Sweden, which along with Finland has applied to join NATO, will host the BALTOPS 22 exercise next month in a strong message to neighboring Russia. With Stockholm's NATO application, Sweden ends decades of neutrality and joins NATO at a time when the alliance focused on supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia
Turkey expects to deliver six domestically made submarines equipped with air independent propulsion (AIP) to the Turkish Naval Forces by 2027, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Monday. Speaking at a ceremony for the docking of the Hızır Reis submarine, the second in the series and the first welding of the Selman Reis submarine at Gölcük Shipyard Command in northwestern Kocaeli province, the president said Turkey aims to put into service a new domestically made submarine each year, to ensure that the navy has six new submarines by 2027
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Russian Navy's Project 885M (Yasen-M) nuclear-powered submarine 'Kazan' dived to as deep as 600m underwater during drills in the Barents Sea. Under its designed properties, the submarine can dive to a maximum depth of 600m
The Indian Navys fourth Project 15B guided-missile destroyer Surat and Project 17A frigate Udaygiri were launched at Mumbai-based Mazagaon Docks Limited (MDL) today. The Indian Navys Directorate of Naval Design (DND) is the brain behind the design of both 15B and P17A ships
The Chinese Navys second Type 055 destroyer, the Lhasa, recently passed a full-course training assessment, making it all ready for far sea missions beyond the first island chain. Organized by a vessel training center attached to the PLA Northern Theater Command Navy, the assessment put the Lhasa, together with three Type 056A corvettes, through a three-day maritime test at an undisclosed region in the Yellow Sea, government-owned China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Sunday
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Thales Australia and Ocius Technologies entered a Teaming Agreement on Tuesday to advance the development and deployment of a scalable Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) capability equipped for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) surveillance missions. The Australian designed and manufactured Blue Sentry autonomous system, comprising a team of Ocius Bluebottle USVs integrated with Thales Australias new thin line Fibre Optic Towed Array capability, are deployed from shore to autonomously patrol large areas of Australias coastline, performing underwater ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) missions for long periods of time at sea, and in extreme weather conditions