
The Norwegian Government has decided to end the introduction of the NH90 helicopters and has authorized the Norwegian Defence Material Agency to terminate the contract, according to Norwegian Minister of Defence Bjørn Arild Gram.

Vard Marine, a Fincantieri company, has published a video of its new next-generation VARD 7 125 offshore patrol vessel.

As part of the UK’s commitment to the Arctic region, HMS Protector has arrived in Montreal, Canada, for the ship’s first-ever visit to the country.

The German Navy’s K130 corvette Oldenburg (F263) has test-fired RBS 15 anti-ship missile at a land-based target in Norway for the first time.

The lead boat of a new class of French Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines, Suffren, has been commissioned in Brest, France.

Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel HMS Tamar, together with its sister ship HMS Spey, has completed the first deployment in the Indo-Asia Pacific as part of Britain’s permanent naval presence in the region.

Spanish shipbuilding firm Navantia has revealed that the first Spanish Navy’s S-80 Plus-class submarine Isaac Peral (S-81) started initial sea trials.

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has sold Royal Navy’s former Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel HMS Atherstone (M38) to Belfast-based shipyard Harland & Wolff famous for building the Titanic.

Vard Marine, a company of Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, has received approval in principle (AiP) from Lloyd’s Register (LR) for its Vard 7 125 next-generation offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

Turkey is pushing forward with the development of its submarine program, having witnessed the launching ceremony of the second Reis-class (Type 214), the future TCG Hizir Reis.

Royal Navy’s nuclear-powered submarines HMS Talent and HMS Trenchant were decommissioned at Devonport Naval Base on 20 May.

French naval shipbuilding major Naval Group has launched the second Gowind corvette ordered by United Arab Emirates for the country’s navy.

The navies of the UK and Denmark have signed the Type 31 Implementing Agreement to work side-by-side to bring the UK’s next generation of frigates into service.

The French Navy has received the seventh Atlantique 2 (ATL2) maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) upgraded to standard 6 and the second ATL2 modernized by Service industriel de l’aéronautique (SIAé).