Dutch Navy Opts for New Ship to Replace OPVs and LPDs
The Dutch MoD announced a plan to replace four OPVs and two LPDs with a new class of six ships that can simultaneously perform the former’s missions.
Navy / Maritime News
Patria Showcases Acoustic Minesweeping Gear
Finnish Patria, known for its AMV family of armoured vehicles, displayed its acoustic minesweeping gear SONAC ACS in DIMDEX 2024.
Damen Reveals OPV2600 Design with Turkish Weapons
Dutch Damen unveiled the OPV2600 design at DIMDEX, which was configured for the Pakistani Navy with various weapons, including Turkish ones.
ARES Shipyard Unveils ARES 76 Corvette Details
ARES Shipyard announced at Qatar Dimdex the ARES 76 Corvette design it prepared for a foreign customer.
U.K. MoD Announces Budget for Shipbuilding Programme
U.K. Ministry of Defence has announced it will allocate £9 billion to build 16 new warships in multiple shipyards.
ARES Shipyards Unveils ARES 76 Corvette Design at DIMDEX
ARES Shipyards, having developed a number of OPV and fast attack craft designs, has unveiled its new generation ARES 76 Corvette design.
ÇAKIR Cruise Missile Hits Sea Target with IIR Seeker
ROKETSAN’s ÇAKIR lightweight cruise missile fired from Baykar’s AKINCI-B UCAV hit a sea target 100 km distance.
HD HHI and Babcock to Develop Submarines for Export
The Republic of Korea HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced its cooperation with the UK-based Babcock to develop submarines oriented for the export market.
Desan Upgrades Slovenian Patrol Vessel Triglav with Aselsan
Slovenia awarded a 13.1-million-euro contract to the cooperation of the Desan for the upgrade of the patrol boat along with ASELSAN. The work includes MRO.
Australia Begins Training Personnel with Smart Sea Mines
Air Vice Marshall Leon Philips revealed that the first batch of smart sea mines have been delivered, and the personnel have begun their training.
STM to Lead Gür-Class Submarine MLU Programme
STM will conduct the Mid-Life Modernisation of the Gür-Class Submarines (Type-209/1400) in the inventory of the Turkish Naval Forces.
Sikorsky Concludes Greece’s three MH-60R Helicopters
Lockheed Martin's subsidiary Sikorsky has completed testing of the first three of seven MH-60R SEAHAWK helicopters that the Hellenic Navy acquired.
Design of the Turkish Aircraft Carrier Unveiled
Turkish MoD has shared a rendered image of the future aircraft carrier's design on social media with some technical specifications.
MH-60R Helicopter To Defend Against Anti-Ship Missiles
Sikorsky announced the integration of a new jammer system on the MH-60R Seahawk naval helicopter to jam incoming anti-ship missiles.
Global Defence Trend Brief
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- 09:00 NATO begins negotiations for up to 10 Saab GlobalEye aircraft - NATO has launched negotiations with Saab for up to 10 GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft to r...
- 09:00 Lockheed and Rheinmetall bring ATACMS production to Europe - Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall agreed to establish ATACMS missile production in Germany, marking th...
- 09:00 Canada confirms TKMS as preferred submarine supplier - Canada selected Germany's TKMS as the preferred supplier for up to 12 submarines, deepening defence...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement continues shifting toward layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly procuring integrated counter-UAS architectures combining rad...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats sustain investment in persistent tracking - Defence agencies continue expanding integrated radar and space-based sensor architectures capable of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems broaden infrastructure protection role - Navies are increasing deployment of autonomous surface and underwater vehicles to monitor undersea c...
- 09:00 Distributed satellite constellations become the preferred military model - Armed forces are increasingly adopting proliferated constellations of smaller satellites to improve...
- 09:00 Collaborative combat aircraft move toward operational acquisition - Air forces are transitioning collaborative combat aircraft programmes from technology demonstrators...
- 09:00 Industrial production capacity becomes a strategic capability - Governments increasingly regard manufacturing scalability, secure supply chains and rapid production...
