The Pakistan Navy has commissioned PNS Tughril, the first of four Type 054A/P (P standing for Pakistan) frigates built in China.
An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, had a landing mishap on deck while US Navy’s Nimitz-class supercarrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) was conducting routine flight operations in the South China Sea.
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) has completed the Arabian Gulf mission with a seizure of more than one tonne of drugs from a vessel in the Gulf of Oman.
Israel’s Ministry of Defense has signed a deal with German company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems to build three new submarines for the Israeli Navy.
The US and international forces operating under US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), US 5th Fleet, and Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) have seized record amounts of illicit cargo during maritime interdictions in 2021.
On 5 January, the Royal Navy’s warship HMS Montrose passed the 1,000-day milestone of keeping the Gulf sea lanes open and tackling drug smugglers.
Shortly before the inauguration of the new German government led by Olaf Scholz, Former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government agreed to sell three MEKO A200 frigates to Egypt, local media reported.
US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan on 12 December.
The Pakistan Navy (PN) has held a steel cutting ceremony for its 5th Hangor-class submarine, the first to be built indigenously in Pakistan.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has launched the fifth Avante 2200 corvette built for the Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia (RSNF).
The first Gowind corvette ordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Navy from French shipbuilder Naval Group was launched on 4 December.
Singapore-based ST Engineering has secured, through its marine business, a sub-contract with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to work on the construction of four Falaj 3-class offshore patrol vessels.
