has strengthened its portfolio of military navigation solutions with the release of Additional Military Layers (AML) for its VisionMaster series of Radars and ECDIS.
Indonesian shipbuilder DRU Shipyards (PT Daya Radar Utama DRU) cut steel for two new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) for the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL). The ceremony took place on 26 August 2021 in Lampung (island of Sumatra).
Turkey launched the first Babur-class MILGEM corvette for Pakistan on August 15. at Istanbul Shipyard in the presence of Pakistani President Alvi and Turkish President Erdogan.
South Korea commissioned its first Dosan Ahn Changho-class (KSS III program) submarine today. ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho (SS-083) was built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (Forsvarsmateriell) announced the first P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft meant to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (Luftforsvaret) flew for the first time.
Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, and U.S. Naval Forces Europe commenced Large-Scale Exercise 2021 in the USFF, PACFLT, and NAVEUR areas of responsibility, on August 4.
Halter Marine unveiled its new multi-mission ready polar security cutter meant for the U.S. Coast Guard, at Sea Air Space 2021, the naval defense exposition held near Washington DC.
India’s indigenous aircraft carrier 1 (IAC 1) INS Vikrant sails for her maiden sea trials today. She will be India’s second aircraft carrier joining the Russian built INS Vikramaditya.
