Navy / Maritime News

The First Hybrid Configuration FREMM Frigate Launched
Italy

The First Hybrid Configuration FREMM Frigate Launched

Italian Fincantieri has launched the first hybrid configuration FREMM frigate with ASuW and ASW capabilities packed in one frigate.

Iran’s New Vessel Creates Suspicion
Iran

Iran’s New Vessel Creates Suspicion

Iran shared photos of the new destroyer IRIS Deylaman, which will operate in the Caspian Sea, where Iran maintains solid naval forces.

India's New Destroyer INS Imphal (D68) Launched BrahMos
India

India's New Destroyer INS Imphal (D68) Launched BrahMos

India's P15B Guided Missile Destroyer, INS Imphal (D68), launched the BrahMos anti-ship missile. The destroyer will soon be commissioned by the Indian Navy.

Chinese Type 003 Aircraft Carrier Starts Catapult Tests
China

Chinese Type 003 Aircraft Carrier Starts Catapult Tests

Images of Type 003 (Also called Fujian) Aircraft Carrier conducting tests of its catapult have surfaced in Chinese social media.

Turkiye Tests Helicopter Securing and Transfer System
Turkiye

Turkiye Tests Helicopter Securing and Transfer System

Turkiye’s first national Helicopter Securing and Transfer System is tested on TCG İSTANBUL, Türkiye’s first national frigate.

Portuguese Navy to Sign Deal for Naval Platform
Portugal Netherlands

Portuguese Navy to Sign Deal for Naval Platform

Portuguese Navy announced that the deal for constructing the Multi-Purpose Naval Platform under the Recovery and Resilience Program will be signed.

Malaysia Prefers Turkish Option for LMS Batch II Program
Turkiye Malaysia

Malaysia Prefers Turkish Option for LMS Batch II Program

Malaysian Minister of Defence YB Mohammad Hassan stated that Turkiye was chosen for the LMS Batch II corvette procurement program.

Turkiye Announces the Start of Sea Trials of TCG OruçReis
Turkiye

Turkiye Announces the Start of Sea Trials of TCG OruçReis

Turkish Defence Ministry officially announced the start of the sea trials of the first upgraded Barbaros-class frigate, TCG Oruçreis (F-245).

Bayraktar TB3 Performs Eighth Test Flight
Turkiye

Bayraktar TB3 Performs Eighth Test Flight

Bayraktar TB3’s eighth flight test, Medium Altitude Test-2, included a flight at 18000 ft and ten touch-and-go manoeuvres.

ASELFLIR-500 Set to Be Bayraktar TB3’s Eye
Turkiye

ASELFLIR-500 Set to Be Bayraktar TB3’s Eye

ASELSAN’s latest Electro-Optical system for UAVs will be integrated into Bayraktar TB3 ship-borne UCAV.

SANCAR AUSV’s ADVENT ROTA Phase-1 Test has been Completed
Turkiye

SANCAR AUSV’s ADVENT ROTA Phase-1 Test has been Completed

HAVELSAN stated that the factory acceptance tests of Phase-1 of ADVENT ROTA for Armed Unmanned Surface Vehicles have been completed.

France has Test-fired M51.3 SLBM
France

France has Test-fired M51.3 SLBM

France tested the new version of its SLBM, the M51.3. The submarine-launched missile is known for its thermonuclear warhead capacity.

Seft Publishes First Official Photo of OruçReis after MLU
Turkiye

Seft Publishes First Official Photo of OruçReis after MLU

Istanbul-based Seft Engineering shared the first official photo of TCG Oruçreis after MLU. The only visual was shared by naval photographer Oğuz Eroğuz.

ADIK Lays the Keel of TCG Izmir (F-516) Frigate
Turkiye

ADIK Lays the Keel of TCG Izmir (F-516) Frigate

The work on I-Class frigates is in progress. ADIK laid on November 15 the keel of the future TCG Izmir (F-516) with a ceremony held in Istanbul.