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Shipbuilding company Babcock International has revealed that the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate program reached a major milestone when the team recently moved a 177-tonne hull block into position on the ...

Body armour, weapon sights and a smoke grenade were among the items stolen from Faslane naval base. In an exclusive, the Lochside Press reports here that the thefts have been revealed following a Free ...

A World War II weapon discovered in the Danish side of the Fehmarnbelt strait has been safely detonated as dredging for the Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link tunnel is nearing its location. The €7.1bn (£6bn) Feh ...

Saab Lightweight Torpedo, named Torped 47 by the Swedish Armed Forces, is Sweden’s new lightweight torpedo system for defence against foreign submarines. The torpedo is intended primarily for Swedish ...

The U.S. Navy hopes to have a fleet of 100 unmanned service vessels (USVs) patrolling the waterways of the Middle East region by the summer of 2023, said Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Naval ...

According to Shin, defects in the inverter modules’ cables were found on 7 of the Son Won-il class submarines, while 2 of them had “functional” defects in the inverter modules themselves. The modules, ...

The Australian Government has signed a five-year contract with Raytheon Australia to continue to invest in the capability of the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet of Collins-class submarines. The $322 mil ...

Month-long trials in the Atlantic have paved the way for global operations using Navy’s new ship-busting missiles. Martlet and Sea Venom – the Navy’s two new air-to-surface anti-ship missiles – have c ...

The Type 32 programme’s early concept phase is underway, focused on developing the operational concept. The programme and procurement strategy, including competition timelines, will be determined foll ...

The Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) is a collaboration between Austal, Trusted Autonomous Systems Defence Cooperative Research Centre and the Royal Australian Navy Warfare Innovation Navy (WIN) Bran ...