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Hypersonic Missile Refit Trials On USS Zumwalt Complete, Says HII
Destroyer USS Zumwalt is a step closer to being ready to rejoin the U.S. Navy’s active fleet as its first ship equipped with hypersonic missiles. Shipbuilder HII has announced it
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French Navy Seizes Suspected Shadow Fleet Tanker In Mediterranean
The French Navy has boarded and seized an oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea suspected of being part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” breaking international sanctions. French president Emmanuel Macron revealed
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Anduril To Supply 600-Plus Attack Drones to US Marines
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) is buying more than 600 Bolt-M one-way attack drones from Anduril in a deal valued at almost $24 million. As per the firm’s recent press
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Indonesia To Build Two More Arrowhead 140 Frigates
Babcock has sold two more design licences to Indonesia for its Arrowhead 140 (AH140) frigate — the basis for the Royal Navy’s new Type 31 warships. As per the firm’s
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HJSC Targets Wider US Navy Maintenance Deal As It Starts MRO Work
South Korean shipbuilder HJSC has started work on its first maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) contract from the U.S. Navy. Logistics support ship USNS Amelia Earhart arrived at HJSC’s Yeongdo
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US Marines Buying More Cannon-Equipped Amphibious Vehicles
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has agreed to buy an additional 30 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) from BAE Systems at a cost of $184 million. The deal to buy the
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Philippine Navy Takes Delivery Of New OPV
The future BRP Rajah Sulayman, the Philippine Navy’s newest warship, has sailed into home waters for the first time and been welcomed by another ship in the fleet. The 94m,
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HMS Medway Takes Over Patrol Duties in Falkland Islands
River-class OPV HMS Medway has replaced sister ship HMS Forth as the Royal Navy’s permanently deployed presence in the South Atlantic. The 90m, 2,000-ton offshore patrol vessel recently arrived in
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HII Hails Successful Autonomy Test Of Uncrewed Systems
HII used one of its new surface drone boats as a data transfer asset for another underwater drone, and controlled the test via its autonomy suite. The firm announced via
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Keel Laid On Fifth Belgian Navy MCM Ship
Another milestone has been marked in the replacement Mine CounterMeasures (rMCM) programme, with the keel of the fifth Belgian Navy ship laid in Romania. As per a Belgian Armed Forces
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