The German Navy will get new helicopters for its frigates. They will be known as Sea Tiger helicopters and will be mainly used in the fight against submarines and ships.
On 12 November, the Pakistan Navy commissioned its new corvette named PNS Tabuk (F-272) at the Port of Constanta, Romania.
Engineering company Rolls-Royce has signed a collaborative agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to strengthen ways of working across key Royal Navy programmes.
Vital warships providing supplies and technical support to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers will be built by British-led teams, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced.
Australia and the UK have further strengthened their defence relationship by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on building and delivering the next generation of frigates.
The Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet) has reclassified its two Absalon-class support ships as frigates.
Alsace, the first of two multi-mission air-defense frigates in the FREMM program for the French Navy, has carried out its first sea trials.
Russia has successfully tested a Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missile — a move described by President Vladimir Putin as “a major event not only for the Armed Forces but also for the nation as a whole”.
The German Navy has celebrated the keel laying for the eighth new K130 Braunschweig corvette, Karlsruhe (F267).
A £5.5 million (around $7.1 million) contract to provide support for small diesel engines onboard critical Royal Navy vessels, including amphibious assault ships and mine hunters, has been placed by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD).
On September 29, 2020, the fourth Type 209/1400mod submarine for the Navy of Arab Republic of Egypt was named and launched at thyssenkrupp Marine Systems’shipyard in Kiel.
UK’s defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems has been awarded a contract worth up to £87 million by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to manufacture and deliver Archerfish mine neutralisers for the US Navy.
The UK’s Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) announced the potential sale of the Royal Navy’s former Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Atherstone (M38) in June this year.
Split-based shipbuilder Brodosplit held a keel-laying ceremony for two inshore patrol vessels ordered by Croatia’s defense ministry.
