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How the UK gave away its mine hunting fleet

UK removed its Gulf minehunters with no ready replacement Hormuz crisis: UK lacks MCM ships in region and enough escorts to …
US Navy commissions guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr.

The US Navy has commissioned the guided-missile destroyer USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) at Naval Station Norfolk on 11 April 2026. The vessel, classified as an Arleigh …
US Navy deploys destroyers for mine clearance in Strait of Hormuz

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has stated that its forces began preparations for mine clearance operations in the Strait of Hormuz on 11 April 2026. The Arleigh Burke-class …
Indian Navy selects Kongsberg waterjets for NGMV fleet propulsion

India has ordered 18 large Kamewa waterjets from Kongsberg Maritime for the Indian Navy’s Next Generation Missile Vessel (NGMV) programme. These waterjets will …
BAE Systems and BMT win support deal for RAN’s Anzac-class frigates

BAE Systems Australia – Maritime and BMT have secured the Anzac-class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to provide ongoing engineering services and sustainment …

Royal Navy team tests C-ROTV underwater survey system in Denmark

The Royal Navy’s Hydrographic eXploitation Group Teams 5 and 6 have recently carried out the first at-sea trials of a …
UK admits Russian submarines operated over subsea cables for a month

UK says Russian submarines operated for weeks in its EEZ near undersea cables UK and Norway tracked them with a frigate …
France orders fifth FDI frigate from Naval Group

The French Government, through its defence procurement and technology agency, has placed an order for a fifth defence and intervention …
US NRL launches three experimental payloads on STPSat-7 mission

The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has deployed three experimental payloads on the Department of War (DoW) Space Test Program’s …
Portugal Navy’s drone-deployment capable vessel launched in Romania

Damen Shipyards Group launched the NRP D. João II, a multi-purpose vessel (MPV) 10720, for the Portuguese Navy at its …
No consensus on the extent of Middle East ceasefire

The US and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire today (8 April) with talks starting in Islamabad on Friday …
HII, GMR to explore use of AI in shipbuilding

HII and GrayMatter Robotics (GMR) have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to investigate the use of the latter’s …
US Central Command denies IRGC missile strikes on USS Tripoli

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has denied claims from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that the amphibious assault ship …
White House proposes 44% defence budget increase amid Iran conflict

The US Department of War (DoW) has proposed a total of $1.5tn in budgetary resources for fiscal year 2027, representing …
Indian Navy inducts INS Taragiri, fourth Project 17A platform

The Indian Navy has commissioned its latest stealth frigate INS Taragiri on 3 April 2026 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Officials present …