On September 18, 2026, Navantia celebrated the naming ceremony of the Spanish Navy’s new Underwater Intervention Maritime Action Vessel (BAM-IS), A-21 Poseidón. Navantia press release The
The Spanish Navy selects MBDA’s SIMBAD RC VSHORAD system for its F80 frigates and Juan Carlos I LHD, with plans to expand across the surface fleet.
Navantia reveals the F-110 Flight II IAMD frigate at DALO 2026. Features a 64-cell VLS and more powerful AN/SPY-7 radar for high-intensity air defense.
Keeping fixed-wing naval aviation alive will force Spain to choose between paying the price of continuity, and accepting that the retirement of the Harrier will
The Spanish Navy has conducted a test launch of the Hornet Block 1 interceptor from the F-81 Santa María frigate. The firing took place on
ABB has secured a contract with Spanish state-owned shipbuilding and design company Navantia to supply two forthcoming Spanish Navy coastal hydrographic vessels (BHC) with a
Freire Shipyard in Vigo has launched the Spanish Navy’s new diving support vessel, the Armada Diving Support Vessel A22 Proserpina. The compact steel-hulled vessel is
Spain will send the F100 type / Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate Cristóbal Colón (F105) to Cyprus in the company of the French aircraft carrier Charles
The five ‘Álvaro de Bazán’-class frigates operate simultaneously in different deployments, thanks to their suitability to interoperate with other allied navies, a solid logistic support,
Spain’s Council of Ministers has given the green light to the signing of the execution order for the mid-life modernization of the F100 frigates, ‘Álvaro
