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On July 14, Hanwha Ocean was announced as preferred bidder for the construction of the fifth and sixth ship of the FFX Batch-III program for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.  This marks Hanwha Ocean' ...

U.S. Navy Sailors partnered with Military Sealift Command civilian mariners and civilian contractors in a collaborative effort to successfully launch a Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle (USV) from ...

A Scottish firm which has been providing the Silent Service with their ‘eyes’ since World War 1 has been awarded a £169m contract for periscopes for next-generation Dreadnought submarines. Thales Glas ...

Babcock and the Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) have signed an initial contract for the multi-year refit of the second of the UK’s Vanguard Class nuclear submarines, HMS Victorious. The initial full c ...

The US Navy accepted delivery of fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), from shipbuilder General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) on July 11. The delivery of ...

Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) includes flagship frigate FGS Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany), HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (The Netherlands) and the destroyer ITS Caio Duilio (Italy), all cont ...

The first crew have joined HMS Venturer – the lead vessel of five Type 31 Inspiration-class Royal Navy frigates which will be deployed around the globe by the end of the decade. Nine sailors, led by t ...

German shipbuilder NVL Group (Naval Vessels Lürssen) today signed a contract with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) for the constructi ...

Thales has been awarded a contract by the French defence procurement agency (DGA) to develop a new sonar suite for France’s third-generation nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarines (SNLE 3G) and ...

The Dutch Ministry of Defence, Damen and Thales have signed the contract for the design, construction, and delivery of four Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Frigates; two for the Netherlands and two for B ...