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Main image, an artist’s impression of Spectre Stealth Strike; inset the two new Spectre variants pictured side by side.

Saildrone Launches New Twin-Role Spectre MUSVs

Uncrewed boat builder Saildrone has unveiled Spectre, its largest platform yet, with a focus on anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and missile capabilities. The American defence firm has devised two variants of

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One of the K3 Scouts undergoing in-the-water testing in Hamburg.

Rheinmetall Kraken Starts Scout USV Production Run

Rheinmetall Kraken has just started a large-scale factory production run of the K3 Scout uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) at one of Rheinmetall’s German shipyards. The newly formed joint venture between

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Exail has just sold one of its DriX H-9 USVs (foreground) to a defense research organisation.

Exail USV To Be Used For Counter-UAS Research

An unnamed “leading defence research organisation” has bought an Exail uncrewed surface vessel (USV) for research into technology to counter aerial drones. The maritime technology and robotics firm has sold

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A computer-generated artist’s impression of an upgraded Mogami-class frigate at sea.

Australia Buys Three Upgraded Mogami Frigates From MHI

Australia has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to acquire three upgraded Mogami-class general purpose frigates, with the first ship to be delivered before the end of the

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Main image, container ship Touska as seen from guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance in the Arabian Sea; inset, U.S. Marines from amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli rappel onto the Iranian-flagged vessel.

US Navy Fires Upon And Seizes Iranian Cargo Vessel In Arabian Sea

U.S. Navy destroyer USS Spruance disabled the engine of a cargo ship and Marines later boarded the vessel as America continued to impose its blockade of Iranian ports. As per

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The new OSV Tritone built by Fincantieri will be used for CUI protection and research.

Italian Navy’s New Offshore Support Vessel Will Be Uncrewed Testbed

The Italian Navy has taken delivery of a new offshore support vessel (OSV) which it will use for research into its uncrewed systems for protecting critical undersea infrastructure (CUI). The

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A computer-generated artist’s impression of how the finished vessel, built to Damen’s LST-100 design, could look.

Fincantieri Wins Deal To Start Building US Navy LSM Ships

Fincantieri has been awarded a $30 million contract to start work on the first four vessels for the U.S. Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) programme. As per a company press

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The Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit will operate uncrewed systems including the Anduril Ghost Shark XLUUV (main picture) and Ocius Bluebottle USV (inset).

“We Wait, We Strike” — Australian Navy Christens MASU Uncrewed Systems Unit

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has formally named its new department tasked with operating its uncrewed systems and integrating them into the wider force. The Maritime Autonomous Systems Unit (MASU)

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A CGI rendering of the new Type 212CD boats that will equip both the German and Norwegian navies.

Indra Inks Deal For EW and Radar Systems On Extra German and Norwegian Subs

The six additional submarines ordered from TKMS for Germany and Norway will have radar and electronic warfare suites supplied by Indra. The Spanish multinational defence firm has signed a new

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Main image, TCG Anadolu under way in the Mediterranean Sea in 2023; inset in northern Germany as part of Steadfast Dart 26.

Navantia Signs Support Deal For Turkish Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship

Navantia will provide life-cycle support for TCG Anadolu, the Turkish Navy’s 27,000-ton, 232-metre amphibious assault ship. Under the terms of a new deal agreed last week between the Spanish shipbuilder

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