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March 20, 2025
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Bollinger gives the US Coast Guard the 59th Sentinel Cutter.

Bollinger Shipyards in Florida has delivered the 59th Sentinel-class fast response cutter to the US Coast Guard. The accomplishment is in line with a 2008 plan to replace the...

March 20, 2025
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Thales to Install Cutting-Edge Sonar Systems on Dutch Orka-Class Submarines

Thales and Naval Group have inked a deal for Thales to provide high-performance sonar systems for the next submarine class of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They will outfit the...

March 19, 2025
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The Northrop Autonomous Undersea Sensing Project is awarded by the US Navy.

Northrop Grumman has been given a $24.9 million contract by the US Department of Defense to conduct research and development for a new autonomous undersea sensing program. Enhancing the...

March 18, 2025
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Thales’s AI-Powered Autonomous Minehunter Is Accepted by the British Navy

Thales UK has delivered the first of the Royal Navy’s four end-to-end autonomous minehunting systems. With artificial intelligence for automatic target recognition and the ability to operate remotely or...

March 18, 2025
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Exail will collaborate with UAE partners to develop next-generation mine countermeasure solutions.

In collaboration with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), a division of the EDGE Group, the French company Exail will create next-generation autonomous Mine...

March 17, 2025
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Navantia Starts Building the Seventh Avante 2200 Corvette for Saudi Arabia

At its shipyard in San Fernando, Spanish defense contractor Navantia has cut the steel of the seventh Avante 2200-class corvette for the Royal Saudi Naval Force. Three months after...

March 13, 2025
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Final Awaji Minesweeper Commissioned by the Japanese Navy

In Tsurumi-ki, Yokohama, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force put its fourth and last Awaji-class minesweeping ship into service. Following its delivery by Japan Marine United Corporation, situated in Kanagawa,...

March 13, 2025
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De Haas will send 13 interceptors and special operations crafts to the Netherlands.

The Fast Raiding Interception and Special Forces Craft (FRISC) of the Netherlands Armed Forces will be replaced by 13 ships built by De Haas Shipyards. Compared to their predecessors,...

March 11, 2025
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The fourth Taigei-class submarine built by Japan goes into service.

The fourth Taigei-class diesel-electric submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has been put into service. Three years after the lead submarine, dubbed JS Taigei (“big whale”), was...

March 11, 2025
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Contracts for the Coast Guard’s Next-Gen Polar Icebreakers are awarded by Canada.

As part of the government’s National Shipbuilding Strategy, Canada has hired regional shipbuilders to start building the Coast Guard’s cutting-edge polar icebreakers. The project, which has been awarded to...