ASFAT and TAIS Among Finalists in Thailand’s Frigate Bid
Turkish shipbuilders ASFAT and TAIS Shipyards are included in the shortlisted competitors for Thailand’s frigate acquisition programme covering one frigate.
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Navy / Maritime
Navy / Maritime
Logistics
Navantia signs TCG Anadolu L400 support framework deal
A new agreement reinforces Türkiye–Spain naval cooperation while sustaining lifecycle support for TCG Anadolu through a flexible maintenance framework.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Spain Drops F-35B along with Carrier-Based Fighter Plans
Madrid will phase out its AV-8B+ Harrier jets without F-35B replacement, leaving Spain without carrier-based fixed-wing aviation for at least a decade.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Spain Discloses Plans for Catapult-Fitted Aircraft Carrier
With the retirement of the EAV-8B Harrier II approaching and no apparent plans for F-35B, Spain has announced the plans for a catapult-fitted aircraft carrier.
Navy / Maritime
NAVANTIA Builds Three F-110 Frigates at Ferrol Shipyard
Spanish shipbuilder NAVANTIA marks a milestone at Ferrol Shipyard, laying the F112 keel and starting F113 construction, while F111 advances ahead of schedule.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia Begins Second Saudi Corvette at San Fernando
Navantia has begun work on the second Saudi corvette, just three months after the first, under a contract for three ships, strengthening local industry.
Navy / Maritime
Thailand Partners with ASFAT for New Frigate Acquisition
Thailand’s UDT partners with ASFAT to acquire four new frigates. The deal, which involves technology transfer, is part of RTN’s fleet modernisation plan.
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Airbus and Navantia Initiate a Project to Deploy UAV on LHD
Airbus and Navantia have reached an agreement to investigate the integration of SIRTAP UAVs aboard the Spanish Navy’s Juan Carlos I multi-purpose LHD vessel.
Navy / Maritime
Sensors
AN/SPY-7 Radar for Spanish F-110 Frigates Achieves Track
Navantia and Lockheed Martin have demonstrated the first live track for Spain’s F-110 Multi-Mission Frigate’s AN/SPY-7(V)2 multi-function S-band radar.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia to build three more ships for Saudi Arabia
The five-ship "Sarawat Project" signed between Saudi Arabia and Spain's Navantia Shipyard is expanding to eight ships.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia Lays the Keel of Royal Moroccan Navy’s OPV
Spanish Navantia Shipyard, on September 6, performed the keel laying of the Royal Moroccan Navy’s Avante 1800 class offshore patrol vessel.
Bilateral Relations
Turkiye and Spain Conduct Defence Industry Meeting
The Spanish Secretary of State for Defence Amparo Valcarce and Secretary of Turkish Defence Industries Haluk Görgün held talks at the summit.
Navy / Maritime
Analysis
Navy Comes to the Fore at SSİK Decisions
It was seen that the decisions taken by the SSİK to strengthen the Naval Forces came to the fore. As TurDef, we are examining some of these decisions.
Navy / Maritime
Spain Commissioned S-81 Isaac Peral Submarine
S-81 Isaac Peral submarine, the first of the S-80-class was commissioned by Navantia to the Spanish Navy.
Navy / Maritime
Navantia offers S80 Isaac Peral class submarines to the PN
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia confirmed it had submitted an offer to sell two S80 Isaac Peral class submarines to the Philippine Navy (PN).
Navy / Maritime
Unmanned Systems
Expo and Air Show
Navantia, SAES and Perseo to develop UUV
Spanish companies Navantia, SAES and Perseo Techworks have announced their intention to develop a line of unmanned underwater vehicles for surveillance.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
