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16 September

BAE Systems to Upgrade Royal Navy Sting Ray Torpedo

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded BAE Systems a 60-million-pound ($79 million) contract to upgrade the Royal Navy’s autonomous Sting Ray lightweight torpedo.

16 September

Joe Saballa

General Dynamics to Build More US Navy Replenishment Ships in $6.7B Deal

General Dynamics NASSCO has signed a $6.75-billion agreement with the US Navy to construct additional replenishment oiler vessels.

12 September

Inder Singh Bisht

UAE’s EDGE Group Joins Brazilian Anti-Ship Missile Development

Edge Group has signed an agreement with the Brazilian Navy to help develop the service’s National Surface Anti-Ship Missile by the end of 2025.

12 September

The vessel "China Coast Guard (CCG) 3502" carrying out replenishment for other vessels in the South China Sea

Staff Writer With AFP

China to ‘Crush’ Foreign Encroachment in South China Sea: Military Official

China will "crush" any foreign incursion into its sovereign territory including in the South China Sea, a senior Beijing military official said.

11 September

A JMSDF minesweeper vessel and two fishing boats sailing on a blue ocean

Christine Casimiro

Japan Restructures to Create ‘Fleet Information Warfare’ Command

The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is overhauling its intelligence operations, replacing its Fleet Intelligence Command with the soon-to-be-established “Fleet Information Warfare Command.”

11 September

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 4, 2024) Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777) enters Dry Dock 1 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) Sept. 4, 2024. North Carolina is at the shipyard for its Depot Modernization Period, where the shipyard project team and ship’s crew will give the vessel its scheduled maintenance upgrades and makeover. PHNSY & IMF’s mission is to repair, maintain, and modernize Navy fast-attack submarines and surface ships, in order to keep the Navy’s fleet “Fit to Fight.” (U.S. Navy photo by Justice Vannatta)

Rojoef Manuel

Fourth US Navy Virginia Nuclear Submarine Starts Upgrade in Pearl Harbor

The US Navy has commenced the Depot Modernization Period of its fourth Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

11 September

Pictured: Type 26 Frigate HMS Cardiff being moved to Loch Long. HMS Cardiff, the second of the Royal Navys new City Class Type 26 frigates, was loaded onto a giant barge last week. The ship, which weighs almost 7,000 tonnes, sailed down the River Clyde on Friday, August 30 to Loch Long, where she will be lowered into the water for the first time at Glen Mallan. Once HMS Cardiff is in the water, she will make her way back up the Clyde to BAE Systems yard at Scotstoun where the work to fit the warship out will be completed. Currently Scottish shipyards have orders to build 13 Royal Navy frigates, with the Type 31 vessels being built by Babcock at Rosyth on the east coast, and the Type 26 ships being constructed by BAE Systems on the Clyde.

Rojoef Manuel

BAE Systems Completes Second British City Frigate Float-Out

BAE Systems has launched the UK Royal Navy’s second Type 26 City-class anti-submarine frigate in Glasgow, Scotland.

9 September

Inder Singh Bisht

NVL, thyssenkrupp to Build Futuristic German Air Defense Frigate

German shipbuilders NVL Group and thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have signed an agreement for the joint construction of the German Navy's future Type 127 specialized air defense frigate.

9 September