The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy's new Gowind corvettes will be fitted with VL Mica NG from MBDA in place of ESSM. Naval Group launched the second corvette, Al Emarat, on 13 May 2022.

French shipbuilder Naval Group announced that it has launched the first Gowind corvette for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy. The launch ceremony took place today in presence of H.E. Sheikh Saeed bin Hamdan Al-Nahyan, Commander of the UAE Naval Forces.

ST Engineering announced it has been awarded a sub-contract by Abu Dhabi Ship Building PJSC (ADSB) for the Falaj 3-class Offshore Patrol Vessels.

ADSB was today awarded an AED3.5 billion contract by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and UAE Navy, to build four Falaj 3-class Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs).