NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Hanwha Ocean and Leidos Gibbs & Cox are designing a high-capacity vessel capable of carrying up to half a brigade combat
Turkish shipbuilder DEARSAN has held the steel-cutting ceremony for its Next Generation Mine Hunting Vessel (YMAG) program at its shipyard in Istanbul, marking the official
Damen Shipyards Group held a joint steel cutting and keel laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The event simultaneously marked two significant milestones in the construction of an innovative Multi-Purpose Ship for the Portuguese Navy.
China has built the world’s first dedicated drone carrier. The ship has not been reported however and many of the circumstances surrounding it remain a mystery.
At Indopacific 2023, Australian shipbuilder Austal unveiled the “MANTA” drone mothership and multirole catamaran.
India is currently without a single MCM vessel. The Indian Navy is now looking at procuring MCM motherships.
A minehunting ‘mothership’ and USVs were trialed together for the first time for the future of the Royal Navy MCM operations.
The Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa) unveiled details on a new drone mothership project dubbed “plataforma naval multifuncional” (multifunctional naval platform).
