A consortium led by major defense contractors Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia and coordinated by Naviris submitted an industrial proposal related to the MMPC call of the European Defence Fund (EDF) on 9 December.
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the government of Greece of multi-mission surface combatant (MMSC) ships and related equipment for an estimated cost of $6.9 billion.
France-based tech company iXblue has been selected by the Finnish Navy to provide Phins Series Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) and Netans Data Distribution Units (DDU) as part of the Finnish Navy’s SQUADRON 2020 Project.
The launching ceremony of the BG201, the first OCEA FPB 98 MKI of a fleet of twenty units, took place on 9 December at OCEA site in Les Sables d’Olonne.
Russian Navy’s new Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette Rezkiy will commence its sea trials in January next year.
The Royal Navy has taken delivery of the first maritime mine counter measures (MMCM) future mine warfare system prototype.
The Hydrographic Office of the Polish Navy has purchased iXblue DriX uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) through the company’s local partner THESTA.
Active sonar suite and bottom navigation technology from Norwegian tech firm Kongsberg Maritime has been selected for installation on Type 212CD class submarines for both the Norwegian and German navies.
Germany’s NVL Group, formerly Lürssen Defence, and its local shipyard partner MTG Dolphin, have started the construction of the first of two multipurpose modular patrol vessels (MMPV) for the Bulgarian Navy.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has launched the fifth Avante 2200 corvette built for the Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia (RSNF).
The number of Royal Navy’s frigates and destroyers will return to above 19 vessels by 2026 as new ships are brought into service, Admiral Tony Radakin notes in his written evidence submitted to the Defence Select Commitee, UK.
French shipbuilding company OCEA and Ukrainian company Nibulon have signed an agreement to construct five FPB 98 patrol boats for the Ukrainian Coast Guard.
UK-based electronics company Ultra has conducted a successful update of the platform data management (PDM) for the Type 23 Royal Navy frigates.
Damen Naval, a dedicated naval shipbuilding division of the Damen Shipyards Group, has reported that the construction work on the Royal Netherlands Navy’s combat support ship (CSS) at its yard in Galati, Romania is on track.
