Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has been awarded AED 3.5 billion (app $953 million) contract by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and UAE Navy to build four Falaj 3-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).
The Pakistan Navy has the keels of two future ships that will join its fleet recently laid during separate ceremonies held in China and in Turkey.
U.S. Fifth Fleet’s guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey has seized an illicit shipment of weapons from a stateless dhow in the international water of the North Arabian Sea.
The US Navy fired warning shots at three Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast inshore attack craft (FIAC) in the Persian Gulf on 26 April 2021 after they came into close proximity to US naval vessels.
Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Glen Harris to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida, making it the 44th fast response cutter for defense in the Arabian Gulf.
French Navy La Fayette-class frigate FS Guépratte (F-714) has seized 1,380 lbs (626 kg) of methamphetamine worth more than $17 million during the latest Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) counter-narcotics operation in the Arabian Sea on April 9.
Egypt became the 34th member of the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) on April 12, 2021.
French Marine Nationale ships have achieved five seizures of illicit drugs in just six days, whilst participating in a counter-narcotics focused operation under the command of Combined Maritime Forces’ (CMF) Canadian-led Combined Task Force (CTF) 150.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has launched the third of five corvettes ordered by the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF).
Royal Navy frigate HMS Montrose (F234) has struck for a third time in less than five weeks — in an operation lasting 10 hours, the Montrose intercepted over 2,800 kg (6100 lbs) of hashish and 50 kg (110 lbs) of heroin in the Arabian Sea on March 12, 2021.
Frigates are expected to account for a 32.7% revenue share of the total naval vessels market over the coming decade, GlobalData’s new report shows.
The French Navy’s Cassard-class anti-air frigate Jean Bart (D615) intercepted over 2,900 kg of illicit drugs on 12 February 2021, in the latest successful Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) interdiction in the Arabian Sea.
