Vessels

Fincantieri, Navantia join forces on future naval projects
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Spanish shipbuilding company have reached a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost their relationship and explore the joint benefit of a broadened collaboration in the naval and maritime domains.

Indian Navy’s new P11356 frigate launched in Russia
The seventh frigate of P1135.6 class built for the Indian Navy was launched at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad, Russia on 28 October.

Fincantieri delivers Qatar’s first Al Zubarah-class corvette
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the first Al Zubarah-class corvette of four vessels ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence under the national naval acquisition program.

UK’s longest-serving Type 23 frigate conducts autonomous boat trials in a navy’s first
The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll has successfully conducted autonomous boat trials by managing to control an uncrewed Pacific 24 rigid inflatable boat (RIB) while sailing at sea.

Construction of UK’s 1st Type 26 frigate reaches key milestone
The Royal Navy has revealed that the construction of its first in the series of eight Type 26 frigates is sufficiently complete for the navy to begin assigning sailors to the vessel.

Rolls-Royce to work on electrification of Indian Navy’s “fleet of the future”
As part of the UK’s upcoming Carrier Strike Group tour, UK-based engineering company Rolls-Royce wants to explore opportunities for partnering with the Indian Navy with end-to-end solutions for the electrification of future warships.

Naval Group hands over third Argentinian multi-mission OPV
French defense contractor Naval Group has delivered the third out of four multi-mission offshore patrol vessels (OPV), built for the Argentinian Navy.

Royal Navy launches missile from autonomous vessel in NATO exercise
The Royal Navy launched a missile from its autonomous boat Madfox during NATO’s biggest autonomous war drills.

Naval Group lands design contract for French Navy’s future OPVs
French defense contractor Naval Group has received a contract from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for the preliminary and detailed design of the ocean patrol vessel (OPV) program.

OCEA floats out new French aluminum OPV
The new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) has just been launched by the OCEA shipyard and is now starting a phase of sea trials before its delivery scheduled for the beginning of the next year.

Russian Navy welcomes newest Project 636.3 submarine
The Russian Navy has commissioned its newest diesel-electric Project 636.3 submarine Magadan in St. Petersburg, the Russian Ministry of Defense revealed.

OSI Maritime to provide navigation systems for German Navy’s frigates
Canada-based navigation solution provider OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has been selected by Damen Naval to provide a navigation suite to the German Navy’s F126 program.

PHOTOS: Scottish ports welcome NATO warships after major exercise
Scottish ports have welcomed a host of international warships following the completion of a major NATO exercise Joint Warrior.

WATCH: Russia conducts test-firing of Tsirkon hypersonic missile from submarine
The Russian Navy performed the first-ever test launch of a Tsirkon-class hypersonic missile from the Yasen-class nuclear-powered submarine.