Work Starts on Third Type 31 Frigate
With a blinding arc of light as the laser cutter sliced through steel plate, work today started on the Royal Navy’s new frigate HMS Formidable. Watched by political, military and…
MSCPAC Bids Farewell to USNS Pecos
Military Sealift Command Pacific (MSCPAC) bids fair winds and following seas to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197) as it made its last departure…
Construction of Ostrobothnia Class Corvette Starts
Rauma Marine Constructions Oy (RMC Defense Oy) has started the production of the second multipurpose corvette of the Laivue 2020 project. The cutting of the steel structures of the second…
INS Talwar Takes Part in Exercise IBSAMAR
Frigate, INS Talwar, arrived at Simon’s Town, South Africa, on 06 Oct 24 to participate in the eighth edition of IBSAMAR, a joint multinational maritime exercise among Indian, Brazilian, and…
Exercise EUNOMIA 2024 in Eastern Mediterranean
From 14 to 18 September, off the coast of Cyprus, the multi-mission frigate (FREMM) Languedoc took part in the fifth edition of the quadripartite tactical exercise EUNOMIA 2024 with Greece,…
FS Ventose and USCGC Valiant Exercise North of Haiti
On September 29, 2024, while on patrol in the Caribbean Sea north of Haiti , the surveillance frigate (FS) Ventôse took advantage of its deployment to conduct training with USCGC…
Louise-Marie Departs for International NATO Mission
The Belgian frigate Louise-Marie left the Zeebrugge naval base on October 9 for an international NATO mission. The vessel will be part of a NATO maritime task group that will…
Iranian Navy Makes Rare Foreign Port Visit
Statement Iran Ambassador to Oman Mousa Farhang announced his visit to the Jamaran destroyer docked at Sultan Qaboos port. Mousa Farhang wrote on his X account that he visited the…
FS Dumont d’Urville Trains with the Dutch Navy
From 10 to 12 September, the overseas support and assistance vessel (BSAOM) Dumont d’Urville took part in the Dutch exercise WINDWARD off the island of Saba, a Dutch possession located…
India Hosts Australia, Japan and US in Exercise Malabar 2024
Australia, Japan, and U.S. forces joined the host India Navy for an opening ceremony to celebrate the launch of field-training exercise Malabar 2024 in Vishakhapatnam, India, on Oct. 9. The…