The US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded Bell Boeing an $81 million contract to develop, design and install nacelle modification kits and install conversion area harnesses on the CV-22 Osprey, the Air Force Special Operations Command’s (AFSOC) variant of the tiltrotor aircraft.
BAE Systems has received a £230 million (about $315 million) contract from the Royal Navy to upgrade Spearfish and Sting Ray torpedoes.
Final FAP TIAC inspection of PN Frigate 2 will be from 25 to 30 January 2021. If PN Frigate 2 is found compliant to TS&BS, PN FAP TIAC will issue the Certificate of Final Acceptance to Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), as stipulated in the contract, before the team flies back to Manila on 30 January 2
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has been selected as a preferred bidder to provide repair and maintenance services for the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyers (DDGs) and other navy ships deployed at the Naval Station Rota in Spain.
Saab and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) have signed two agreements concerning the next generation of surface ships and corvettes.
The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned the USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s (PATFORSWA) first Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC).
Christopher C. Miller, Acting US Secretary of Defence and Ben Wallace, UK Secretary of State for Defense, have co-signed the Joint Declaration for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment.
On 18 January 2021, Portugal handed over the command of Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) to Canada in a small ceremony held in Lisbon, Portugal onboard HMCS Halifax, the new flagship of the NATO Force.
The US Navy will name three future vessels after ships steeped in naval history and two others after a Medal of Honor recipient and a Native American tribe, Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the US Navy, revealed on 15 January.
While on its maiden voyage, the US Coast Guard’s new national security cutter USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) encountered and interdicted a suspected narcotic trafficking vessel south of the Dominican Republic last week.
Spanish state-owned shipbuilder Navantia has received a contract from the Royal Moroccan Navy to design and build an offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
The Egyptian Navy has taken delivery of the corvette Port Said (ENS 976) — the first warship 100% built in Egypt.
The European Defence Agency (EDA) recently approved the launch of a project that will contribute to the development of a European patrol corvette.
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has commissioned ROKS Gyeongnam (FFG-819), the second of eight Daegu-class guided missile frigates.
