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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"...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

Cutting-edge Russian guided-missile corvette in White Sea trials

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Russian Northern Fleet press office reported 6 December that Project 20385 guided-missile corvette Gremyashchiy entered the White Sea for...

Britain’s latest aircraft carrier has set sail to begin sea trials

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Britain’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has sailed from Rosyth Dockyard for the first time the UK...

Sweden’s Gotland-class submarine HMS Uppland relaunched

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The relaunch of HMS Uppland took place on 19 June, Saab announced. Two of the Gotland-class submarines have now...

Russian Navy to get over 180 warships by 2027 under armament plan

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Russian news agency TASS reported 27 March that the Russian Navy will get over 180 warships and vessels of...

Japan commissions 10th Sōryū-Class Attack Submarine

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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned its 10th Sōryū-class diesel-electric attack submarine (SSK) on 18 March. The submarine JS...

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