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US propulsion specialist GE Aerospace has been contracted to supply eight additional LM500 marine gas turbine engines for vessels nine to 12 of the Republic of Korea Navy’s (ROKN’s) PKX-B Batch-II patrol boat programme, the company announced on 30 April 2025. The order follows the March 2023 selection of LM500s for the first four PKX-B Batch-II […]

The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Netherlands of Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAMs) and related equipment, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 25 April 2025. The proposed FMS, which is worth an estimated USD 2.19 billion (EUR 1.92 billion), has been passed to the US Congress […]

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia’s hosted a double ceremony at its shipyard in Ferrol (A Coruña) on 25 April 2025 in which the construction of the frigate F113, the third ship of the F110 series, began and the keel of frigate F112 was laid. Both milestones, presided over by Spanish Defence Minister Margarita Robles, demonstrate the progress […]

Turkish unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Bayar announced on 23 April 2025 that it has completed further successful flight tests with a Bayraktar TB3 UAV off the Turkish amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu. On 22 April a Bayraktar TB3 completed four sorties from TCG Anadolu as part of fully autonomous take-off and landing tests from […]

UK-based underwater systems provider JFD announced on 24 April 2025 the successful integration and acceptance of its advanced submarine rescue vehicle (SRV) by the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). The achievement represents a first for JFD, as the ROKN system comprises a free-swimming SRV deployed and recovered through a moonpool using an innovative launch and […]

The UK’s premier naval deployment of 2025 got underway on 22 April when the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales departed Portsmouth, followed a few hours later by the destroyer HMS Dauntless. HMS Prince of Wales is leading an eight-month mission of Carrier Strike Group 25 known as Operation ‘Highmast’, under which series of exercises and operations […]

Dutch shipyard Damen and Dutch geo-data specialist Fugro have teamed up under contract to the Dutch Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) with a surveillance vessel and operating crew, Damen announced on 17 April 2025. The RNLN will deploy the surveillance vessel to conduct security operations within the Netherlands’ North […]

The FREMM frigate Spartaco Schergat was delivered to the Italian Navy at Fincantieri’s Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard on 15 April 2025. The ship is the ninth of 10 FREMM vessels contracted to Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), a joint venture owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%), by the European Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) […]

Dutch shipyard Damen Naval has awarded Van Halteren Technologies (VHT) two contracts for the Dutch-Belgian Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) programme covering the delivery of replenishment-at-sea (RAS) systems and helicopter transfer systems (HTS), Damen announced on 15 April 2025. VHT was selected for its expertise and proven track record demonstrated in previous collaborations, according to Damen. […]

Navantia is to support the Royal Thai Navy (RTN) in its project to enhance the capabilities of the RTN landing platform dock (LPD) HTMS Chang (792), the Spanish shipbuilder announced on 10 April 2025. The contract includes the provision and integration of the combat management system (CMS), surveillance system, fire control system (FCS), weapon system, […]

Naviris and Eurosam have completed the first critical design review (CDR) for the Horizon Mid-Life Upgrade (HRZ MLU) programme, Eurosam announced on 10 April 2025. The announcement is a pivotal moment for the Franco-Italian frigate programme as it officially marks the transition from the design phase to the production phase. Originally delivered between 2009 and […]

Aselsan has successfully concluded a mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Turkish MEKO-200TN frigate TCG Oruçreis under the Turkish Naval Forces’ Barbaros-class Frigate Mid-Life Upgrade (Barbaros-MLU) programme, the company declared on 9 April 2025. Following its MLU the ship began initial trials in the Sea of Marmara in November 2023, so Aselsan’s announcement indicates that its […]

BAE Systems has outlined how it is preparing to scale up its submarine manufacturing and naval support capacity in the United States. In a press release dated 8 April 2025 the company noted that it has invested more than USD 260 million (EUR 235 million) in its facilities over the past six years to increase […]

During its 2025 deployment to the Indo-Pacific a UK Carrier Strike Group will be supported by a fleet of nine all-electric uncrewed quadcopters produced BAE Systems’ Malloy Aeronautics subsidiary for the first time, BAE Systems announced on 8 April 2025. The Malloy Aeronautics T-150 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be used to transport supplies such […]

Subsea specialist JFD has been awarded an eight-year, GBP 11 million (EUR 13 million) service contract to continue and expand its services to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), the company announced on 2 April 2025. The contract involves a thorough assessment of the current in-service Transportable Manned Compression Chambers (TMCCs), upgrades and modifications for […]

The CETUS extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle (XLAUV) being developed by Plymouth, UK-based MSubs for the UK Royal Navy (RN) is set to begin sea trials. “We’re into the trials stages,” Callum McCullough, an MSubs naval architect, stated during a 25 March briefing at the 2025 Undersea Defence Technology (UDT) conference, held in Oslo, Norway. This […]

Vlissingen, the second of the series of mine countermeasures vessels of the Belgian-Dutch Replacement Mine CounterMeasure (rMCM) programme and the first intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN), began its initial sea trials campaign from Concarneau in France on 27 March 2025. During its first day at sea the ship’s performance was put to the test, […]

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that a fully funded plan is in place to mount the developmental DragonFire laser-directed energy weapon (LDEW) on four of the UK Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyers. The plan was outlined by UK Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard on 26 March 2025 and has been facilitated by […]

Dutch shipyard Damen Naval has handed over the new Combat Support Ship (CSS) Den Helder to the Dutch Ministry of Defence’s Command Materiel and IT organisation (COMMIT). During a 24 March 2025 ceremony in Den Helder, the ship’s home port, Damen Naval Managing Director Roland Briene and COMMIT Commander Vice Admiral Jan Willem Hartman presided over […]

The keel of the first of the UK Royal Navy’s new Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) has been laid at BAE Systems’ Barrow-in-Furness shipyard. The future HMS Dreadnought will be the first of four Dreadnought-class SSBNs that will succeed the Royal Navy’s current fleet of four Vanguard-class SSBNs. The ceremonial event on 20 March […]

A contract has been signed between BAE Systems and Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc (ISI), marking the start of the next major phase of the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN’s) River-class destroyer programme, BAE Systems announced on 17 March 2025. The contract follows the Canadian government’s award of an implementation contract to ISI for the construction and […]