Major naval exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 22) with fourteen NATO allies, two NATO partner nations, and over 45 ships started in Stockholm on 5 June.
The German Navy’s K130 corvette Oldenburg (F263) has test-fired RBS 15 anti-ship missile at a land-based target in Norway for the first time.
The lead boat of a new class of French Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines, Suffren, has been commissioned in Brest, France.
Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar, together with its sister ship HMS Spey, has completed the first deployment in the Indo-Asia Pacific as part of Britain’s permanent naval presence in the region.
Throughout the entire year of 2022, the Royal Swedish Navy will celebrate its 500th anniversary.
Spanish shipbuilding firm Navantia has revealed that the first Spanish Navy’s S-80 Plus-class submarine Isaac Peral (S-81) started initial sea trials.
Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and US Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) concluded the NATO-led Neptune Shield 2022 (NESH22) from STRIKFORNATO’s Joint Operations Centre in Oeiras, Portugal featuring several “first-ever” events.
26 nations, 38 surface ships, four submarines, nine national land forces, more than 170 aircraft and approximately 25,000 personnel will participate in the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise scheduled to take place between 29 June and 4 August.
A total of 14 NATO nations, including NATO partner nations Finland and Sweden, will soon kick off the 51st annual maritime-led joint Baltic Operations (BALTOPS 22).
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold Royal Navy’s former Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Atherstone (M38) to Belfast-based shipyard Harland & Wolff famous for building the Titanic.
Vard Marine, a company of Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its Vard 7 125 next-generation offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
UK’s Royal Navy has revealed plans to enhance its hunter-killer submarines with the latest cruise missile system. Specifically, all Astute-class boats are to receive boosted Tomahawks as part of a £265 million upgrade to the submarines’ premier long-range weapon. The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TL
