Austal USA has launched the company’s first landing craft utility (LCU) vessel built for the US Navy at its ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama. The launching ceremony took place on August 22, 2025. LCU […]
On August 9, 2025, the Greek daily Ekathimerini reported that South Korea had submitted to Athens several defense cooperation proposals, including an offer for the construction and co-production of KSS-III submarines, also known as the […]
Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, center, flanked by Defense Minister Tore O. Sandvik, left, and Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen, reports on the status of the purchase of Type 26 frigates from the United […]
Once tempted to ditch its acquisition of a Chinese-built S26T diesel-electric submarine, Thailand has decided the project will now proceed. The cause of the indecision was China’s failure to obtain German diesel engines for the […]
Exploiting the success obtained with the shipbuilding programme for the Turkmenistan Armed Forces, centered on the delivery of the Deniz Han corvette in August 2021, together with the two 76 meters OPV76 for the Nigerian […]
According to information published by the Times of India on August 24, 2025, the Indian government has officially cleared Germany’s Type 214 submarine as the winning design for its long-delayed Project 75 program. The approval […]
According to information published by CBC News, a Canadian public broadcaster, on August 25, 2025, the Canadian government has officially reduced its selection process for a future submarine fleet to two contenders, Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine […]
Navantia has signed a new contract with the Royal Thai Navy to modernise two Pattani-class Offshore Patrol Vessels whose systems need to be upgraded. Navantia will carry out the engineering, supply, and integration of a […]
Commodore Panagiotis Karavas, Deputy Director of the Armaments Directorate for the Hellenic Navy (HN), revealed new details for the imminent modernization of the Hellenic Navy’s surface fleet. Note that the Greek Commodore was, until recently, […]
Austal will build and deliver over two dozen landing craft for the Australian Army under a strategic shipbuilding agreement with Canberra. Under the agreement, Austal subsidiary Austal Defence Australia will serve as the prime contractor […]
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