Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has signed a memorandum of U-understanding (MoU) with Saudi Ministry of Defense and General Authority for Military Industries (GAMI) to build a number of multi-mission combat ships for the Royal Saudi Naval Force.
German shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has handed over the first MEKO A-200 EN frigate built for the Egyptian Navy.
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has started the construction of two offshore patrol vessel for the Pakistan Navy.
Shipbuilding company Israel Shipyards has launched the OPV S-45 multipurpose vessel in Haifa, Israel.
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster departed Portsmouth on 15 August to begin its three-year mission in the Middle East.
Egyptian and Greek naval forces have conducted joint drills in the Mediterranean Sea, within the range of the Egyptian Northern Fleet.
Rotary unmanned aerial systems (RUAS) supplier Steadicopter has won a contract to provide its Black Eagle 5O electric unmanned helicopter for the Israeli Navy. The Black Eagle Electric family is the first family of unmanned helicopters that are powered by an electric motor. The model Black Eagle 50,
Two US Coast Guard fast response cutters arrived in Beirut, Lebanon for a scheduled port visit on 25 July, marking their arrival to the Middle East after departing the US and transiting the Mediterranean Sea.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a commissioning ceremony for the second of five corvettes being built for the Royal Saudi Navy, Al-Diriyah.
US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) and the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) have kicked off exercise Resolute Union 2022.
Turkish Anadolu Shipyard has delivered four landing ships at the same time to the Qatari Emiri Navy.
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has delivered the second Musherib-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) for the Qatari Emiri Navy.
In early 2022, whilst on routine maritime security operations, the Royal Navy Type 23 frigate HMS Montrose seized Iranian weapons from speedboats being operated by smugglers in international waters south of Iran.
Egyptian Navy’s third Gowind-class corvette has completed its first sea trials, as revealed by the French shipbuilding company Naval Group.
