
Rolls-Royce Submarines has been contracted to provide reactors for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US.

The first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built in the UK and Australia, based on the UK’s submarine design, UK Government revealed.

Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has deployed from Plymouth to track Russian Gorshkov-class guided missile frigate, Admiral Kasatonov, and support tanker, Akademik Pashin.

On 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, it was announced that BAE Systems will help Australia to acquire its first nuclear-powered submarines.

Vard Group and Ulstein Verft, two companies in the Norwegian maritime cluster, have teamed up to participate in the competition for the award of a strategic frame agreement for modification and maintenance of the Norwegian Armed Forces frigates in the Fridtjof Nansen class.

Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster seized anti-tank weapons and ballistic missile components being smuggled in international waters in the Gulf of Oman after a high-speed chase in the Gulf.

BAE Systems has received a $219 million (GBP181 million) contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS).

Ships, submarines, aircraft, and personnel from nine nations converged in the Central Mediterranean Sea for anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface warfare training.

The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless has conducted firing exercise against aircraft as part of rigorous testing.

Dorset-company Atlas Elektronik has delivered the final of six new Vahana boats to the Royal Navy’s divers.

Eni Sustainable Mobility and Saipem have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of employing biofuels on Saipem’s drilling and construction naval vessels, with particular attention to operations in the Mediterranean Sea.

Edge Group’s entity Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has signed an industrial cooperation agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2023).