Austal Unveils New ‘Offshore Patrol 60’ Range of OPVs
Austal unveiled a new range of offshore patrol vessels at Indo Pacific 2022: The "Offshore Patrol 60"...
11 May 2022
Austal unveiled a new range of offshore patrol vessels at Indo Pacific 2022: The "Offshore Patrol 60"...
29 Apr 2022
Turkish state-owned ASFAT Inc. announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the PADC during ADAS 2022 in Manila, Philippines.
13 Apr 2022
Turkey's state-owned ASFAT company announced April 08 that it has completed the critical design phase of the indigenous Hisar-class offshore patrol vessel and begun construction.
12 Apr 2022
French shipyard PIRIOU announced it has launched the first of three Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) on order for the Navy of Senegal. The first-in-class ship "Walo" was launched on 11 April 2022 in Concarneau, Brittany.
31 Jan 2022
Fincantieri today delivered the first-in-class OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel – “Musherib” to the Qatari Ministry of Defence.
16 Dec 2021
Arafura class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), NUSHIP Arafura, was launched toda at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia – the first in a fleet of 12 OPVs being built for the Royal Australian Navy to replace the Armidale and Cape class patrol boats.
05 Nov 2021
According to Dearsan, the Turkish shipyard has secured an agreement with the Nigerian Navy to build two offshore patrol vessels.
13 Oct 2021
The third of the four Argentinian offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Argentine Navy, OPV 87 A.R.A. Storni, was delivered on October 13 in the presence of Captain Santiago Villemur representative of the Argentine Navy in France.
15 Sep 2021
Day 1 at DSEI 2021 in London, UK. We focused on new anti-ship missiles, the Sea Breaker by Rafael, the Sea Serpent by IAI and Thales UK. We then take a look at two new OPV designs: The VARD 7 115 NGOPV and the MPV 80 by OMT. We then discuss with SH Defence about "The Cube" modular mission module.
14 Sep 2021
The long-term deployment of two of the Royal Navy’s Batch 2 River Class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to the Indo-Pacific region has put the global role of the class in the spotlight.