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Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the Russian Navy’s development strategy until 2050: the next step in the development of Russian maritime policy in recent years. The first step was taken in 2022, when Russia’s new maritime strategy was published. After Nikolai Patrushev, former secretary of the Russian Security Council, assumed the post of chairman […]

The Royal Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) HMS Astute arrived at His Majesty’s Naval base Devonport in Plymouth, Devon, on 30 June 2025 to become the first boat of its class to undergo a Mid Life Re-Validation Period (MLRP). The Royal Navy noted on its website on 4 July that HMS Astute, which was commissioned […]

The UK Royal Navy (RN) has accepted into service three sets of autonomous minesweeping systems, known as SWEEP, that allow it to safely clear sea lanes and defeat modern mine threats using unmanned platforms, the navy announced on 4 July 2025. The SWEEP system – effectively the RN’s first uncrewed minesweeper – was designed by […]

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for 22 combat boats, the company announced on 4 July 2025. The order, which was booked in the second quarter of 2025, is valued at around SEK 900 million (EUR 80 million). Deliveries will be made continuously over the coming years. Saab’s combat […]

Kongsberg has opened a new test bed facility to respond to the growing demand for the protection of critical maritime infrastructure (CMI). Officially opened on 30 June 2025, the Oslofjord Critical Maritime Infrastructure Protection Test Bed, located in Horten, Norway, is designed to provide a global centre of excellence where the latest technologies, products and systems can […]

The launch of Poland’s first signals intelligence (SIGINT) ship under contract with prime contractor Saab, ORP Jerzy Różycki, took place in Gdańsk, Poland, on 1 July 2025. The launching ceremony was attended by representatives from the Polish Ministry of National Defence, the Polish Armaments Agency, the Polish Headquarters of Marine Technology, the Polish Navy, and […]

The Italian Navy has ordered two additional Multipurpose Offshore Patroller (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura – PPA) vessels, lead contractor Fincantieri announced on 26 June 2025. The order, which replaces two PPA vessels that were sold to Indonesia prior to their completion, is a contract extension that is being managed by the Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation […]

UK-based uncrewed surface vessel (USV) specialist Kraken Technology Group announced on 23 June 2025 that it has secured simultaneous funding commitments from major strategic investors to support its rapid expansion plans. The investors include the NATO Innovation Fund and the UK’s National Security Strategic Investment Fund (NSSIF), as well as Superangel: a leading European venture […]

UK companies MARSS, Wavefront and Forcys came together from 10 to 13 June 2025 to offer live demonstrations of multi-domain security technology at Portland Port in Dorset. During the demonstrations, the MARSS NiDAR artificial intelligence (AI)-enhanced security and surveillance command-and-control (C2) platform was integrated with Wavefront’s Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) and two other sensors […]

Ukrainian operatives mounted a third attack on the Kerch Bridge on the morning of 3 June 2025, this time using underwater demolition charges. The bridge, which links the Russian-occupied Crimean peninsula with southern Russia to the east, is not only a key supply route for Russian forces but a symbol of Russia’s illegal annexation of […]

Emirati advanced technology and defence group EDGE announced on 3 June 2025 the signing of a major AED 9 billion (EUR 2.15 billion) contract with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the supply of Falaj 3 62 m missile boats. The number of vessels ordered was not specified, but EDGE says the contract represents […]

At the DSEI Japan 2025 defence exhibition, held at Makuhari Messe in Chiba Prefecture from 21-23 May, Finland’s Patria showcased its NEMO (NEw MOrtar) Container: a turreted 120 mm mortar system mounted on a container. Meanwhile, starting in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) has begun procuring the Type 24 120 […]

Naval Group rolled out the Barracuda (Suffren-class) nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) De Grasse at its shipyard in Cherbourg on 27 May 2025. The SSN left its construction hall in order to be transferred to a floating platform-type shiplift that will put the submarine into the water. Completion work and initial tests will then be carried […]

Saab has been contracted by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to equip the Swedish Navy’s five Visby-class corvettes with the Sea Ceptor air defence system from MBDA, Saab announced on 28 May 2025. The order for Saab, which is valued at around SEK 1.6 billion (EUR 150 million), is part of the FMV’s long-term […]

Navantia conducted a launch ceremony at its San Fernando shipyard in Cádiz on 27 May 2025 for the offshore patrol vessel (OPV) that the company has built for the Royal Moroccan Navy. Based on Navantia’s Avante 1800 design, the OPV has a length of 87 m, a beam of 13 m, a full-load displacement of […]

Babcock International unveiled the UK Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate, the future HMS Venturer, on 27 May 2025 as the ship emerged into the open at the company’s shipyard in Rosyth, Scotland. The 5,700-tonne, 139 m-long ship was carefully manoeuvred out of the build hall at Rosyth using self-propelled modular transporters in preparation for […]

Electronic countermeasures (ECM) to defend warships against guided weapon attacks are not a new development. Rudimentary jamming devices were fitted to Royal Navy and US Navy ships as far back as 1943 to disrupt the communications link used in German Hs 293 and Fritz-X radio-controlled bombs. Subsequently, off-board expendable decoys, typified by radio frequency (RF) […]

For a navy investing in platforms like aircraft carriers, nuclear-powered submarines, and anti-submarine warfare frigates, one of the UK Royal Navy’s (RN’s) most interesting, and important, recent platform investments is not a frontline warship. Such higher-end platforms play a crucial role for the RN in providing capability to deter and defend against threats across the […]

A launch ceremony was held at Rauma shipyard on 21 May 2025 for the first Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette being built for the Finnish Navy’s Squadron 2020 project. Construction of the second corvette, meanwhile, began in October 2024 and its keel was laid on 8 May 2025. According to Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC), which is building […]

Thales has been awarded a contract through ST Engineering to provide the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) with a Pathmaster unmanned mine countermeasures (MCM) system, the company announced on 19 May 2025. The contract, which was actually awarded on 28 March 2025, includes the M-Cube mission management system and Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonars combined with the […]

In an attempt to launch North Korea’s latest destroyer on 21 May 2025, the country’s Chongjin Shipyard may have instead damaged the ship virtually beyond repair. In a ceremony overseen by North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un, the ship was supposed to be side-launched into the basin at Chongjin, but due to a malfunction […]