
Naval Group and the Norwegian research organization NORCE have signed a partnership cooperation agreement.

The Horizon Mid-Life-Upgrade (MLU) Program, a collaborative initiative involving France and Italy, has successfully completed its critical design review (CDR), the Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) revealed.

Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first of two next-generation FREMM frigates of the EVOLUTION version, known as FREMM EVO.

The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless successfully shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise.

UK design house and technical consulting firm BMT has partnered with compatriot company Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) to advance autonomous maritime navigation by using its synthetic environment assurance service (SEAS) testbed.

Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC has partnered with French tech solutions provider Elwave to work on the European Extended Mine Countermeasures (E=MCM) program.

Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has unveiled that the Danish Government plans to strengthen the defense with a new ambitious naval strategy that includes the purchase of new equipment and vessels.

The UK Ministry of Defense has signed a £165 million contract extension with defense firm Leonardo for maintenance of the Royal Navy’s fleet of 54 Merlin helicopters.

The Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has announced the signing of Amendment No. 6 to the U212 Near Future Submarine (NFS) program contract.

Vlissingen, the second of the series of mine countermeasures vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, first intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, began its first sea trials campaign from Concarneau, France, on March 27, 2025.

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk – FMV), the Swedish Armed Forces, and local defense company Saab have tested a new lightweight torpedo system, the Torpedo 47, on a temporary platform.

German company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Werft have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to collaborate on delivering the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next advanced frigates.