Following a public tender, Socarenam-Mauric consortium has been awarded the contract by the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (DGAMPA) to design and build an “innovative” offshore patrol vessel.
German equipment provider Schottel has been contracted to supply its transverse thrusters for the Polish Miecznik-class multi-role frigates.
Power4Future, part of Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri, has completed the final operational test of the lithium-ion battery system (LBS), intended for the Italian Navy’s U212 near future submarines (NFS), at the Piedimonte San Germano facility.
Leonardo, the Royal Navy and the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Innovation (FCI) team have unveiled the design of the Proteus technology demonstrator aircraft.
Within the European Defense Fund (EDF) framework, French company Thales is leading a defense project SEACURE to achieve a sovereign European capability in future autonomous anti-submarine and seabed warfare.
Damen Shipyards Cape Town, a subsidiary of Dutch shipbuilding major Damen, has delivered a fast crew supplier (FCS) 3307 patrol vessel to Nigerian Homeland Integrated Offshore Services (Homeland IOSL).
Navantia UK, a subsidiary of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, is in discussions with Harland & Wolff, a historic British shipbuilding and fabrication company, to acquire its operations across four sites: Belfast in Northern Ireland, Appledore in the South West of England and Methil and Arnish in Scotla
The Russian Navy has welcomed the latest Yasen-M nuclear-powered submarine Arkhangelsk built at the Sevmash Shipyard in northwestern Russia.
Naval power has emerged as a central element in these power struggles, with nations increasingly focused on enhancing their maritime capabilities and expanding their fleets.
Defense company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration regarding the modernization of Sweden’s coastal anti-ship missile capability.
Poland has inked a contract with the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) for the construction of a naval rescue ship, which will be a part of the Ratownik program.
The second patrol icebreaker of Project 23550, Nikolay Zubov, under construction at the Admiralty Shipyards in Saint Petersburg, was launched on December 25, 2024.
