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KNM Maud on its way to resume NATO mission
Royal Norwegian Navy’s logistics and support vessel KNM Maud has set sail from the port of Portsmouth to reunite with the maritime NATO group.

UK MOD: £100M for Babcock-led team to upgrade Royal Navy’s EW tech
Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), part of the UK Ministry of Defence, has awarded a £100 million ($136 million) contract to a Babcock-led partnership with Elbit Systems UK and QinetiQ to deliver electronic warfare (EW) systems to the Royal Navy.

NASSCO christens second US Navy John Lewis-class oiler
On 6 November, General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), the second ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program.

UK to sell five naval vessels to Bangladesh Navy
Bangladesh Navy will buy five warships from the United Kingdom in an effort to modernize its naval fleet, Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen revealed. As informed, two of the vessels will be built in Bangladesh and the rest of the ships are to be imported from the UK. The purchase of the v

New US Navy’s radar sensing software tested
Arizona-based tech company Raytheon Missiles & Defense and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have completed demonstrations of the network cooperative radar program, an advanced radar system solution that supports the US Navy.

Fincantieri launches bow section of French Navy’s 1st FLOTLOG LSS
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the forward section of the first of four logistic support ships (LSS) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique under the French Navy FLOTLOG program.

Chinese Navy is the largest navy in world, new report shows
Chinese Navy is the largest navy in world, new report shows

Keel laid for Pakistan Navy’s final Milgem-class corvette
The Pakistan Navy has held a keel laying ceremony for its fourth Milgem-class corvette at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW).

UK puts on sale two Royal Navy warships for first time in three decades
The Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA), which is part of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) procurement arm, has sold two retired Royal Fleet auxiliary ships to Egypt.

Dearsan Shipyard to build offshore patrol boat duo for Nigerian Navy
Turkish Dearsan Shipyard has signed a contract with the Nigerian Navy to build two offshore patrol vessels (OPV).

All-electric patrol boats christened in Amsterdam
Three new Damen’s fully-electric patrol vessels have been christened at a recent ceremony at the Scheepvaart Museum in Amsterdam.

Rohde & Schwarz lands communication system deal with a Gulf navy
Technology company Rohde & Schwarz Emirates has received a contract to deliver external and internal communications systems for new corvettes for an undisclosed Gulf navy.

Sonardyne trials obstacle avoidance tech on Royal Navy’s XLUUV
UK-based engineering firm Sonardyne and compatriot tech company Wavefront have successfully demonstrated their underwater obstacle avoidance technology onboard an extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV).

GE secures propulsion system contract for French Navy’s LSS
US-based electrical engineering company GE Power Conversion has signed a contract to provide propulsion systems for the French Navy’s logistic support ships (LSS).