Canadian shipbuilder Hike Metal Products has signed a technology licensing agreement with UK-based HydroSurv to manufacture, market and support a...
The Dutch Ministry of Defense has awarded local subsea sensing technology company OPTICS11 a contract to further develop and deliver operational...
German shipbuilder TKMS and Spanish state-owned strategic defense and technology company Navantia have signed a second Memorandum of...
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has marked another milestone in the Italian Navy’s next-generation frigate program with the steel-cutting ceremony for the second of two FREMM EVO (Evolution) frigates at its Riva Trigoso shipyard.
Babcock and South Korean defense company LIG Defence & Aerospace (LIG D&A) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration across naval and defense programmes, including frigate design, weapons systems, maintenance support and unmanned technologies.
French autonomous maritime systems developer Exail has integrated Elistair’s Khronos automated tethered drone system with its DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV) to enable persistent aerial surveillance to extend the platform’s situational awareness during long-endurance maritime missions.
The UK Ministry of Defense has acquired Scotland’s Finnart Oil Terminal in a multi-million-pound investment aimed at strengthening Royal Navy fuel resilience, securing critical energy infrastructure and enabling the future relocation of the service’s mine-hunting capability.
Portugal has signed a government-to-government agreement with Italy to acquire three next-generation frigates as part of the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) investment framework, marking a major step in the modernization of the Portuguese Navy’s surface fleet.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a contract with the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) for the operational management of the Training and Simulation Center (TSC).
UK companies Babcock, ACUA Ocean Technologies and Frankenburg Technologies have partnered to develop an integrated maritime counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capability, combining autonomous surface vessels, missile technology and launcher systems to address the growing threat of attack drones.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has reached a new milestone in the Spanish Navy’s F110 frigate program with the keel laying of the third vessel in the class, F113 Menéndez de Avilés, at the company’s Ferrol shipyard.
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies and a global specialist in advanced battery technology, has been awarded a major contract by French Naval Group to supply next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems for the Barracuda and Scorpene submarine families.
