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On August 3, the Department of the Navy announced a decisive step to sharpen its competitive edge, reclassifying nineteen planned Virginia Class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM)…
The keel laying of the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multifunction corvette took place at the Rauma shipyard on Tuesday, 4 August 2026. The keel-laying ceremony is a traditional and symbolically important milestone…
Since 1981, the Sea Lynx Mk88A has been a reliable all-rounder of naval aviators. Whether submarine hunting, sea rescue or reconnaissance – over four generations he fought missions worldwide. After…
This summer at RIMPAC 26, Lockheed Martin collaborated with the U.S. Navy to successfully demonstrate a rapidly retrainable AI/ML sonar expert for antisubmarine warfare (ASW). The system, known as SensorMAX,…
Two vessels from the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLA-N) PLA-N Qi Jiguang (83) and PLA-N Kunlun Shan (998) successfully concluded a five-day goodwill visit to Brunei Darussalam, running from Friday,…
Rheinmetall has been awarded the contract to modernize the 143-meter-long frigate BAYERN at the end of the second quarter of 2026. The objective of the project is to ensure the…
Leidos Gibbs & Cox Australia will design a new mobile floating dry dock to support the sustainment and operational readiness of Australia’s future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. A foundational element…
HII announced July 29 that the U.S. nuclear submarine shipbuilding team, which includes the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, has been awarded contracts for construction of Block VI Virginia-class…
The second joint naval exercise between the Russian Navy and the Indonesian Navy, Orruda-2026, took place in the Sea of Japan. Corvette Sovershennyy of the Pacific Fleet represented the Russian…
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