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Portugal hosts maritime unmanned systems experimentation drill
The international unmanned maritime systems experimentation exercise hosted by the Portuguese Navy concluded in waters near Lisbon, Portugal, on September 27. Named Recognized Environmental Picture augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS), the exercise was attended by US, European Navy and N
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower a step away from deployment
The aircraft carrier completed its fina pre
Royal Navy destroyer home after Strait of Hormuz patrols
The Type 45 destroyer performed a multitude of missions in the last seven months.
Turkey commissions final Ada-class corvette Kinaliada
A steel-cutting ceremony for the first MILGEM ship for the Pakistan Navy was held on the same day.
India commissions second Scorpene sub, launches first Project 17A frigate
A new aircraft carrier dry dock at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, was also inaugurated.
US, Royal Navy aircraft carriers underway together in the Atlantic
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and HMS Queen Elizabeth met up for a photo exercise.
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