The Fincantieri shipbuilding company reported on 31 January, that the Qatari Ministry of Defense has received the first Musherib-class offshore patrol vessel as part of its fleet renewal program. The… Continue reading "The First Musherib Class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Is Delivered to The Qatari Emiri Navy"
Malaysia’s anti-corruption watchdog has detained two chief executive officers and a broker after finding new leads in an investigation of the Royal Malaysian Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program for corruption.… Continue reading "Two CEOs, Broker Detained In Malaysian Littoral Combat Ship Program Corruption Investigation"
Three Indian Navy personnel were killed and eleven injured in an explosion aboard INS Ranvir (D54) at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. The incident took place at 4.30 pm local time,… Continue reading "Three Indian Navy Personnel Killed In Explosion Onboard INS Ranvir"
The Indian Navy conducted a test of an advanced sea to sea variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile on 11 January. It was tested from the destroyer INS Visakhapatnam,… Continue reading "Extended Range BrahMos Tested Successfully From INS Visakhapatnam"
Denmark will strengthen NATO in the Baltics when it deploys an Iver Huitfeldt class frigate to Standing NATO Maritime Group One (SNMG1) later this month. Concurrently, one of Denmark’s two… Continue reading "Danish Frigates Reckon with Russia and Pirates in 2022"
Taiwan’s military has conducted a series of exercises to demonstrate its combat readiness ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays at the end of January, with the Air Force, Army… Continue reading "Taiwan’s Military Demonstrates Readiness Ahead Of Lunar New Year"
Austal Australia announced on 22 December, that sea trials had commenced aboard the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) first Evolved Cape Class Patrol Boat. Austal launched the vessel earlier this year in a… Continue reading "First Evolved Cape Class Begins Sea Trials"
On the 28 December President Biden signed the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act into law, the Senate signed off on the NDAA on December 15, passing on the… Continue reading "Here’s What The Navy Gets As The 2022 National Defense Authorization Act Is Signed Into Law"
On December 22, the US Navy reported that two days earlier it had intercepted a fishing vessel attempting to smuggle weapons through the Arabian Sea. On board, Coast Guard and… Continue reading "US Navy Intercepts 1,400 Rifles in Arabian Sea"
A fire erupted on the upper deck of the vessel under construction at Severnaya Verf Shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday, 17 December. The Provornyi is a Gremyashchiy-class corvette that… Continue reading "Gremyashchiy-Class Corvette “Provornyi” Engulfed in Flames"