2023
UK: Royal Navy's River class OPV HMS Spey to visit South Korea amid tensions with North Korea
According to information published by the UK MoD on February 3, 2023, HMS Spey became the first Royal Navy warship to visit Pyeongtaek in a bu...
Saudi Group offers $6 million for hull of Brazilian aircraft carrier Sao Paulo
According to information published by Folha de Sao Paulo on February 1, 2023, the Saudi Arabian business group Sela has contacted the Brazilian Nav...
Analysis: Will Romania Navy have new corvettes one day?
The DefenseRomania blog asks about the future of the Romanian Naval Forces. Indeed, since the war in Ukraine, a number of Romania's allies rel...
US Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush visits Greece
According to information published by the Toc on February 3, 2023, the US Navy's Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush visits the Port...
UK: workers use super glue to repair submarine HMS Vanguard
According to information published by the Sun on January 30, 2023, workers use super glue to repair the Royal Navy's Vanguard-class submarine HMS V...
Russia plans to order six Project 22350 & 22350M frigates at Army 2023
According to information published by Tass on February 2, 2023, a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense for the construction of a series of...
Aerosonde UAS conducts first flight on ESB USS Miguel Keith
According to a PR published by Textron Systems Corporation on February 1, 2023, the company announced that the Aerosonde® Unmanned Aircraft System ...
Austal USA cuts first steel of future Navajo class T-ATS 12
According to information published by Austal on January 31, 2023, the firm held the steel-cutting ceremony for the Navajo class rescue and salvage ...
French Navy is erasing pennant numbers on its LHDs
According to information published by Mer et Marine on February 2, 2023, the French Navy is continuing its experiment aimed at "anonymizing" the Fr...
France Navy's La Fayette class frigate seizes thousands of Iranian rifles
According to information published by Fox News on February 1, 2023, French special forces boarded an Iranian smuggling vessel bound for Yemen and r...
MBDA wins contract to supply CAMM for Saudi Arabia's MMSC
According to information published by the US DoD on February 1, 2023, MBDA Inc., Arlington, Virginia, is awarded a $118,673,894 not-to-exceed, firm...
Systematic & Odense Maritime Technology join forces to create a big Danish joint venture
According to a PR published on February 1, 2023, Cubedin A/S is a joint venture between Systematic and Odense Maritime Technology (OMT) aimed at cr...
Cabinet of Thailand approves plan to acquire a new frigate
According to information published by the Bangkok Post on January 25, 2023, the Royal Thai Navy has requested 15 billion baht over the next five ye...
NATO conducts exercise with two Albanian Navy patrol vessels
According to a tweet published by NATO on February 1, 2023, Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) consists of TCG Yzb. Gungor Durmus...
Russia upgrades Vityaz-D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
According to information published by Tass on February 1, 2023, the Vityaz-D Autonomous Underwater Vehicle has been upgraded. The new vehicle will ...
China Coast Guard expels Japan research vessel Shinsei Maru around Senkaku Islands
According to information published by Global Times on February 1, 2023, China’s coast guard expelled Japanese ships that entered territorial waters...
FREMM Bretagne launches MU90 torpedo against nuclear submarine
According to a tweet published by the French MoD on January 31, 2023, the FREMM frigate Bretagne successfully launches a MU90 torpedo against a nuc...
Russia Navy to receive new Project 22350 frigate Admiral Golovko in March
According to information published by Tass on January 31, 2023, shipbuilders are set to deliver the Project 22350 latest missile frigate Admiral Go...
France & Italy buy new ASTER 30 B1 NT surface-to-air missiles
According to information published by the OCCAR on January 31, 2023, the OCCAR-EA Director Matteo Bisceglia and the Managing Director of Eurosam Ev...
Is China building a new type of frigate?
According to information published by Global Times on January 31, 2023, China is building a new type of advanced frigate, which is larger and more ...