
German shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has handed over the first MEKO A-200 EN frigate built for the Egyptian Navy.

Weapon systems on board the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates will be upgraded in a £34 million contract awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).

Kongsberg is to supply three shipsets of HUGIN AUVs and related HiPAP systems for three newbuild warships for the Polish Navy.

Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has left Portsmouth and is heading for Rosyth for work on her starboard (right hand) propeller shaft which suffered a mechanical defect as the ship left for New York last month.

The French Navy destroyer Chevalier Paul and aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle have conducted firing exercise using Aster surface-to-air missiles.

Dutch maritime technology provider Nevesbu, in close cooperation with prime contractor PT LEN Industri, has conducted the platform systems integration engineering on the Indonesian Navy’s multi-role light frigate KRI Usman Harun.

British technology and advanced maritime manufacturing company Kraken Technology Group (KTG) and marine engineering consultancy Steller Systems have entered into formal collaboration to further enhance Kraken K50 program.

Defence company Babcock International has been awarded the contract to deliver, install and provide in-service support for Royal Navy’s Ardent Wolf program.

The UK will procure two new multi-role survey ships for seabed warfare, the country’s Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announced while speaking at the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.

The UK and Poland have signed a Statement of Intent to collaborate on the procurement and operation of three Arrowhead-140 (British Type 31) frigates.

French companies TechnicAtome and ECA Group have recently signed a major contract for the production of the submarines’ electrical systems.

The first Ukrainian Navy’s Milgem (Ada-class) corvette was launched on 2 October at Turkish shipyard RMK Marine.