During Sea Power Conference 2024 in London, UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps revealed that two Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates will be retired.
The Italian Navy has held a launching ceremony for the logistic support ship (LSS) Atlante, as part of the navy’s fleet renewal plan.
UK defense company Babcock has been selected by Swedish company Saab to support the design and development of the Swedish Navy’s new Luleå-class corvettes.
Six new amphibious warships are to be built for Royal Marines operations, the Royal Navy revealed.
Braunschweig-class corvettes were ordered because of the German Navy’s increased scope and tempo of operations. Another reason is the fact that the MKS180 multi-role combat ship order was delayed and the corvette announcement was interpreted as an offset to the delays.
Defence company Babcock International has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 frigate Refit Support Group.
The Royal Navy’s latest Astute-class submarine has been named at BAE Systems’ submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first block of the third Hellenic Ship (HS) Formion.
On April 22, 2024, Singapore’s fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program (Invincible-class) was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel.
The keel laying ceremony of Finnish Navy’s first Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette was held at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard on April 11, 2024.
Belgian Defense has ordered six R7 remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from Exail, a UK-based high-tech company specializing in robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and the Indonesian Ministry of Defence have signed a 1.18-billion-euro contract for the supply of two PPA Units.
The Australian Government has selected BAE Systems and ASC to build Australia’s new fleet of nuclear-powered submarines as part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.
The steel cutting of the first third-generation French SSBN took place at Naval Group’s shipyard in Cherbourg on March 20.
