
The Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate (Inspiration-class), HMS Venturer will be launched in 2023, according to navy officials.

The steel cutting for the bow section of the French Navy’s second FLOTLOG type logistic support ship (LSS) took place on 1 February 2022.

Defense company Northrop Grumman Corporation revealed the successful completion of the second flight test of its AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) built for the US Navy.

Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO) and US Sixth Fleet (SIXTHFLT) concluded the NATO-led activity Neptune Strike 2022 on 4 February.

Royal Navy’s RFA Cardigan Bay has completed a significant mid-life refit at A&P Falmouth and returned to deployment having departed on 4 February, the company revealed.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division has revealed that the US Navy’s Virginia-class fast-attack submarine Montana (SSN 794) successfully completed alpha sea trials.

Royal Marines are honing crucial Arctic warfare skills in Norway as they prepare for important exercises alongside NATO allies in the region.

HMAS Arunta, the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Anzac-class frigate, sailed from its home port of Fleet Base East on 28 January for a three-month regional presence deployment.

Maritime forces from East Africa, West Indian Ocean nations, Europe, North America, and several international organizations began the multinational maritime exercise Cutlass Express 2022 (CE22) with an opening ceremony held in Djibouti on 6 February.

Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has been contracted to build nine additional CH-53K helicopters for US Marine Corps.

The US Navy commissioned the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) as the newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a ceremony held on 5 February in Brunswick, Georgia.

The procurement of the Batch 2 Type 26 Frigates is expected to happen “in the early 2020s”, according to the UK Government.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)’s multi-role response vessel (MRRV)-9701 conducted its official sea trials at the vicinity waters off Japan on 25 to 28 January 2022.

The US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has issued a request for information (RFI) on behalf of the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems Above Water Sensors directorate seeking industry inputs and interest for future development and production phases for future X-band radar (