UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed plans to transfer two Royal Navy’s minehunter ships to the Ukrainian Navy.
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has contracted MAN Energy Solutions to supply the propulsion engines and GenSets for four anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates being built for the Royal Netherlands and Belgium navies.
The Royal Navy, with its Type 45 destroyer, has handed command of NATO’s task group in the Mediterranean Sea to the Italian Navy after more than five intensive months on front-line duties.
The first NH90 Sea Tiger took off on schedule for its maiden flight, at Airbus Helicopters’ site in Donauwörth, Germany.
Damen Naval and project partner NVL Group have held a steel-cutting ceremony for the German Navy’s first F126 frigate.
Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to conduct concept development studies for future underwater capabilities.
Designer and manufacturer of propulsion systems Steerprop has received a new contract with Meyer Turku shipyard to supply tunnel thrusters and retractable combi thrusters for two newbuild multi-purpose patrol vessels for the Finnish Border Guard.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has commissioned the S-81 Isaac Peral submarine to the Spanish Navy in the Naval Base in Cartagena.
Kongsberg Naval Services (KONGSBERG), a company owned by Kongsberg Maritime and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, has been awarded a strategic framework agreement with the Norwegian Defence Material Agency for operational support, maintenance and life-extending services on Norway’s frigates.
The Royal Navy’s destroyer HMS Diamond has been deployed to bolster the UK’s security presence in the Middle East.
Exail has signed a contract with RH Marine NETHERLANDS to provide advanced inertial navigation systems and data distribution units for the Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies’ Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates (ASWF).
HENSOLDT has entered into a cooperation with RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems to offer an electronic countermeasures (ECM) system for naval vessels in Germany.
