
The Royal Navy has used uncrewed technology to detect and gather information on underwater threats from an allied warship, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Uraga-class mine countermeasure vessel, for the first time.

The Royal Navy has used its new mini-helicopter drone for the first time on drug-hunting operations in the Middle East.

German technology corporation Rheinmetall has received a contract to supply training simulators to the German Navy.

During a scheduled sea mission, the Buyan-class (Project 21631) small missile ship Grad completed exercises at a combat training range in the Kaliningrad region.

The Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2025, kicked off in two locations, Bahrain and Jordan, on February 10.

The Israeli Navy’s Missile Ship Flotilla, the Directorate of Defence Research & Development (DDR&D) in the Israel Ministry of Defense, and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) have completed an operational test launch to trial the firing capabilities of the Gabriel 5 sea-to-sea missile.

Minesweepers Yakov Balyaev and Pyotr Ilyichev from the Troops and Forces in the North-East used a Skanda uncrewed surface vehicle to search and neutralize maritime mines of the mock enemy while completing the K-2 task elements, according to the Russian Navy.

The U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah has participated in the French Navy-led multilateral training exercise La Perouse 2025, alongside other allied and partner nations, in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean.

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has completed the first test of at-sea refueling designed for use with the unmanned surface vessel (USV) Defiant.

The Royal Navy has taken a step closer to deploying autonomous mine-hunting technology on front-line operations after a successful trial with an autonomous boat in Scotland.

On December 14, a French Navy nuclear attack submarine (SNA) successfully fired an F21 torpedo at a real target, a decommissioned D’Estienne d’Orves-class aviso, Premier Maître L’Her.

Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace, has been awarded a contract from the US Navy to provide the multifunctional information distribution system joint tactical radio system (MIDS JTRS).

The US Army’s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office, in collaboration with the US Navy Strategic Systems Programs, has completed a successful end-to-end flight test of a conventional hypersonic missile from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 has conducted the first F-35C combat air strikes for the platform.