ARES Shipyard to build three ARES 40 FIC for Qatar
Qatar Ministry of Interior has announced a contract award to Turkish ARES Shipyard for three Fast Interceptor Crafts (FIC) to be delivered in early 2023.
Navy / Maritime News
China to launch third aircraft carrier soon
China will be launching its third aircraft carrier, codenamed Type-003, which is believed to be larger than the previous two carriers.
France introduced the nuclear attack submarine Suffren
The French shipbuilder Naval Group product, The French Navy’s nuclear attack submarine Suffren (Q284) entered “active duty” on June 3, 2022.
DESAN and ÖZATA cut the steel for Logistic Support Tankers
The Istanbul-based DESAN and ÖZATA Shipyards programme partnership started the construction of Logistic Support Tankers (LST) for the Turkish Navy.
Russia attacks MILGEM’s Ocean Shipyard in Ukraine
Russian Defence Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on May 30th that Russian field artillery units attacked a hangar of the Ocean Shipyard.
PN Upgrades Assault Boats with Spike-ER Missiles and RCWS
The Philippines Navy (PN) displayed three updated assault boats with Israeli Spike-ER missiles and a remote-controlled weapon station.
Thailand Officially Received the US Navy's RQ-21A Blackjack
The Royal Thai Navy (RTN) received its first RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial UAV from the US Navy. A ceremony was held in Bangkok.
DEARSAN’s USV at fire tests
DEARSAN Shipyard tested its USV weapons systems in Bursa Karacabey. The shipyard invited many observant to the live fire tests.
Erdoğan: MİLDEN program will start in 2025
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced that the construction activities of the National Submarine (MİLDEN) program will begin in 2025.
DARPA unveils heavy-lift seaplane's design: Liberty Lifter
DARPA has revealed ambitions to develop and flight test an experimental low-cost, wing-in-ground effect-capable seaplane for long-range.
Turkish Navy’s Reis Class Second Submarine is dry-docked
The second submarine, Hızırreis, built within the framework of the new type of submarine program of the Naval Forces, is dry-docked.
UAE's second Gowind Corvette is Launched
Naval Group of France launched the second of two corvettes ordered by UAE in 2019.
PNS BADR is Launched
PNS BADR, one of the MİLGEM ships built by Turkey for the Pakistani Navy, launched. Four ships are being built for the Pakistan Navy.
ROK Completes LIG Nex1 Tiger Shark Tor Torpedo Test
Korean defence company LIG Nex1 weapon reported that it had completed the trial phase of the Tiger Shark heavy torpedo.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes higher air and missile defence capacity targets - NATO members are under growing pressure to expand air and missile defence inventories, command netwo...
- 09:00 US Army deepens integrated air defence networking efforts - The US Army continues integrating radars, launchers and command systems into common battle networks...
- 09:00 Europe expands ammunition and missile production capacity - European governments are increasingly funding new ammunition and missile production lines to rebuild...
- 09:00 China strengthens multi-domain reconnaissance architecture - China is continuing to link satellites, drones, maritime patrol assets and ground-based sensors into...
- 09:00 Japan accelerates hardening and dispersal of military infrastructure - Japan is investing in hardened facilities, dispersed ammunition storage and rapid reinforcement logi...
- 09:00 Counter-drone procurement shifts toward affordable layered defence - Military organisations are increasingly prioritising combinations of jamming, interceptor drones, gu...
- 09:00 Autonomous underwater vehicles gain prominence in seabed security - Navies are expanding the use of autonomous underwater vehicles for surveillance, mine countermeasure...
- 09:00 Hypersonic defence drives demand for persistent tracking networks - Defence agencies are accelerating work on layered radar and satellite tracking architectures designe...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward proliferated constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring larger constellations of smaller satellites rather than a fe...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity becomes a core defence benchmark - Governments are placing greater emphasis on production scalability, secure supply chains and the abi...
