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January 7, 2025
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Turkey Starts Building Three Warships Made in the Country

The Turkish Navy has started building three locally manufactured ships: the MILDEN submarine, the MUGEM aircraft carrier, and a TF-2000 destroyer. To mark the occasion, a symbolic first weld...

January 3, 2025
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Interim Polar Icebreaker Vessel Approved by the US Coast Guard

To aid with the modernization of the US Coast Guard’s polar cutter fleet, a stand-in icebreaker vessel has been acquired. Handed over by Offshore Service Vessels, the primary function...

January 2, 2025
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China Introduces Amphibious Attack Ship Capable of Launching Fighter Jets

The “Sichuan” is the first amphibious assault ship that the People’s Liberation Army Navy of China has launched under the Type 076 class. It is regarded as Beijing’s biggest...

December 30, 2024
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Oman Buys Naval Vessels from Thailand

Oman’s Ministry of Defense has purchased “several” ships from Bangkok-based shipyard Marsun as part of its naval expansion efforts. The contract, signed in Muscat by Dr. Mohammed Nasser Al...

December 23, 2024
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The US Navy receives the future USS Iowa.

The future USS Iowa (SSN 797), the newest attack submarine in the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Force, was turned over to the Navy on December 22, 2024, making it the...

December 18, 2024
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Autonomous underwater vehicles purchased by Sweden for mine countermeasures

For anti-mine operations, Sweden has contracted Saab to purchase an unspecified quantity of its autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the AUV62-MR. The AUV62-MR is intended to assist the navy in...

December 17, 2024
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Spain sells Saudi Arabia three more corvettes.

Spain’s state-owned shipbuilder Navantia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to a contract to build three additional Avante 2200 corvettes. This comes after a prior agreement for five ships of...

December 17, 2024
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Indian Navy advances Project-76 submarine design.

Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi has confirmed that Project-76, aimed at developing a new class of indigenous conventional diesel-electric submarines, is currently in its early stages. Representing a...

December 16, 2024
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Textron Minesweeper System Purchased by the U.S. Navy

Textron Systems has been given a contract from the US Navy worth about $106 million for Mine Sweeping Payload Delivery Systems (PDS). The agreement covers the manufacturing of the...

December 13, 2024
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Sweden places an order with Saab for the Sea Giraffe 1x naval radar.

The Swedish navy will receive the Sea Giraffe 1X radar system from Saab, which has placed an order with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV). The order value is...