On 15 August, the UK launched a new maritime strategy that sets out how the UK will enhance its capabilities in technology, innovation and cyber security.
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departed Portsmouth on 15 August to begin its three-year mission in the Middle East.
Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has started the construction of the Royal Canadian Navy’s sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS).
Royal Navy’s Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Hurworth has joined NATO ships to support NATO on minehunting operations around Europe.
A US Navy team led by NUWC Division Newport staff demonstrated an end-to-end intelligence preparation of the operational environment (IPOE) mission with the Snakehead large displacement unmanned undersea vehicle (LDUUV) prototype at the Narragansett Bay Test Facility on 21 July.
Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar became the first British warship to visit Palau, the fourth smallest country on the planet, in nearly 100 years.
The US Navy’s Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) departed Naval Station Norfolk for deployment on 8 August.
A “first-of-its-kind” detect and avoidance system called Guardian has proved it will make defense aviation’s manned/unmanned teaming safer during its first flight test at Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) headquarters on 28 July.
Egyptian and Greek naval forces have conducted joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea, within the range of the Egyptian Northern Fleet.
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate has been cleared for action and ready for autumn deployment after intensive training in the English Channel.
Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 2 and the US Navy’s Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) augmented by Italian Navy frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) conducted joint maritime and air defence exercises on July 24 while operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Canadian Coast Guard has awarded a vessel life extension contract for the Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker CCGS George R. Pearkes to Ontario-based Heddle Shipyards.
Canadian shipbuilder Irving Shipbuilding has revealed that the Royal Canadian Navy’s third Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS) HMCS Max Bernays has started sea trials.
The Royal Marines have completed preparations for operations across the Mediterranean this autumn after intensive amphibious exercises in the Netherlands.
