
The US Navy has relieved two top officers of the Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Montgomery (LCS 8) “due to a loss of confidence in their ability to command”.

On Monday, 3 January, the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of global maritime security operations, according to the US Navy.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy decommissioned 9 naval vessels from active service on 28 December.

American aerospace, arms, defense, information security, and technology company Lockheed Martin Corp. has received a contract to develop navigation subsystems for Royal Navy’s Dreadnought-class submarines.

South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has started construction of the second unit of Changbogo-III (KSS-III) Batch-II class submarine.

The Royal Navy’s offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) and Type 26 frigates have embraced the latest green technology to minimize the environmental footprint which will give them freedom of maneuver in all emission control areas in the world.

The Philippine Navy has approved the recommendation of the Philippine Fleet to reactivate BRP Magat Salamat (PS20) to augment current humanitarian assistance and disaster response (HADR) efforts in areas severely affected by super typhoon Odette.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced that the South Korean Navy received the last out of three upgraded Gwanggaeto Daewang (KDX-1)-class destroyers, Eulji Mundeok, marking the completion of the modernization program.

Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has completed the first phase of sea trials of the second Project 677 Lada-class submarine Kronstadt (B-586).

Two nations have committed to building frigates based on the Type 26 design; Australia and Canada, according to Annabel Goldie, a Minister of State at the UK’s Ministry of Defence.

South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a contract with the Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) for the acquisition of two new corvettes.

INS Khukri, the Indian Navy’s first indigenously built missile corvette, was decommissioned after 32 years of service on Thursday, 23 December 2021.

Russian Navy’s new Project 955A Borei-A-Class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) has been launched by Sevmash Shipyard, a division of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC).

Turkish shipbuilder Ares Shipyard has delivered the first fast patrol boat built for the Turkish Coast Guard.