Three Spanish Navy warships are set to be equipped with MBDA’s Simbad RC short-range air defence system. The remotely controlled very short-range air defence (VSHORAD) system fires the company’s fire-and-forget...

Royal Navy OPVs HMS Spey and HMS Tamar have now each spent more than half a decade deployed in the Indo-Pacific. The two Batch II River-class offshore patrol vessels set...

The German Navy has test-fired a navalised version of IAI’s LORA ballistic missile from one of its frigates. The LORA (Long-Range Artillery) weapon system is a surface-to-surface missile capable of...

The NATO Submarine Rescue System (NSRS) has demonstrated it can be flown wherever it is needed in the world by Britain’s Royal Air Force. The NSRS comprises both a remote-controlled...

Plans to sell landing platform dock (LPD) and former Royal Navy flagship HMS Bulwark to the Brazilian Navy have now been finalised. As per a U.K. Ministry of Defence press...

The German Navy is retiring its fleet of Sea Lynx naval helicopters after four decades of service — and has marked the switch by commissioning an eye-catching design. In recognition...

Israel’s newest submarine INS Drakon has now sailed to join her home fleet for the first time following her delivery by boatbuilder TKMS. The third and final Dolphin-class boat, the...

Increased activity in and near British waters has seen the Royal Navy busier than ever tracking Russian Navy vessels, with a trio of vessels called into action last week. Type...

Shipbuilder Chantier Davie has been awarded a C$11.3bn (£6bn) contract to build six new Polar Class 3 icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. The new vessels, which will be built...

The future TCG Izmir, the latest I-class frigate built by the Anadolu Shipyard in Istanbul, has begun her sea trials and could be delivered before the end of 2026. The...

Sweden’s Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) has signed the contract with Naval Group to procure four FDI frigates for the Royal Swedish Navy. The first of the four Swedish Frégates de...

Ukraine-linked firm UForce has unveiled its largest Magura-family uncrewed surface vessel to date, the MV11, designed to act as a “drone mothership.” The drone boat was publicly unveiled for the...

Splash Industries has just launched a new Airstrike Pack enabling its Typhoon uncrewed surface vessel (USV) to launch aerial one-way attack drones. The Typhoon is a 3.3-metre waterjet-propelled USV capable...

Turkish combat vehicle manufacturer FNSS has launched the U-MAV, its new amphibious uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV). The UGV has been conceived as a first-wave amphibious assault weapon to keep human...

Systems from ThayerMahan and Thales Australia will equip the maritime drone surveillance fleet of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ocius makes the RAN’s Bluebottle uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for long-endurance...

Castelion has been given $90 million by the U.S. Navy to provide it with 50 of its Blackbeard hypersonic missiles. The Californian defence technology start-up was founded in November 2022...