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British Babcock Offers Arrowhead 140 Frigate to U.S. Navy, Eyeing HII to Build It Under License
Babcock will offer its Arrowhead 140, the design behind the Royal Navy’s Type 31, to the U.S. Navy’s international frigate effort, with…
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Thales Australia Opens Sydney Towed Array Sonar Facility for Hunter Frigates and Collins Submarines
Thales Australia and the Commonwealth have co-funded a 100-metre towed array sonar facility at Rydalmere in Western Sydney to build and sustain…
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UK Reaffirms Plan for Up to 12 SSN-AUKUS Submarines, Targeting One Boat Every 18 Months
Britain still intends to buy up to 12 SSN-AUKUS attack submarines and has funded capacity for one boat every 18 months from…
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US Navy Assault Ship USS Makin Island Arrives in Japan With Marines, Weeks From the Iran War Zone
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit have reached Yokosuka, Japan, for maintenance and resupply, four weeks after…
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France Tests Anti-Drone Laser on Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier, Setting It Up in Four Hours
A French Air and Space Force team set up a counter-drone laser on the Charles de Gaulle’s flight deck in about four…
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Norway’s Kongsberg Pushes HUGIN AUVs for Seabed Warfare, Offering 15-Day Missions From Shore
Kongsberg is positioning its HUGIN AUV family for seabed warfare, mine countermeasures and undersea infrastructure protection. HUGIN Endurance can run 15-day missions…
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Lockheed Martin Closes $3.45B Ultra Maritime Acquisition, Adding Sonobuoys and Torpedo Defense to Its Portfolio
Lockheed Martin has closed its $3.45 billion purchase of Ultra Maritime, folding the sonobuoy, towed sonar and torpedo defense maker into Rotary…
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Spanish Navantia Launches 7th Saudi Avante 2200 Corvette, Paving Way for Saudi-Built Warships
Navantia has launched HMS Neom, the seventh Avante 2200 corvette for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. The ship will sail to Saudi…
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France Confirms Atlantique 2 Patrol Plane on Black Sea Maritime Patrol as Drones Hit Eight Merchant Ships
A French Atlantique 2 at Constanța and a US P-8A Poseidon off Bulgaria now anchor allied surveillance of the western Black Sea…
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Sweden Puts 4 Saildrone Voyager Drones on 24/7 Baltic Watch, Tracking Ships’ True Positions
Sweden’s FMV has signed a Nordefco framework deal under which four wind-powered Saildrone Voyager drones deliver Baltic Sea surveillance as a service,…