Two years ago, the Finnish Defense Ministry selected Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) and Saab for the building of four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes within the Squadron 2020 program. It appears now that the program is facing a new, 6 to 12 months, delay because of extra design work.
The Sergey Kotov corvette of project 22160 built for the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet for the first time sailed out for factory running trials, the fleet said.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri delivered Qatar's first of four Air Defense Corvette “Al Zubarah”.
The technical launch of "Al Khor", the third of the Al Zubarah class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The vessel will be delivered in 2022.
The keel of Project 20380 corvette Bravy (NATO reporting name: Steregushchy-class) was laid down by the Amur Shipyard on September 29.
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is integrating offensive and defensive systems, to enhance the 'Sa'ar 6' corvette's capabilities and usher the Israeli Navy into a new technological era, under the guidance of Israel's Ministry of Defense (IMoD) and the IDF.
Turkey's RMK Marine Shipyard laid the keel of Ukraine’s first Ada-class corvette during a ceremony held in Istanbul on 07 September. The ceremony was attended by a delegation from the Ministry of Defense, led by Commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa.
The ship NB 546 AL-JUBAIL, the first of five corvettes that Navantia builds for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has begun its sea trials in the waters of the Bay of Cádiz in order to check the correct operation of all its systems.
Israel Shipyards announces the signing of an agreement for the detailed design phase for the construction of the Reshef-class Vessel for the Israeli Navy.
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.
