The US Navy and General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) formally named the future nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Idaho in a ceremony at GDEB’s facilities in Groton, Connecticut, on Saturday, March 16. The submarine will be the 26th in the Virginia-class as well as the fifth US Navy ship to be...
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Dutch defence ministry selects French design for replacement submarines
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has awarded French shipbuilder the Naval Group a preliminary contract for the design and construction of new expeditionary submarines for the Royal Netherlands Navy. The submarines will be diesel-electric powered variants of the nuclear-powered Barracuda-class boats...
Swedish-Dutch partnership to develop submarines for export market
Netherlands-based the Damen Shipyards Group and Swedish defence technology company Saab have entered into an agreement on the manufacture of export variants of Saab’s C71 expeditionary submarines. The C71-class submarines are being developed as replacements for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s ageing Walrus-class boats. The newer submarines’ modular design allows room for customisation as well as […]
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South Korean yard to build submarines for export market
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) will commence construction of new submarines for export customers. The submarine construction program will be undertaken with assistance from defence company the Babcock International Group. Each of the submarines that will be built will...
US Navy attack submarine Massachusetts floated out
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division launched the future US Navy attack submarine USS Massachusetts at its facilities in Virginia on Friday, February 23. The future Massachusetts is the 25th Virginia-class nuclear-powered submarine and will be the 12th delivered...
New naval shipbuilding joint venture to be based in Abu Dhabi
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and UAE-based defence technology company the EDGE Group have entered into a term sheet aimed at creating a joint venture that will focus on the manufacture of a broad range of naval vessels. EDGE will hold a 51 per cent stake in the venture, which has a commercial...
Keel laid for Pakistan Navy’s sixth Hangor-class submarine
Pakistan’s Karachi Shipyard and Engineering Works recently laid the keel of the sixth Hangor-class diesel-electric attack submarine ordered by the Pakistan Navy. This submarine and another three will be the only four boats of the Hangor-class to be built in Pakistan. The remaining four submarines,...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | January 25 – Brazil’s newest submarine, Turkish and Taiwanese frigates and more
The Turkish Navy commissions its newest surface combatant while the Brazilian Navy welcomes a locally-built submarine into service. A fast transport with a range of onboard medical facilities is handed over to the US Navy. Finally, a Taiwanese yard starts construction of a light frigate for anti-submarine missions. Turkish Navy commissions lead ship of new […]
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Two charged in South Korea for alleged leak of submarine secrets
Two people are being charged in South Korea in connection with the unauthorised transfer of classified information about the country’s submarines to contacts from overseas. The accused, both former employees of local shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (now Hanwha Ocean), are...
Maritime Security Vessel News Roundup | December 14 – Russian submarines, UK fisheries patrol catamaran and more
The Russian Navy welcomes two new submarines into service as trials begin for a fisheries protection vessel for a UK operator. The Royal New Zealand Navy will conduct testing of an unmanned vehicle powered by renewable energy sources. Finally, an order has been placed for a minehunting remotely...