Bulgaria’s First Modern Corvette Launched by Local Shipyard
The first of two MMPV 90 corvettes for the Bulgarian Navy was launched at the MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna.
09 Aug 2023
The first of two MMPV 90 corvettes for the Bulgarian Navy was launched at the MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna.
21 Jun 2022
German shipbuilder NVL Group laid the keel of the first of two corvettes for the Bulgarian Navy in Varna, Bulgaria on June 17, 2022.
07 Dec 2021
Germany's NVL Group, formerly Lürssen Defence, and its local shipyard partner MTG Dolphin, on December 3rd joined representatives of the contracting authority to launch construction of the first of two Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels (MMPV) for the Bulgarian Navy in Varna, Bulgaria.
08 Dec 2020
Saab will provide and integrate the combat system for the Bulgarian Navy’s new Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels, MMPV....
20 Mar 2020
The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has begun work on a project to upgrade several of Bulgaria's air defence radars, aircraft and naval vessels to the new NATO Combat Identification System, the NCI communication team said on March 17.
16 Dec 2019
The Bulgarian Navy received an additional Airbus Helicopter AS365N3 + Dauphin II (tail number 905) naval helicopter on December 6, 2019, at the Chaika airfield in Varna. This unit was procured as a replacement of the AS565MB Panther that crashed in 2017.
01 Jul 2019
The head of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) alerts that the Navy’s modernization efforts might get side-lined due to costly acquisition of new, multirole fighter jets from USA.
25 Apr 2019
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence informed that three companies decided to make a bid in the ongoing tender for new modular patrol vessels. The preferred bidder should be announced this summer.