Damen Naval has contracted Alfa Laval Benelux to deliver fuel oil separators, cleaning tables, oily bilge water separators and ILS deliverables for the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates for the Royal Netherlands Navy and Belgian Navy. In June 2023, Damen Naval was awarded the contract to design
British aerospace, defense and nuclear engineering services company Babcock has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Royal Navy’s third Type 31 frigate, HMS Formidable.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has unveiled that French Navy’s first defense and intervention frigate (FDI) Amiral Ronarc’h started sea trials.
The steel-cutting ceremony for Finnish Navy’s second Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette was held at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard on October 9, 2024.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Shipyards Group has held a joint steel cutting and keel laying ceremony for the Portuguese Navy’s new multipurpose ship.
HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarine built for the UK’s Silent Service, has been formally launched at BAE Systems’ facility in Barrow.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the fourth multipurpose combat ship (PPA) Giovanni delle Bande Nere to the Italian Navy.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has signed a delivery agreement with the Netherlands Ministry of Defense for the four new Orka-class submarines planned for the Dutch Navy.
The steel-cutting ceremony for the first of four next-generation offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) that shipbuilder Fincantieri will build for the Italian Navy took place at the Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa on September 24.
Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for upgrades to Norway’s Ula-class submarines to extend the operational life of the submarines.
On September 19, 2024, the launching ceremony of the second FDI frigate HS Nearchos took place at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient.
The design phase for the six German-Norwegian Type 212CD submarines has been concluded on schedule with Critical Design Review (CDR), thyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) revealed.
French defense company Naval Group and the Netherlands have signed an industrial cooperation agreement (ICA) related to the contract for the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability (RNSC) program.
German companies thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL have signed a cooperation agreement and established a joint venture to work on the construction of the future F127 frigates for the German Navy. The agreement, signed at SMM 2024 maritime trade fair in Hamburg, will see the two companies jointly r
