Research & Innovation

Babcock and Truflo Marine expand AUKUS industrial cooperation
Babcock and Truflo Marine have launched a pilot initiative to strengthen UK-Australia submarine sustainment supply chains under AUKUS, with Australian-made valve components set to support the sustainment of the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarine fleet.

SYOS Aerospace introduces SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle
SYOS Aerospace has introduced the SU10 uncrewed underwater vehicle (UUV) to extend and strengthen its multi-domain autonomous uncrewed portfolio across air, land, sea to subsurface.

Keel laid for Russia’s new Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gromov
A ceremonial keel-laying ceremony for the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gromov has taken place at Severnaya Verf Shipyard.

Canada, Finland and US push forward on next-gen icebreaker program
Canada, Finland and the United States have advanced cooperation under the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact), reinforcing efforts to expand Arctic and polar icebreaker production capacity.

NHIndustries inks NH90 Block 2 architecture study contract
The NATO agency in charge of the NH90 program, NAHEMA, has signed a contract with NHIndustries, a consortium between Airbus, Leonardo, and GKN Aerospace, to launch the NH90 Block 2 architecture study.

Exail’s DriX H-9 selected for defense counter-UAS program
Exail has secured a new contract for its long-range uncrewed surface vehicle (USV), the DriX H-9, with a leading defense research organization.

Russian naval vessel spotted hanging around UK offshore wind farms – Report
A Russian naval vessel was recently observed “loitering” near UK offshore wind farms in the English Channel, according to a NATO source cited by iPaper.

UK warships uncover secret Russian submarine operation near British waters (PHOTO)
The British military has exposed a covert Russian submarine operation in and around UK waters, forcing the vessels to retreat back to Russia, the UK Ministry of Defense revealed.

Russian Navy’s special-mission nuclear submarine Belgorod delivered
Sevmash Shipyard, part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has delivered the special-mission, nuclear-powered submarine Belgorod.
British WW2 sub HMS Urge found off Malta
A 77-year-long mystery has been solved as scientists finally located and identified the wreck of Royal Navy’s wartime submarine HMS Urge off Malta. The submarine was found sitting upright on the seabed of the Mediterranean more than 400 feet down, her bow buried in the ocean floor, her deck gun faci
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
Finnish gov’t approves procurement of four Squadron 2020 corvettes
On September 19, 2019, the Finnish government approved the procurement of four new multipurpose corvettes valued at more than EUR 1 billion. As Naval Today earlier reported, the ship quartet will be designed and constructed at Finnish Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard. The design phase for t
US Navy destroyer Porter and EODMU 8 taking part in REP (MUS) 2019
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) and members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 8 participate in the first Recognized Environmental Picture Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems REP (MUS) exercise hosted by the Portuguese Navy in Lisbon,
Fire claims lives of 14 men aboard Russian Navy research submarine
Fourteen sailors have been killed in a fire on board a Russian Navy deepsea research submarine. The incident occurred in the Russian territorial waters of the Brents Sea on July 1, according to a statement issued by the Russian government. The fourteen crew members died from smoke inhalation after t