US Navy Future Unmanned Surface Vessel conference coming soon 10/06/2025 | Fabio Di Felice The US Navy Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC), Unmanned Maritime Systems Program Office (PMS 406) will soon host an Industry Day to brief the Future Unmanned Surface… [read more]

USA launches PULLING GUARD: a program for unmanned escort of merchant vessels 05/06/2025 | Massimo Annati In the United States, DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), the Department of Defense agency tasked with developing emerging military technologies, has officially launched PULLING… [read more]

Swedish VISBY-class corvettes to adopt CAMM missile system 05/06/2025 | Giuliano Da Frè Nearly two years after the initial announcement, the air defence upgrade of Sweden’s five stealth corvettes of the VISBY class is now materializing. The small… [read more]

EXCALIBUR, the Royal Navy’s first XLUUV 19/05/2025 | Michele Cosentino On May 15, 2025, the Royal Navy officially unveiled its first extra-large uncrewed underwater vehicle (XLUUV), now formally designated XV EXCALIBUR. This milestone marks a… [read more]

Singapore Navy to acquire new unmanned Mine Counter-Measure capabilities 08/05/2025 | Mike Rajkumar (Reporting from Singapore) Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contracted ST Engineering to provide a suite of new Unmanned Mine Counter-Measure capabilities, including Mine Counter-Measure Unmanned Surface Vessels… [read more]

Israel Shipyards looks to reinforce healthy orderbook 08/05/2025 | Mike Rajkumar (Reporting from Singapore) Israel Shipyards is now busy with delivering several important orders, the most important on which is its recent order from the Israel MoD to supply… [read more]

Greece: DEFEA 2025 opens with strong international presence and emphasis on naval procurement 06/05/2025 | Tommaso Massa (Reporting from Athens) The third edition of the Defence Exhibition Athens (DEFEA) officially opened today, May 6th 2025, at the Athens Metropolitan Expo, marking what promises to be… [read more]

Keel-Laying Ceremony Held for New Singapore Navy OPVs 10/04/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The Keel-Laying Ceremony for the first 2 Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) destined for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) recently took place at the Western… [read more]

Italian Navy: Steel-Cutting Ceremony Held for First FREMM EVO Frigate 04/04/2025 | Carolina Paizs The steel-cutting ceremony for the first of the 2 FREMM EVO frigates—the latest evolution of the FREMM-class—was held today at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genoa).… [read more]

Ultra Maritime announces the progress of its G-size Multistatic Active Receive Sonobuoy (MSARS) for the Royal Navy 01/04/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Ultra Maritime has announced the successful completino of the Preliminary Design Review for its new Multistatic Active Receive Sonobuoy (MSARS), a device developed with UK… [read more]

MQ-9B and MQ-4C TRITON compete for Norway’s arctic surveillance requirement 24/03/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli Norways wants to field long range, long endurance drones on the remote island of Andøya from 2029. The Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) ceased to… [read more]

The uncrewed submarine CETUS for the Royal Navy is launched 12/03/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli With some delay on the original expectations, the CETUS eXtra Large Uncrewed Underwater Vehicle for the Royal Navy has now been lowered into the water… [read more]

The Italian aircraft carrier GARIBALDI for Indonesia? 11/03/2025 | Pietro Batacchi According to recent rumours in the press, Indonesia would be interested in purchasing the Italian Navy's aircraft carrier GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI second hand. According to our… [read more]

MARSEC, Singapore's new USVs 18/02/2025 | Michele Cosentino The Singapore Navy has long been experimenting with surveillance operations using unmanned surface vehicles: about 20 years ago, an ENDURANCE class LPD from the Singapore… [read more]

Chinese PLAN Commissions 1st Type 054B Frigate 24/01/2025 | Mike Rajkumar China’s People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has officially commissioned its first Type 054B frigate, ‘LUOHE’ (Hull No 545) into service. The 5,500-ton-class warship was commissioned… [read more]

Kongsberg Maritime’s advanced propulsion and manoeuvring technology for Indonesian Navy's FACs 23/01/2025 | Editorial Team Kongsberg Maritime has recently secured a significant contract to provide cutting-edge propulsion and manoeuvring systems for 2 new KCR-70 Fast Attack Craft destined for the… [read more]

New details - and confirmations - for the US DDG(X) programme 20/01/2025 | CAROLINA PAIZS During the 37th National Symposium, organised by the Surface Navy Association and held in Washington D.C. from 14 to 16 January, some news emerged and… [read more]

Silos for ballistic missiles and/or underwater drones for the Israeli DRAKON submarine 16/01/2025 | Michele Cosentino In mid-November 2024, at a ceremony in Kiel, the name DRAKON was officially given to the last Israeli submarine. Although the event was confidential, a… [read more]

Republic of Korea Navy to Modernise PKG Class Boats 09/12/2024 | Mike Rajkumar The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) will proceed with the upgrade of its Patrol Killer Guided Missile (PKGM) boats. Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)… [read more]

Stealth Meets Sting: The DS8-BLACK SCORPION Combo 02/12/2024 | Marco Giulio Barone In a significant development announced on December 2, 2024, DRASS has entered into a strategic partnership with LEONARDO resulting in an enhanced version of the… [read more]