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.
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.
Fincantieri today delivered the first-in-class OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel – “Musherib” to the Qatari Ministry of Defence.
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.
According to Dearsan, the Turkish shipyard has secured an agreement with the Nigerian Navy to build two offshore patrol vessels.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
