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Naval Warfare
Republic of Singapore Navy Integrates Blue Spear Missile System onto Formidable-class Frigates
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has commenced the operational integration of the Blue Spear surface-to-surface missile (SSM) onto its…
Raytheon and Composite Energy Technology Successfully Demonstrate New Unmanned Undersea Vehicle
Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Composite Energy Technologies (CET) have successfully demonstrated the undersea launch capabilities of HADALUS,…
STM Launches Third Vessel of Royal Malaysian Navy’s LMS Batch-2 Project
STM, Türkiye’s leading naval engineering company, has launched the third and final vessel of the three-corvette project being built for…
Rheinmetall Unveils GMF 140 Guided Missile Frigate
Rheinmetall today unveiled the GMF 140, a next-generation 140-metre, 6,000+ tonne guided missile frigate designed to deliver unmatched capability across…
Design of Uncrewed Vessels for New Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates Gets Underway
Each of the Royal Netherlands Navy’s new Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) frigates will be equipped with a 12-metre-long uncrewed surface vessel…
Hundreds of UK Jobs Supported With Million-Pound Contract to Secure Royal Navy Torpedo Weapons
Britain will be better protected from undersea threats and hundreds of jobs will be secured through a new £135 million…
PDW and US Coast Guard Validate Shipboard Operations for C100 Small Unmanned Aerial System
Aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Olivia Hooker in Pascagoula, Mississippi, PDW and Coast Guard personnel recently completed preliminary shipboard testing…
Lockheed Martin and US Navy Demonstrate AI-Powered Submarine Hunter at RIMPAC 2026
This summer at RIMPAC 26, Lockheed Martin collaborated with the U.S. Navy to successfully demonstrate a rapidly retrainable AI/ML sonar…
Shield AI and Thunder Tiger Complete Hivemind’s First Multi-asset Autonomous Maritime Teaming Demonstration in Taiwan
Shield AI and Thunder Tiger Corp. today announced the successful completion of Hivemind’s first multi-asset autonomous teaming demonstration on water,…
US Navy Awards $76.6 Billion Submarine Contracts to HII and General Dynamics
HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that the U.S. nuclear submarine shipbuilding team, which includes the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS)…
1,000th TYPHOON Naval Weapon Station Systems Delivered to Israeli Navy
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has delivered the 1,000th TYPHOON, the world’s most widely deployed stabilized, remotely operated naval weapon…
Rheinmetall to Modernise German Navy F123 Frigate
Rheinmetall has been awarded the contract to modernise the 143-meter-long frigate BAYERN at the end of the second quarter of…
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Pursues Follow-on Philippine Navy 3,200-tonne Guided-missile Frigate Contract
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) is advancing administrative and contractual procedures to secure a formal follow-on order…
Leidos Australia to Design Floating Dry Dock for Nuclear-powered Submarines
Leidos Gibbs & Cox Australia will design a new mobile floating dry dock to support the sustainment and operational readiness…
Navantia Advances S-80 Program with Successful First Static Dive of S-82 Narciso Monturiol
The S82 ‘Narciso Monturiol’, the second submarine in the S80 series, conducted its first static dive on Tuesday, in accordance…
OCCAR FREMM Programme Marks the First Steel Cutting Ceremony for Italian Navy FREMM EVO
The OCCAR FREMM Programme reached a major milestone today with the First Steel Cutting Ceremony for the Italian FREMM EVO…
Fincantieri Strengthens U212 NFS Program with New Technologies and Accelerated Delivery Schedule
Fincantieri has signed today a contract amendment with OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) under the U212 NFS (Near Future…
Taiwan Commissioned First Second-Batch Tuo Chiang-Class Stealthy Multi-mission Corvette
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN) has formally commissioned the ROCS Dan Chiang (PGG-627), the lead vessel of the second…