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German Navy to upgrade K130 corvettes with OSI’s integrated navigation system
Canada-based provider of navigation and tactical solutions OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has been contracted to provide integrated navigation systems (INS) for the German Navy’s first batch of K130 (Braunschweig-class) corvettes.
Pakistan Navy’s third Milgem-class corvette launched
Pakistan Navy’s third Milgem-class corvette PNS Badr has been launched at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works (KS&EW).
US, UK and Australia team up for Pacific Partnership 2022
The US Navy, Royal Navy and Australian Defence Force (ADF) military members have teamed up as part of the Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) mission team, the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.
UK retires two hunter-killer submarines on the same day
Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines HMS Talent and HMS Trenchant were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May.
Newest Freedom-variant LCS USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul enters service
The US Navy commissioned USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul (LCS 21) as the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a ceremony held on 21 May in Duluth, Minnesota.
Naval Group floats out UAE Navy’s second Gowind corvette
French naval shipbuilding major Naval Group has launched the second Gowind corvette ordered by United Arab Emirates for the country’s navy.
Denmark signs agreement to back UK’s Type 31 frigate program
The navies of the UK and Denmark have signed the Type 31 Implementing Agreement to work side-by-side to bring the UK’s next generation of frigates into service.
South African Navy welcomes first Project BIRO multi-mission inshore patrol vessel
The South African Navy has taken delivery of the first of three multi-mission inshore patrol vessels (MMIPV) built by shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Cape Town.
US, Japan coast guards expand cooperation, establish new operation Sapphire
The US and Japan coast guards have formally expanded cooperative agreements and established a new perpetual operation during a ceremony in Tokyo.
General Dynamics lands $313.9M contract for US Navy’s Columbia-class subs
General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract modification to support submarine industrial base development and expansion for the construction of the US Navy’s Columbia-class fleet ballistic missile submarines.
US Navy’s RRNCSG trains with JMSDF’s destroyer – gallery
Ships and aircraft from the US Navy’s Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group (RRNCSG) concluded a week of at-sea bilateral training with a destroyer from Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) on 17 May.
SEA trials its ASW solution aboard MSubs’ XLUUV platform
Independent systems engineering and software company Systems Engineering & Assessment has completed another series of operational demonstrations of its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solution aboard MSubs’ extra large uncrewed undersea vehicle (XLUUV) platform.
French Navy receives 7th upgraded ATL2 maritime patrol aircraft
The French Navy has received the seventh Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 and the second ATL2 modernized by Service industriel de l’aéronautique (SIAé).
Australian Navy sets new maintenance model to return ships to water faster
Defence’s new approach to sustaining the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) growing fleet was launched at the Indo Pacific Sea Power 2022 conference last week.