France Constructs Greece’s Second FDI Frigate
Hellenic Navy’s 2nd FDI Frigate future “HS Nearchos” construction continues at full speed in Lorient.
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Romania Acquires French Scorpene Submarines
Romania that failed to acquire French corvettes go for French submarines now. The program will be completed in eight years and cost 2 billion euros.
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Navantia offers S80 Isaac Peral class submarines to the Philippines
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia confirmed it had submitted an offer to sell two S80 Isaac Peral class submarines to the Philippine Navy (PN).
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Bilateral Relations
Turkish Corvette TCG Kınalıada Visits Romania
TCG Kınalıada (F514) Corvette visited Constanta on the navy day in Romania. Romanian Navy has recently cancelled a modernisation and construction programme.
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Modernisation
Romania Cancels Naval Group’s $1.32 Billion Deal
Romania’s defence ministry said late it had cancelled a deal to buy four Gowind corvettes French Naval Group.
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Indonesian Navy Discusses Procuring German Submarines
German and Indonesian Defence Ministers discuss strengthening relations and cooperation between two countries.
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Naval Group establishes Naval Group Hellas in Greece
The French Naval Group Hellas subsidiary in Greece announced at the end of 2022, is now officially established.
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Expo and Air Show
Hellenic Navy’s First FDI Frigate is Under Construction
Naval Shipyard shared photos of the first Navy FDI frigate under construction for the Hellenic Navy. Greece is currently holding DEFEA Defence Expo in Athens.
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The SSN Duguay-Trouin Starts its Sea Trials
Two years after the delivery of the first Barracuda-class nuclear attack submarine Suffren, the sea trials of the Duguay-Trouin started on March 27th, 2023.
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Bilateral Relations
Australia may Acquire up to five Virginia-class Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarines
Australia may acquire up to five Virginia -class nuclear-powered attack submarines from the United States until British ones are ready for construction. The purchase, which would take place within the framework of the AUKUS agreement between Washington, Canberra and London, would allow the Royal Australian Navy to dispose of these submarines for the next decade, increasing the Australian deterrent capacity against the Chinese Navy.
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Malaysia reduced its order for Maharaja Lela-class Littoral Combat Ships to five
The Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) has confirmed receiving only five Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) instead of the six ordered initially. The new head of the RMN, Vice Admiral Abdul Rahman Ayob, has confirmed to the Malaysian press that the reductions were made as part of efforts to resume the stalled project.
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Greece Postpones Corvette Programme
Greece postponed the decision for the corvette programme. According to local sources, the Greek government plans to announce the date in early 2023.
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Bilateral Relations
Naval Group Offers Gowind Corvettes to Greece with ToT
The Naval Group made an official announcement about the acquisition program for the new Hellenic Navy corvettes (3+1).
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French Navy received the Final FREMM Frigate “Lorraine”
The French Armament General Directorate (DGA) received the FREMM Frigate “Lorraine” (D657) from the Naval Group for the French Navy (Marine Nationale).
