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.
Russian Navy’s new Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette Rezkiy will commence its sea trials in January next year.
The Royal Navy has taken delivery of the first maritime mine counter measures (MMCM) future mine warfare system prototype.
The US Navy has commissioned its new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Daniel Inouye at a ceremony held at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickham.
The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy has purchased iXblue DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) through the company’s local partner THESTA.
US military shipbuilding major Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), through its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has officially started with the fabrication of the 81st Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131).
Active sonar suite and bottom navigation technology from Norwegian tech firm Kongsberg Maritime has been selected for installation on Type 212CD class submarines for both the Norwegian and German navies.
Germany’s NVL Group, formerly Lürssen Defence, and its local shipyard partner MTG Dolphin, have started the construction of the first of two multipurpose modular patrol vessels (MMPV) for the Bulgarian Navy.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has launched the fifth Avante 2200 corvette built for the Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia (RSNF).
Sandhayak, the first of the four Indian Navy’s survey vessels (large), was launched in Kolkata on 5 December.
