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The Albanese Government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, to progress designs for Australia’s future general purpose frigates. The general purpose frigate program is part…
USS Hampton (SSN 767), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine and its compliment of more than 130 crewmembers arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Nov. 21, 2024. “The arrival of Hampton at…
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) returned to Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan as the United States’ only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, Nov. 22. This marks the second time…
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel November 22 of Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133). The ship’s name honors Samuel Augustus Nunn Jr., a former U.S. senator from Georgia…
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF) ship SAMIDARE, which arrived in Sri Lanka on 17th November 2024, departed the island today (19th November), on successful completion of her formal visit.…
BAE Systems has received $202 million in U.S. Navy contracts to provide modernization and maintenance services aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) and the amphibious assault ship…
Two Indonesian warships from the Koarmada II ranks, namely KRI Makassar-590, and KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata-331 carried out a Farewell Pass with two Australian Navy warships, HMAS Adelaide L01 and…
Between Wednesday, November 6 and Tuesday, November 12, the Maritime Zone Patrol Vessel (OPV) “Comandante Toro”, together with Helicopter N-22 of the Helicopter Squadron HU-1, carried out an Oceanic Surveillance…
Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth is visiting Hamburg to underscore the importance of a new major defence agreement between the UK and Germany. The carrier navigated the river Elbe…