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Royal Navy trials uncrewed MMCM for the first time

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The Royal Navy's advanced autonomous mine-hunting technology has progressed significantly with the inaugural deployment and testing of the "Apollo"...

Rolls-Royce MBHS selected for Royal Navy Type 26 frigates

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Rolls-Royce announced that its Mission Bay Handling System (MBHS) has been selected for Batch 2 of the UK Royal...

Austal delivers seventh Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Royal Australian Navy

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Austal Australia has delivered the seventh of ten Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (ECCPBs) under contract to the Royal Australian...

Royal Navy successfully tests next-generation Spearfish torpedo

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The Royal Navy has successfully tested the next-generation Spearfish weapons system from a Vanguard-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine during...

Type 31 frigates to be equipped with Marins INS

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Exail has been selected by Anschutz, a German company specializing in ship navigation systems, to supply Marins inertial navigation...

20th Guardian-class patrol boat delivered to Australia

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Austal Limited has announced that Austal Australia has delivered the 20th Guardian-class Patrol Boat to the Australian Department of...

Kongsberg signs contract for Supersonic Strike Missile

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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for the initial...

Royal Navy to acquire up to six new amphibious ships

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The UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps will announce today that up to six new state-of-the-art warships will be built...

Sixth Astute-class submarine officially named

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The latest Astute-class submarine of the Royal Navy has been given an official name at BAE Systems' Submarines facility...

Kongsberg Maritime to supply propeller systems for ASW frigates

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Kongsberg Maritime will supply four shipsets of controllable pitch propeller systems and associated equipment, including shaftlines, to Dutch shipbuilder...

DragonFire to be installed on Royal Navy warships earlier than expected

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The Royal Navy is set to install the advanced DragonFire laser on its warships from 2027 - much earlier...

Royal Marines take delivery of revamped raiding craft

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The Royal Marines have taken delivery of the Commando Raiding Craft (CRC), a redesigned version of the tried-and-tested Offshore...

BAE Systems to upgrade Mk 45 gun systems on Australian frigates

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BAE Systems has been granted a contract by Australia to upgrade the current Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun...

Egyptian Navy takes delivery of third MEKO frigate

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ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems handed over the third in a series of four MEKO A-200 EN frigates to the Egyptian...

RFA Stirling Castle delivered to the Royal Navy

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The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation has successfully delivered a former specialist offshore support vessel,...

Saab to deliver Double Eagle SAROV to Kuwait

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Saab has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to deliver a Double Eagle Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicle...

KONGSBERG awarded framework agreement for maintenance of Norwegian frigates

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Kongsberg Naval Services (KONGSBERG), a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, has secured a significant strategic...

Japan to procure Tomahawk cruise missiles

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The US State Department has approved Japan's potential purchase of the Tomahawk Weapon System and related equipment for an...

MBDA to deliver Common Anti-air Modular Missiles to Swedish Navy

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MBDA has announced that it has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to deliver Common...

Babcock awarded contract to support Royal Navy Phalanx CIWS

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Babcock International has secured a contract worth £17.9 million from the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Equipment & Support...

Northrop Grumman to supply US Navy with new guided ammunition

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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a development contract from the U.S. Navy for their newly designed 57mm guided high...

HENSOLDT to equip US Coast Guard with naval radars

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HENSOLDT, a provider of sensor solutions, will equip the US Coast Guard's "Legend" class National Security Cutter (NSC) with...

Type 31 frigate programme moves into multi-ship build phase

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Babcock International Group has laid the keel for HMS Active, the second ship in the Royal Navy's Type 31...

French Navy takes delivery of second Suffren-Class attack submarine

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The French Navy has welcomed its second Suffren-class attack submarine, the Duguay-Trouin, into its fleet. The submarine was officially...

Fincantieri wins maintenance contract for German submarines

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Fincantieri has announced that it has won a contract from the German Navy to provide maintenance and modernization services...

Belgium and Netherlands launch frigate programme

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Belgium and Netherlands have recently announced the launch of a joint frigate programme that will replace their current multipurpose...

U.S. Navy commissions USS Santa Barbara

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The U.S. Navy has a new addition to its fleet of littoral combat ships (LCS): the USS Santa Barbara,...

Dutch navy to receive twenty new landing craft

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The Royal Netherlands Navy is set to receive twenty new landing craft to enhance its amphibious capabilities and replace...

Australia to buy 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles

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Australia has announced its intention to purchase up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, in a...

Kongsberg to deliver propulsion systems for Philippine Navy’s new OPVs

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Kongsberg Maritime announced on 6 March the sale of six sets of Controllable Pitch Propeller systems to Hyundai Heavy...

Lockheed Martin to develop ship-launched hypersonic missile

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The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to integrate the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) weapon system onto...

Fifth Astute-class submarine delivered to the Royal Navy

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HMS Anson, the fifth Astute-class submarine, has departed BAE Systems shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, to begin the journey to...

Construction begins on third Dreadnought-class submarine

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The first steel has been cut at BAE Systems works in Barrow-in-Furness for the third Dreadnought-class strategic missile submarine...

Third Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat delivered to Royal Australian Navy

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Austal Limited announced on 3 November that Austal Australia has delivered the third of eight Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats...

Saab to deliver additional Double Eagle SAROV systems to Poland

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Saab has received an order from Poland for deliveries of additional underwater vehicles called Double Eagle SAROV (Semi-Autonomous Remotely...

Saab begins deliveries of Lightweight Torpedo to Sweden

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Swedish defence company Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo (Saab Lightweight Torpedo) to Sweden’s...

Babcock to deliver Ardent Wolf CESM for Royal Navy frigates

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Babcock has been awarded the contract to deliver, install and provide in-service support for Ardent Wolf, the maritime Communications...

Seagull USV in successful trials off Scotland

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Elbit Systems UK reported on 4 October that its Seagull Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) had been successfully demonstrated during...

FMV signs agreement with Saab for submarine upgrades

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Swedish defence company Saab has received new orders from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding submarine upgrades. The...

Finnish Navy takes delivery of fourth modernized Hamina-class vessel

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Finnish defence company Patria has delivered the fourth and last modernized Hamina-Class missile boat to the Finnish Navy in Upinniemi....

U.S. Navy, Spanish Navy order Naval Strike Missiles

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Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace reported on 9 September that it has received an order from Raytheon Missiles & Defence...

Babcock awarded contracts for Poland’s MIECZNIK frigate programme

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UK-based defence company Babcock announced on 7 September that it had secured a further two contracts relating to Poland’s...

Sweden to increase investment in underwater ranges

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Swedish defence company Saab announced on 31 August that it received an order from the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV)...

Astute-class submarine HMS Anson joins Royal Navy fleet

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HMS Anson, the fifth of the new Astute-class submarines, was welcomed into the Royal Navy fleet at a ceremony...

Saab to deliver torpedo tubes for Swedish Navy

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Swedish defence company Saab announced on 24 May that it has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel...

Babcock wins contract for carrier dry dock

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Babcock has been awarded a 10-Year Contract for HMS Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers dry-dock maintenance. Babcock Press Release, 16...

Construction begins on new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates

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The construction of HMS Venturer, the first of five new Royal Navy Type 31 frigates, is now underway at...

Babcock signs deal to support NAM Atlântico

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Aerospace, defence and security company, Babcock International Group announced on 7 April that it has signed a four-year contract...

Saab to upgrade third Gotland-class submarine

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Swedish defence company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the Mid-Life Upgrade...

HMS Prince of Wales to lead NATO task force in the Arctic

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Aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales deploys in her role as NATO’s command ship to Exercise Cold Response, the...

Ireland set to purchase two patrol vessels from New Zealand

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The Irish government is set to shortly announce a deal to purchase two Lake Class patrol vessels from New...

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