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• US Navy picks companies for unmanned undersea vehicle program

  

  12 February 2024

  UUV/UAV

  The US Navy’s Program Office Advanced Undersea Systems (PMS 394), with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), has selected three vendors to prototype and develop Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) platforms.

• SEA nets deal from Royal Navy for maritime countermeasures solution

  

  26 March 2024

  Equipment & technology

  Tech company SEA has been awarded a £135 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a trainable decoy launcher to improve Royal Navy surface ship defensive capabilities.

• US Navy lays keel for first Constellation-class frigate

  

  16 April 2024

  Vessels

  The US Navy has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first Constellation-class frigate USS Constellation (FFG 62) in Wisconsin.

• Naval Group completes La Fayette frigate modernization program

  

  12 February 2024

  Vessels

  French defence company Naval Group has completed the modernization of the third and last La Fayette frigate (FLF), Aconit. With this delivery of the refurbished ship, Naval Group has concluded a major modernization program for the French Navy.

• AUKUS partners test uncrewed undersea tech in Australia

  

  13 November 2023

  Training & Education

  Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have conducted a combined exercise off the east coast of Australia testing autonomous undersea warfare capabilities.

• Thales to supply satellite communication tech for German F126 frigates

  

  19 February 2024

  Vessels

  Defence company Thales has been contracted to provide satellite communications for the F126 frigates with SurfSAT-L solutions. 

• Damen Naval picks Dutch supplier for ASW frigates

  

  12 April 2024

  Equipment & technology

  Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has partnered up with compatriot water treatment supplier Hatenboer-Water on all freshwater systems on board the four anti-submarine warfare frigates (ASWF) that Damen Naval is building for the Netherlands and Belgium.

• Brazilian Navy’s second Scorpène submarine enters service

  

  18 January 2024

  Vessels

  On January 12, the second of the four Scorpène submarines of the ProSub program was commissioned by the Brazilian Navy at the Itaguaí Naval base.

• Saab supports NATO underwater exercises with underwater systems

  

  17 October 2023

  Operations, Training & Education

  Saab’s underwater systems have supported elements of two ‘operational experimentation exercises’ involving over 2,000 civilian and military personnel from 15 NATO nations, Ireland and Sweden.

• US Navy’s IKE Carrier Strike Group arrives in Middle East

  

  6 November 2023

  Training & Education

  The Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (IKECSG) arrived in the Middle East as part of the increase in regional posture on November 4.

• German Navy’s NH90 Sea Tiger performs maiden flight

  

  7 December 2023

  Vessels

  The first NH90 Sea Tiger took off on schedule for its maiden flight, at Airbus Helicopters’ site in Donauwörth, Germany.

• Australia to spend billions over the next decade to double the size of navy’s fleet

  

  21 February 2024

  Vessels

  The Albanese Government has released its blueprint for a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet for the Royal Australian Navy, more than doubling the size of the surface combatant fleet under the former government’s plan.

• Türkiye welcomes first national frigate, three more naval platforms join navy’s fleet

  

  22 January 2024

  UUV/UAV, Vessels

  STM Savunma Teknolojileri Mühendislik ve Ticaret A.Ş. under the leadership of the Defence Industry Agency (SSB) of the Republic of Türkiye, has delivered the country’s first national frigate, TCG ISTANBUL.

• US, ROKN sharp their skills during anti-submarine exercise Silent Shark

  

  25 October 2023

  Training & Education

  US, ROKN sharp their skills during anti-submarine exercise Silent Shark

• HENSOLDT, RAFAEL develop jamming system to protect naval ships

  

  29 November 2023

  Equipment & technology

  HENSOLDT has entered into a cooperation with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems to offer an electronic countermeasures (ECM) system for naval vessels in Germany.

• Third Brazilian Navy’s Scorpène submarine launched

  

  28 March 2024

  Vessels

  On March 27, the third of the four Scorpène submarines of Brazilian Navy’s ProSub program was launched at the Itaguaí Naval base.

• Chess Dynamics’ surveillance systems picked for Australia’s Hunter-class frigates

  

  5 April 2024

  Equipment & technology

  UK-based surveillance and fire control provider Chess Dynamics has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems Maritime Australia to supply its SeaEagle FCEO surveillance systems for the first batch of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter class frigates.

• Austal, Civmec and Navantia to offer Tasman-class corvettes to Australia

  

  7 November 2023

  Vessels

  Austal, Civmec and Navantia Australia have partnered to offer the Australian Government a proposal to deliver six corvettes in recognition of the navy’s urgent need for increased strike capability. 

• Mystery client orders REMUS 620 UUV from HII

  

  15 March 2024

  UUV/UAV

  US defence company HII has received an order for a REMUS 620 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) from an international client in the Indo-Pacific Region.

• Lockheed Martin to provide eight MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for Spanish Navy

  

  16 October 2023

  Vessels

  Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the U.S. Navy to produce eight Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for the Spanish Navy (Armada).

• Indian Navy unveils crest of new Project 15B destroyer

  

  7 November 2023

  Vessels

  The crest of Indian Navy’s latest, under-construction, guided missile destroyer Surat, was unveiled by Shri Bhupendra Patel, the Chief Minister of Gujarat, in the city of Surat.

• US Marine Corps taps Birdon to develop heavy landing craft – H260

  

  19 January 2024

  Vessels

  The US Marine Corps has selected Birdon’s heavy landing craft – H260 design to be part of a test and evaluation exercise focused on its missions.

• Türkiye’s first national frigate fires first missile from indigenous VLS

  

  14 March 2024

  Equipment & technology

  Türkiye’s first national frigate, TCG ISTANBUL (F-515), built under the main contractorship of STM, has tested the first national Vertical Launch System (VLS) MİDLAS.

• Naval Group, PT PAL pen deal for Indonesia’s Scorpène evolved LiB submarines

  

  2 April 2024

  Vessels

  French shipbuilder Naval Group and Indonesian shipbuilding company PT PAL have signed a contract with Indonesia for two Scorpène evolved full lithium-ion battery (LiB) submarines.

• Australia’s Hunter-class frigate program hits a milestone

  

  30 November 2023

  Vessels

  BAE Systems’ Hunter Class Frigate Program has successfully completed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR). 

• Contractors working on UK’s Type 26 frigates set for strike action

  

  26 December 2023

  Authorities

  Unite, Scotland’s leading trade union, has revealed that over 30 members contracted to work on the new type 26 Frigate on the Clyde are set for strike action in the new year.