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  • Evertsen extension keeps European naval air-defence capacity on watch

    Evertsen extension keeps European naval air-defence capacity on watch

    The Dutch frigate Evertsen will remain in the eastern Mediterranean longer. That extension highlights the continuing strategic value of European escort ships built around radar quality, missile stocks, and sustained readiness.

  • Japan confirms first Tomahawk-capable Kongo-class destroyer

    Japan confirms first Tomahawk-capable Kongo-class destroyer

    Japan has confirmed that JMSDF destroyer JS Chokai has gained Tomahawk launch capability, marking a new stage in the country’s stand-off missile build-up and putting ship modification, training, and integration work into sharper focus.

  • HII scales Romulus line with automated USV production model

    HII scales Romulus line with automated USV production model

    HII is expanding its Romulus unmanned surface vessel assembly capability in Louisiana and pairing it with a new robotics-led manufacturing initiative, underlining the industry’s shift from prototype builds toward higher-rate autonomous vessel production.

  • US Navy pushes MUSV toward trials and early fielding

    US Navy pushes MUSV toward trials and early fielding

    The US Navy has opened its new MUSV pathway with on-water testing due this year and fielding targeted for FY2027, signalling a stronger preference for mature, production-ready autonomous vessels over prolonged developmental prototyping.

  • Kongsberg and Salt land Norway standardised vessel design work

    Kongsberg and Salt land Norway standardised vessel design work

    Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and Salt Ship Design have won the contract to design Norway’s new standardised naval vessels, pushing a modular, common-design approach that could reshape how support and patrol-type fleets are built and sustained.

  • Italy opens carrier path for TB3 naval UCAV

    Italy opens carrier path for TB3 naval UCAV

    Italy’s navy has pointed toward a TB3 carrier option for ITS Cavour, linking its future unmanned air wing more closely to the Leonardo-Baykar industrial partnership and opening a new European route into fixed-wing naval UCAV integration.

  • Lyme Bay conversion advances autonomous mine warfare

    Lyme Bay conversion advances autonomous mine warfare

    RFA Lyme Bay is being prepared to act as a minehunting mothership, giving the Royal Navy a crewed platform able to deploy, recover, and command autonomous mine-countermeasure systems as it pushes further into hybrid maritime operations.

  • HMS Active float-off moves Type 31 into fit-out

    HMS Active float-off moves Type 31 into fit-out

    HMS Active has completed float-off at Rosyth, pushing the Type 31 programme into another visible production milestone as Babcock moves the second Inspiration-class frigate from structural assembly into the next stage of fit-out and systems integration.

  • MS&D 2026 expands Hamburg’s naval industrial agenda

    MS&D 2026 expands Hamburg’s naval industrial agenda

    MS&D 2026 will deepen Hamburg’s naval industry focus further. The expanded format ties conference debate directly to shipyards, suppliers, dual-use technology companies, and procurement audiences attending SMM.

  • U.S. Navy scales robotic ship inspection with Gecko deal

    U.S. Navy scales robotic ship inspection with Gecko deal

    Fleet readiness is increasingly becoming a data and inspection problem. Gecko’s new Pacific Fleet contract turns robotic inspection into a scaled maintenance input for naval repair planning.