UK shipbuilder Babcock International has laid the keel for the second Type 31 frigate that is being constructed for the Royal Navy.
Defence companies Babcock and HII have combined forces in Australia, working together to support critical capability requirements for the once-in-a-generation AUKUS nuclear submarine program.
Defence companies Saab and Babcock have signed a strategic cooperation agreement at DSEI to work on the design of a new corvette.
A pilotless plane has flown on and off a Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales for the first time.
Britain’s biggest warship HMS Prince of Wales has sailed for its autumn deployment, pushing the limits of aircraft carrier operations with drones, fifth-generation stealth fighters, tilt-rotors and helicopters.
VIKING Norsafe Life-saving Equipment HELLAS has secured orders from Greece’s Ministry of Shipping & Island Policy to deliver 31 patrol boats and three high-speed boats to the Hellenic Coast Guard.
Thales, through a contract with Naval Group, has been selected to provide through-life support for the French Navy’s multi-mission frigates (FREMM).
On 15 August, a composite cutting ceremony was held at Saab’s site in Karlskrona for the first of four masts for the Finnish Navy’s new ships.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first F110 frigate for the Spanish Navy.
Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Polish Navy’s first Miecznik frigates which are based on Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate design.
French Navy has taken delivery of Duguay-Trouin, the second Suffren/Barracuda-class nuclear-powered attack submarine after several months of trials. According to the French ministry of the armed forces, the submarine, which was built by French shipbuilding company Naval Group, was delivered to the F
HMS Prince of Wales, the UK’s biggest warship, is all systems go and primed for front-line duties, as it returns home to Portsmouth after the upgrade.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and compatriot C.A.B.I. Cattaneo (CABI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the assessment of commercial and industrial cooperation in the field of underwater vehicles and their integration with larger vessels.
Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has awarded Naviris and Eurosam a contract for the mid-mife upgrade (MLU) of the French and Italian Horizon-class frigates.
