Americas
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build Peru-class Next-Generation Submarine.
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Europe
Turkish shipbuilder delivers the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy.
On December 20, 2025, Türkiye formally delivered the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy during a ceremony in Istanbul led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The handover underscores Ankara’s expanding defense export footprint […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Republic of Korea Navy Launches First Four PKX-B Batch-II Patrol Vessels.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held a combined launching ceremony for four new Chamsuri-class PKMR (Patrol Killer Medium Rocket) fast attack craft on December 8 at HJ […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Gibbs & Cox showcased a new corvette design based off Taiwanese Navy’s Frigate.
In an exclusive interview with Naval News editor Xavier Vavasseur, Levi Catton of Leidos Gibbs & Cox showcased a new Corvette design based off their International Frigate, two variants of which are currently in production […]
Naval Platforms
India leased Russia’s rotten submarine for $2 billion, left at a berth for 2 decades after failed repairs.
After two decades of failed overhauls, Moscow is exporting advanced weapons systems it can no longer maintain to generate foreign currency for its war in Ukraine. Today, there is important news from the Russian Federation. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
U.S. Department of War confirms the UK will receive SSN AUKUS in the 2030s, and Australia will receive SSN AUKUS in the 2040s.
According to information released by the U.S. Department of War on December 8, 2025, U.S. and Australian officials used the 40th AUSMIN talks in Washington to reaffirm that the SSN AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program is […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
Taiwanese Navy unveils two variants of next-generation frigates.
At the TADTE 2025 exhibition, the Taiwanese Navy (Republic of China Navy – ROCN) displayed scale models of the two variants—Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)—of its next-generation light frigate, accompanied by explanatory posters. […]
East Asia and Pacific Region
U.S. Approves the Delivery of Three Virginia-class Submarines to Australia.
The U.S. Department of Defense has validated the existing AUKUS submarine pathway, including the planned transfer of at least three Virginia-class submarines to Australia from the early 2030s, and the launch of the first Australian-built […]
Europe
Norway purchases two more type 212CD submarines from TKMS.
Norway plans to spend 65 billion Norwegian kroner, or $6.4 billion, to buy two additional submarines on top of four already ordered from Germany’s TKMS, as well as acquire a long-range precision strike capability for […]
Europe
Turkish ASFAT delivers first warship to Romania.
ASFAT, a defense company operating under Türkiye’s Defense Ministry, has completed the country’s first-ever export of a combat ship to a NATO and European Union member state with the delivery of the vessel Akhisar to […]