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Canadian Coast Guard dedicates CCGS Hare Bay into service
The Canadian Coast Guard dedicated search and rescue (SAR) lifeboat CCGS Hare Bay into service at a ceremony at the search and rescue station in Sambro, Nova Scotia on 6 June.

Italian and Turkish frigates train with Japan in the Mediterranean
This week, NATO vessels from Italy and Turkey conducted training exercises with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships in the Mediterranean Sea.

Qatar signs deal with Ares Shipyard for 3 fast interceptor craft
The Qatari Ministry of the Interior has revealed a further contract with ARES Shipyard for the purchase of three fast interceptor craft (FIC).

iXblue to provide navigation systems to Norwegian and German Type 212CD subs
Tech company iXblue has been selected by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) to provide navigation systems to the newly built Type 212CD submarines intended for the Norwegian and German navies.

SeeByte to support Royal Navy’s mine-hunting program
Software solutions provider SeeByte has been awarded a contract by Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) agency to provide a range of command and control, autonomy and software design services for Royal Navy’s Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) and related programs.

UK’s HMS Defender leads the way during largest naval exercise in Baltic
A Royal Navy warship, Type 45 destroyer HMS Defender, is leading a US Navy task force during the largest joint military exercises in the Baltic, BALTOPS 22, this year.

KM’s propellers and shafts picked for Finland’s Pohjanmaa-class corvettes
Norwegian tech company Kongsberg Maritime (KM) has signed a contract with the design, development, engineering and consulting company Aker Arctic Technology which will see KM supplying propellers and shafts for four new Finnish Navy’s Pohjanmaa-class (Squadron 2020) corvettes.

NATO ASW exercise Dynamic Mongoose to start in North Atlantic
NATO’s advanced anti-submarine warfare exercise, Dynamic Mongoose, which is held in the Norwegian Sea every summer, will begin on 13 June.

Textron Systems gets contract to support US Navy’s UAS ops
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron company, has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to provide continued UAS operations support for the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4).

L3Harris wins $205M deal to provide SPEIR system to US Navy
A team led by American tech company L3Harris Technologies has been selected to provide the shipboard panoramic electro-optic/infrared (SPEIR) system to the US Navy to boost fleet protection.

SCW&M to help maintain US Navy’s ships under $1.2 billion contracts
US-based ship repairing company Southcoast Welding & Manufacturing (SCW&M) has received multiple-award contracts for complex repair, maintenance, and modernization requirements of US Navy’s non-nuclear navy surface combatant ships.

HII christens USCG’s national security cutter Calhoun
US-based shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has christened Legend-class national security cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759) at a ceremony held at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.

US Navy conducts Carrier Strike Group exercise with South Korean Navy
The US Navy and Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) have conducted Carrier Strike Group exercise 2022 in the Philippine Sea.

Seven Royal Navy warships gearing up for largest naval exercise in Baltic Sea
Seven Royal Navy warships have joined the largest naval workout in the Baltic Sea this year, BALTOPS 22.