Vessels
Cantiere Navale Vittoria delivers Malta’s flagship OPV P71
Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria has delivered OPV P71, a new flagship of the Armed Forces of Malta.
Rolls Royce’s nuclear reactors to power Australian submarines
Rolls-Royce Submarines has been contracted to provide reactors for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US.
First SSN-AUKUS submarines to be built in UK
The first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built in the UK and Australia, based on the UK’s submarine design, UK Government revealed.
PHOTO: UK’s Type 23 frigate tracks Russian warships in English Channel
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Portland has deployed from Plymouth to track Russian Gorshkov-class guided missile frigate, Admiral Kasatonov, and support tanker, Akademik Pashin.
BAE Systems jumps onboard SSN-AUKUS submarine project
On 13 March, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, it was announced that BAE Systems will help Australia to acquire its first nuclear-powered submarines.
Vard and Ulstein team up on Norwegian Nansen-class frigates
Vard Group and Ulstein Verft, two companies in the Norwegian maritime cluster, have teamed up to participate in the competition for the award of a strategic frame agreement for modification and maintenance of the Norwegian Armed Forces frigates in the Fridtjof Nansen class.
PHOTO: UK’s Type 23 frigate seizes anti-tank missiles in Gulf of Oman
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster seized anti-tank weapons and ballistic missile components being smuggled in international waters in the Gulf of Oman after a high-speed chase in the Gulf.
BAE Systems to provide MIFS for UK’s Type 26 frigates
BAE Systems has received a $219 million (GBP181 million) contract to equip the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates with five Mk 45 Maritime Indirect Fire Systems (MIFS).
Atlas Elektronik delivers final Vahana boat to Royal Navy’s divers
Dorset-company Atlas Elektronik has delivered the final of six new Vahana boats to the Royal Navy’s divers.
Eni, Saipem to collaborate on renewable fuels for naval vessels
Eni Sustainable Mobility and Saipem have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of employing biofuels on Saipem’s drilling and construction naval vessels, with particular attention to operations in the Mediterranean Sea.
Italian Navy’s U212 submarine project passes critical design review
NFS programme has met a significant milestone, the Critical Design Review (CDR), a fundamental step for the realisation of the new generation of submarines.
UK’s new experimental warship Patrick Blackett kicks off sea trials
NavyX’s unique trials ship, XV (eXperimental Vessel) Patrick Blackett, left Portsmouth Naval Base yesterday to undergo sea acceptance trials
UK’s Type 45 destroyer joins NATO drill after major upgrade
Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan has joined NATO exercise after proving its ability to operate to the highest level following a major overhaul.
UK’s fifth Astute-class submarine sails for the first time
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal Navy, has departed the Company’s shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, and headed out to open sea for the first time.