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.
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) support ship HMAS Sirius was decommissioned in Perth’s Fleet Base West after 15 years of service.
Defense company Austal Australia commenced sea trials of the first of six “evolved” Cape-class patrol boats under construction for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has been launched at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia.
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.
Trinidad and Tobago has commissioned two Cape-class patrol boats TTS Port of Spain (CG41) and TTS Scarborough (CG42) at the Coast Guard headquarter, Staubles Bay, Chaguaramas.
UAE-based defense tech company Edge Group has signed a strategic agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly design unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
British arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has unveiled that it is transferring more than two million digital artefacts and 90,000 documents from the UK’s Type 26 frigate program to Adelaide’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
The amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore has arrived at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, as the newest addition to U.S. 7th Fleet’s forward-deployed naval forces (FDNF).
The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned the second Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia.
The Pakistan Navy has held a keel laying ceremony for its fourth Milgem-class corvette at Karachi Shipyard & Engineering Works Limited (KS&EW).
Defence contractor Austal Australia has delivered new Guardian-class patrol boat (GCPB) NUSHIP Francis Agwi to the Australian Department of Defence (DoD).
Naval forces from Australia, Japan, the UK, and the US have joined together in the multinational Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021 to conduct naval training in the eastern Indian Ocean.
Australian shipbuilder Austal has launched the first of six Evolved Cape-class patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy.
