
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy decommissioned 9 naval vessels from active service on 28 December.

American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology company Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a contract to develop navigation subsystems for Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class submarines.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has started construction of the second unit of Changbogo-III (KSS-III) Batch-II class submarine.

The Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and Type 26 frigates have embraced the latest green technology to minimize the environmental footprint which will give them freedom of maneuver in all emission control areas in the world.

DARPA, the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has awarded Phase 2 contracts to build and test concepts for unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in a project named Manta Ray.

The Philippine Navy has approved the recommendation of the Philippine Fleet to reactivate BRP Magat Salamat (PS20) to augment current humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts in areas severely affected by super typhoon Odette.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the South Korean Navy received the last out of three upgraded Gwanggaeto Daewang (KDX-1)-class destroyers, Eulji Mundeok, marking the completion of the modernization program.

American defense company General Atomics has received a contract from the US Navy to provide engineering and program management services in support of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) and Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system for the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Doris M

Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has completed the first phase of sea trials of the second Project 677 Lada-class submarine Kronstadt (B-586).

Two nations have committed to building frigates based on the Type 26 design; Australia and Canada, according to Annabel Goldie, a Minister of State at the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

The US Navy has introduced new upgraded flight control technology, the new version of the Precision Landing Mode (PLM) called the Maritime Augmented Guidance with Integrated Controls for Carrier Approach and Recovery Precision Enabling Technologies (MAGIC CARPET).

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a contract with the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) for the acquisition of two new corvettes.

INS Khukri, the Indian Navy’s first indigenously built missile corvette, was decommissioned after 32 years of service on Thursday, 23 December 2021.

According to the UK’s Ministry of Defence, the Type 26 frigates will be armed with the future cruise/anti-ship weapon (FC/ASW).