Back at sea for the first time in four and a half years is HMS St Albans – the penultimate Royal Navy frigate to undergo a massive overhaul.
HMS Venturer’s impressive bow unit was recently installed as progress on the ship’s structure continues, according to shipbuilding major Babcock International.
The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed a contract with the supplier Astilleros Armon Vigo SA for the delivery of two new workboats.
Damen Shipyards Group has unveiled a new ship design based on modern defence and security requirements, the Multi-Purpose Support Ship (MPSS).
Forth Ports, the UK’s third-largest port group, has placed an order for two new pilot boats to join their fleet working on the Rivers Forth and Tay.
Defence company Thales has been contracted to provide satellite communications for the F126 frigates with SurfSAT-L solutions.
The Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has extended the existing contract with ARGE F125, a consortium consisting of thyssenkrupp Marine Systems as the lead company and the NVL Group, for the technical-logistical support (TLB) of the F125
French defence company Naval Group has completed the modernization of the third and last La Fayette frigate (FLF), Aconit. With this delivery of the refurbished ship, Naval Group has concluded a major modernization program for the French Navy.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has completed testing of the integrated mission systems and sensors aboard three MH-60R SEAHAWK helicopters purchased by the Hellenic Navy.
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä has signed a five-year optimized maintenance agreement with the Irish Naval Service for four offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).
Shipbuilding company PGZ Stocznia Wojenna (PGZ Naval Shipyard) has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first Miecznik-class frigate being built for the Polish Navy.
The EUROGUARD project which aims to develop a modular and semi-autonomous surface vessel platform equipped with a remote control system has officially commenced in Estonia.
French multinational company Thales and Germany’s naval shipbuilding company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have joined forces to form a consortium for the planned modernization program of the Hellenic Navy MEKO 200 frigates.
Anschütz, a Germany-based specialist in naval navigation and systems integration, has completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) of its Warship Integrated Navigation and Bridge System (WINBS) for the Royal Navy’s first Type 31 Inspiration Class ship.
