On 16 December in Lorient, French defense firm Naval Group laid the keel of the first defense and intervention (FDI) frigate ordered by the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA) for the French Navy.
The Philippines Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved funding for the acquisition of two corvettes under the navy’s Corvette Acquisition Program (CAP).
Canadian navigation solution provider OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has been contracted to provide the integrated navigation system for mid-life modernization (MLM) of Bung Tomo-class multi-role light frigate (MRLF).
The Philippine Navy (PN) has held a christening and commissioning ceremony landing craft BRP Mamanwa (LC294), former Mulgae-class landing craft utility (LCU) 70 from the Republic of Korea.
During the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship’s (AOPS) recent participation on Operation Nanook 2021, part of its larger and ongoing circumnavigation of North America, a team from Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) launched a new underwater listening device used to find submarines.
UK’s Ministry of Defense has published a tender specifying a firm requirement of 36 intercept and escort vessels with an option for additional 25 units over a 6-year period.
US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) began operationally testing a new unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan on 12 December.
A consortium led by major defense contractors Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia and coordinated by Naviris submitted an industrial proposal related to the MMPC call of the European Defence Fund (EDF) on 9 December.
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the government of Greece of multi-mission surface combatant (MMSC) ships and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.9 billion.
France-based tech company iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.
The Philippine Navy (PN) decommissioned two Miguel Malvar-class corvettes BRP Miguel Malvar (PS19) and BRP Magat Salamat (PS20) at Naval Base Heracleo Alano in Cavite City on 10 December.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has revealed that its fourth Mogami-class frigate Mikuma was launched on 10 December at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works.
The Pakistan Navy (PN) has held a steel cutting ceremony for its 5th Hangor-class submarine, the first to be built indigenously in Pakistan.
The launching ceremony of the BG201, the first OCEA FPB 98 MKI of a fleet of twenty units, took place on 9 December at OCEA site in Les Sables d’Olonne.
