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AUKUS settles into steadier waters as industrial pathways widen

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AUKUS settles into steadier waters as industrial pathways widen

15th April 2026

Sessions at UDT 2026 signalled that the AUKUS programme is pressing ahead at a steady pace – with trilateral commitment reaffirmed, Australian industrial capacity expanding and additive manufacturing emerging as an opportunity for suppliers.

How Canada is preparing the future River-class destroyers to endure uncrewed threats

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How Canada is preparing the future River-class destroyers to endure uncrewed threats

15th April 2026

Designed in 2019, Canada's new River-class destroyers are planned to be handed over by the 2050s. The long procurement timeline has cast doubt on whether the platforms will be obsolete for tomorrow’s warfare.

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USS Bataan to undergo maintenance having ended seven-month deployment

6th August 2020

General Dynamics NASSCO is to provide facilities and human resources to complete, coordinate and integrate ‘multiple areas of ship maintenance, repair and modernisation’ of USS Bataan …

Russian 57mm anti-aircraft weapon finds naval application

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Russian 57mm anti-aircraft weapon finds naval application

5th August 2020

Russian artillery R&D; specialist TsNII Burevestnik, an Uralvagonzavod subsidiary based in Nizhni Novgorod, has developed a 57mm gun system for shipborne air defence. According to Georgiy …

Plasan starts to make armour for RN Type 26 frigates

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Plasan starts to make armour for RN Type 26 frigates

5th August 2020

Plasan has begun production of armour for the UK RN’s Type 26 City-class ASW frigates, about two years later than originally scheduled. UK shipbuilder BAE …

Latest fast transport vessel for USN completes acceptance trials

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Latest fast transport vessel for USN completes acceptance trials

4th August 2020

The Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport vessel USNS Newport (EPF 12) has successfully completed acceptance trials for the USN in the Gulf of Mexico, shipbuilder Austal USA …

USSOCOM orders SATCOM equipment from GATR

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USSOCOM orders SATCOM equipment from GATR

4th August 2020

Cubic Corporation subsidiary GATR Technologies has received a $172 million contract with five one-year ordering periods, to provide US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) with SATCOM …

Malaysia considers whether to stick or twist with LCS

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Malaysia considers whether to stick or twist with LCS

3rd August 2020

The Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) is mulling how to proceed with its troubled Maharaja Lela -class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) programme. None of the six …

Israeli Navy bulks up with refined corvette design

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Israeli Navy bulks up with refined corvette design

3rd August 2020

The design for the Israeli Navy’s future Sa’ar S-72 corvettes should be completed in the first half of 2021, with indications that the platform being …

BAE Systems completes deal for Collins Military GPS business

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BAE Systems completes deal for Collins Military GPS business

3rd August 2020

BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of the Collins Aerospace Military Global Positioning System (GPS) business from Raytheon Technologies. The Military GPS business now operates within …

First of five new Royal Saudi Naval Forces corvettes launched

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First of five new Royal Saudi Naval Forces corvettes launched

31st July 2020

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia launched the first of five corvettes being manufactured for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces in a ceremony at the San Fernando facility …

Keel laid for the future USS Beloit

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Keel laid for the future USS Beloit

31st July 2020

Lockheed Martin and Fincantieri Marinette Marine marked the construction of Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) 29, the future USS Beloit, with a keel laying ceremony at …

Radar and autonomy suite tested in recent USN unmanned trials

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Radar and autonomy suite tested in recent USN unmanned trials

30th July 2020

A joint US-UK collaboration on marine autonomy and radar integration for the USN’s Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) trials has aided the latest series of technological …

Type 076 apparition emerges from the Chinese mist

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Type 076 apparition emerges from the Chinese mist

30th July 2020

Speculation has been rife on the internet about an innovative new class of ship for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN): a landing helicopter dock …

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