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MBDA has signed a contract with Italy’s National Directorate of Naval Armaments for the production of the Teseo MK2/E anti-ship missile, which is currently under development for the Italian Navy. The contract covers the supply of new-generation Teseo MK2/E anti-ship missiles, which will equip new naval vessels entering service with the Italian Navy. These include […]

Portuguese unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) specialist Tekever has collaborated with the Mission Systems arm of General Dynamics UK (GDUK) at this year’s Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using Maritime Uncrewed Systems (REPMUS) exercise, to explore new approaches to anti-submarine warfare (ASW). REPMUS 2025 and its associated Dynamic Messenger exercise – the world’s largest serials dedicated to unmanned […]

Scandinavian communications specialist Invisio has secured a 10-year Production Other Transaction Agreement (P-OTA) with the US Coast Guard (USCG) worth up to SEK 930 million, with the first SEK 25 million order of Invisio systems to be delivered in 2025, the company annunced on 25 September 2025. Under the agreement Invisio will provide wireless interface […]

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV released footage on 22 September 2025 effectively showing that Fujian, the latest and most capable aircraft carrier in the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), is close to being commissioned into service. According to the CCTV report the PLAN’s fifth-generation J-35 fighters, 4.5-generation J-15T fighters and KJ-600 airborne early warning and control […]

An Oceanus12 unmanned surface vessel (USV) produced by UK company ZeroUSV has become the first USV to autonomously launch and recover a thin-lined towed acoustic array without human involvement. Until now, arrays were typically pre-deployed and clipped on or required manual crew handling during launch and recovery. The feat was achieved during NATO’s Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping using […]

HMS Agamemnon, the sixth of seven Astute-class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) ordered for the UK Royal Navy, was commissioned at BAE Systems’ site at Barrow-in-Furness on 22 September 2025 in a ceremony attended by His Majesty King Charles III. Although now officially commissioned, HMS Agamemnon will now complete a test and commissioning programme before leaving […]

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has awarded the Australian arm of US defence technology company Anduril Industries an AUD 1.7 billion (EUR 0.95 billion) production contract to deliver a fleet of Ghost Shark SSK extra-large autonomous underwater vehicles (XLAUVs). Production under the contract, which Anduril said was awarded on 9 September 2025, is already underway, […]

The Saab-led Mangrove consortium has been selected by NATO to lead its Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network (AUWB-MN) project, Saab announced on 19 September 2025. The project formally commenced on 1 September 2025 and will deliver interoperability for maritime uncrewed systems and conventional platforms across allied nations. It will design a reference architecture and a […]

The Spanish government has authorised the commencement of the contracting process for Navantia to design and construct two new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), the Spanish shipyard announced on 17 September 2025. The new vessels will be added to the six Meteoro-class OPVs already in Spanish Navy service (Meteoro, Rayo, Relámpago, Tornado, Audaz and Furor), which […]

BMT has launched the conceptual design for its Ellida Strike multi-purpose ship. While the design aims to deliver a platform providing flexibility in capability across the operational task spectrum, it brings prominent focus on generating strike capability, especially in high-end amphibious operations. Ellida Strike was formally unveiled at the DSEI UK 25 defence exposition, held […]

The first of the Spanish Navy’s F110 class of frigates, Bonifaz (F-111), was launched at Navantia’s Ferrol Shipyard on 11 September 2025. With the launch of Bonifaz ushering in a new generation of frigates for the Spanish Navy, the launch ceremony was attended by numerous VIPs, including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spanish Chief of […]

BAE Systems is preparing its Herne extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLAUV) for market in 2026, bringing to customers the vehicle’s intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) payload. However, with Herne designed as a modular vehicle adaptable to evolving requirements, other capabilities can be added to meet emerging threats, Scott Jamieson, the company’s managing director for defence […]

At the DSEI 2025 defence exhibition in London 10 September executives from BAE Systems’ Naval Ships business gave a presentation that offered insights into the company’s work on the designs and concepts of operation for future naval vessels. As Geoff Searle, future business and technology programme director for BAE Systems Naval Ships, noted in his […]

Specialist marine and defence solutions provider James Fisher Defence (JFD Global) announced the launch of its Stealth Multi-Role rebreather on 15 September 2025. Incorporating the latest advances in multi-mission diving technology, the Stealth Multi-Role rebreather represents the next generation of JFD Global’s Stealth system. It has been developed to address the challenge of modern mission […]

European mission and weapon systems house Thales is working to extend the reach of the UK Royal Navy’s surface combatants by integrating its radars – and ultimately missiles – onto rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of the Royal Navy’s Maritime Aviation Transformation Strategy. Currently this effort is focused on the Peregrine UAV, which […]

AI-enhanced security and surveillance specialist MARSS used the DSEI 2025 defence exhibition, held in London from 9-12 September, to unveil an enhanced integration of unmanned capabilities into its NiDAR command, control, communications and computing (C4) integration platform. Autonomous Mission Management (AMM) is an upgrade to the NiDAR C4 platform that allows it to display feeds […]

BAE Systems and Thales signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the DSEI 2025 defence exhibition in London on 11 September that marks a new phase in their long-standing collaboration on submarine sonar capabilities. In relation to that MoU BAE Systems, which builds the Royal Navy’s submarines, has proposed the appointment of Thales as the […]

WB Group used the opportunity of the MSPO 2025 defence exhibition, held at Targi Kielce in Poland from 2 to 5 September, to lay out how its weapons and platforms could bring truly networked capabilities to the Polish and other armed forces under the concept of a ‘multi-domain task force’. As Remigiusz Wilk, the company’s […]

The Norwegian government has selected the United Kingdom as the strategic partner for its new frigate programme and will purchase at least five Type 26 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates under a GBP 10 billion (EUR 11.58 billion) deal announced by the two governments on 31 August 2025. The deal was stated by the UK Ministry […]

Skana Robotics, an Israeli company founded by naval special operations veterans and robotics experts, unveiled the first two platforms of its new class of autonomous maritime systems on 1 September 2025: the Bull Shark unmanned surface vessel (USV) and the Stingray autonomous underwater vessel (AUV). The Bull Shark is a tactical USV designed for multiple […]

The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has contracted Saab to develop a Large Uncrewed Undersea Vehicle (LUUV), Saab announced on 29 August 2025. While the project will be led by the FMV, Saab will be the prime contractor for the LUUV and will be responsible for the design, construction, and testing of the vehicle under […]