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Simon Leek July 16, 2025

Lockheed Martin Delivers Radars For New Japanese AEGIS Vessel

Combat support ship FGS Bonn has been returned to the German Navy after a refit.

Replenishment Ship Handed Back To German Navy

July 16, 2025
RSN Al Jubail, the first of the Avante 2200 corvettes built by Navantia for the Royal Saudi Navy.

Trio Of New Corvettes For Royal Saudi Navy Taking Shape

July 16, 2025
Two NeedleFish USVs in the water in Kuwait.

Ocean Infinity Launches New NeedleFish USV

July 15, 2025
Secretary of State for Defence John Healey (centre) and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu (second left) inspect a Storm Shadow missile at MBDA.

UK And France To Order Extra Cruise Missiles

July 15, 2025
HavocAI’s 100-foot medium-sized USV.

HavocAI And Lockheed Martin Partner To Work On MUSV

July 15, 2025

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CNE Feature: Going Dutch: The Netherlands’ Approach To Maintaining And Building Submarines

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Naval Damage Control 2024 Insights Report

Combined Naval Event 2025 Insights Report

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Navy Tech 2025: Integration And Interoperability: Progress Towards Open Systems Architecture (OSA)

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Navy Tech 2025: Countering Grey-Zone Tactics To Protect Critical Undersea Infrastructure

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CNE Feature: Frigates Of The Future: Specialists Or All-Rounders?

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Reviving the U.S. Second Fleet: A Strategic Response to Emerging Threats in the Atlantic and Arctic

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Australia’s Nuclear Submarine Initiative: Strategic Shift and International Collaboration

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Autonomous Systems and the Future of Seabed Warfare: Insights from BAE System’s Scott Jamieson

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Main image, the antenna for the SPY-7 radar being hoisted into position; inset, an artist's impression of Japan’s future BMD ship.

Lockheed Martin Delivers Radars For New Japanese AEGIS Vessel

July 16, 2025

Lockheed Martin has delivered the first set of SPY-7 radar antennas destined for the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force’s two new Aegis System Equipped Vessels (ASEVs). As per a recent press

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Combat support ship FGS Bonn has been returned to the German Navy after a refit.

Replenishment Ship Handed Back To German Navy

July 16, 2025

One of the largest ships in the German Navy, the combat support ship FGS Bonn, has been returned to the fleet at the end of an extensive refitting process. The

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RSN Al Jubail, the first of the Avante 2200 corvettes built by Navantia for the Royal Saudi Navy.

Trio Of New Corvettes For Royal Saudi Navy Taking Shape

July 16, 2025

Work on all three new corvettes being built by Navantia for the Royal Saudi Navy is under way and the keel on the first new vessel has been laid. As

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Two NeedleFish USVs in the water in Kuwait.

Ocean Infinity Launches New NeedleFish USV

July 15, 2025

Marine robotics firm Ocean Infinity has launched its new NeedleFish uncrewed surface vessel (USV) which is being used for patrols by the Kuwait Coast Guard (KCG). As per a recent

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Secretary of State for Defence John Healey (centre) and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu (second left) inspect a Storm Shadow missile at MBDA.

UK And France To Order Extra Cruise Missiles

July 15, 2025

Britain and France will order more MBDA Storm Shadow cruise missiles and have reaffirmed their cooperation on its replacement, the FC/ASW programme. Last week Defence Secretary John Healey joined his

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HavocAI’s 100-foot medium-sized USV.

HavocAI And Lockheed Martin Partner To Work On MUSV

July 15, 2025

Uncrewed systems specialists HavocAI has announced it is partnering with the venture capital arm of Lockheed Martin as it develops its medium-sized uncrewed surface vessel (MUSV). As per a recent

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V-BAT is a single-engine vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) UAS already operationally deployed across multiple regions worldwide.

Dutch Navy Buys V-BAT Drones For ISR

July 14, 2025

The Royal Netherlands Navy is acquiring eight of Shield AI’s V-BAT uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) for maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The announcement came as the RNLN’s Taskforce

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HMS Iron Duke tracking a Russian vessel. Image: Royal Navy

Russian Everywhere: Five Vessels Tracked By Royal Navy

July 14, 2025

The first week of July proved a particularly busy one for Royal Navy helicopters and warships, with no fewer than five Russian vessels shadowed in U.K. waters. As per a

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Three LCAC craft formerly used by the Royal Marines are destined for the Pakistan Navy.

Three Royal Marines Hovercraft Sold To Pakistan Navy

July 14, 2025

Three decommissioned Landing Craft Air Cushion (Light) hovercraft formerly used by the Royal Marines will get a new lease of life with the Pakistan Navy in deal struck by Defence

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NATO research vessel RV Alliance.

Sounds Clever: NATO Research Ship Achieves CUI Protection Breakthrough

July 11, 2025

The NATO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE) has hailed a breakthrough in protection of critical underwater infrastructure (CUI) after its research vessel RV Alliance successfully detected the acoustic

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