2021
Fincantieri shipyard from Italy launches second Doha-class corvette Damsah for Qatari Navy
According to a Tweet published by DIMDEX on February 14, 2021, the second of the four Doha-class corvettes for the Qatari Navy built by the Italian...
V-BAT VTOL vertical take-off and landing UAV selected by Canadian Coast Guard
According to a press release published on February 9, 2021, Kongsberg Geospatial announced that it has been selected by Defence Research and Develo...
Harry DeWolf-class arctic patrol ships of Canadian Navy to monitor and secure Arctic sovereignty
According to news published by the Canadian Navy on February 12, 2021, the new Harry DeWolf-class Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS) of the Ca...
Newport News Shipbuilding contract to support Research and Development for future submarines
According to a contract published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) on February 11, 2021, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport New...
Rybinsk Shipyard laid down the keel of 5th Russian BK-16 Project 02510 high-speed assault boat
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS, on February 12, 2021, the Rybinsk Shipyard (a subsidiary of Rostec’s Kala...
Memorandum of understanding between Milanion Group and Aegean Projects
The successful partnership between UAE-based Milanion Group and Athens-based Aegean Projects has proven to deliver on the MOU agreement signed less...
Turkey: First launch of indigenous ULAQ Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle
ARES Shipyard and Meteksan Defence, which had initiated Turkey’s first indigenous Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicle (AUSV) program in October 2020, an...
The French Ship Premier-Maître L'Her joins the other two ships in Operation Irini in the Central Mediterranean
According to a tweet published by Operation IRINI on February 12, 2021, Premier-Maître L'Her The D'Estienne d'Orves-class avisos joins the oth...
Bollinger Shipyards delivers 43rd fast response cutter strengthening US Coast Guard strategic presence in the Indo-Pacific theater
According to a news published by Bollinger Shipyards on February 12, 2021, the firm has delivered the USCGC FREDERICK HATCH to the U.S. Coast ...
New drone surveillance system to be deployed on Canadian Coast Guard Vessels
According to a news published by Kongsberg Geospatial on February 12, 2021, the firm announced today that it has been selected by Defence Research ...
Launch of unarmed Trident II missile from Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
According to a news published on Twitter by Lucas Tomlinson on February 12, 2021, the launch of an unarmed Trident II missile from an Ohio-class ba...
SPY-6 radar installation begins on USS Jack H. Lucas
According to a press release published by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, installation of the U.S. Navy’s AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar has begun on the serv...
Chinese naval fleet heads for multinational maritime exercise in Pakistan
According to a news published by Daily Pakistan on February 12, 2021, a fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy set off for Pakistan to attend a...
Nautic Africa launches next- generation 35 metre flagship Vessel
According to a news published on February 11, 2021 by Paramount Maritime Holdings, its subsidiary Nautic Africa, has announced the launch of its ne...
Navantia and Naviris sign a MOU for the European Patrol Corvette program
Naviris (the 50/50 joint venture company between Fincantieri and Naval Group in charge of development of cooperation programs) and Navantia h...
French ministry for armed forces selects Airbus Survey Copter Aliaca fixed-wing drone systems to equip its ships
Airbus Defence and Space mini UAS subsidiary SURVEY Copter signed a contract with French DGA Armament general directorate to provide the French Nav...
IRGC Navy equipped with 340 new speedboats
According to a news published by Fars News Agency on February 11, 2021, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy in a ceremony at Bandar Abb...
DARPA selects performers to advance unmanned underwater vehicle project
According to a news published by The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on February 11, 2021, the agency has executed contract optio...
Keel laying for the forward section of the LSS Jacques Chevallier for Chantiers de l’Atlantique
According to a news published by Fincantieri on February 11, 2021, the keel-laying of the forward section of “Jacques Chevallier”, the first o...
