DEFENSE NEWS

German company EUROATLAS revealed an industrial collaboration with Fassmer and Rheinmetall at IMDEX Asia to produce the GreyShark UUV.

German shipbuilder has shown its unique MEKO S-X ASW uncrewed surface vehicle as a model at IMDEX 2025 in Singapore.

The Royal Navy has unveiled its first uncrewed submarine Excalibur, paving the way for how the UK could operate underwater.

KONGSBERG and Naval Group have today signed a comprehensive partnership agreement, reinforcing both companies' positions

Baykar announced that the Bayraktar TB3 UCAV successfully conducted a live-fire test with the MAM-L smart munition at Denizkurdu 2025 exercise.

The Finnish Pohjanmaa-class programme for four heavy corvettes keeps moving forward, with the first two vessels reaching important milestones recently.

China continues to innovate in the underwater arena. A fresh image reveals one of its latest creations, an extra-large underwater drone

House Armed Services Committee Earmarks $3.1 Billion for Unmanned Vessel Production in Historic Reconciliation Bill

Navantia and Leonardo have joined forces through a collaboration agreement to market naval solutions in the Defence area. 

Malaysia' second Littoral Combat Ship, Raja Muda Nala, entered the water for the first time on May 8.

From May 12 to June 15, 2025, the French Navy conducts a major high-intensity operational readiness exercise: POLARIS 25.

The Republic of Singapore Navy becomes the first export customer of Thales' Pathmaster mine warfare system.

The Netherlands is entering the concrete planning stage for the procurement of a so-called anti-torpedo torpedo (ATT) for its navy. According to an information letter from the Dutch Ministry of Defense to the parliament in The Hague on April 23, a “’hard-kill’ system is to be introduced – to destroy torpedoes and unmanned underwater vehicle

In March, Japan’s ATLA awarded two major contracts to MHI, totaling over 151 billion yen ($1.03 billion), for the construction of a 14,500-tonne replenishment ship and two upgraded Mogami-class “New FFM” (06FFM) frigates for the JMSDF.

The ninth Bergamini-class Spartaco Schergat (F 598) FREMM is the first of two FREMMs in a new configuration for AsuW and ASW.

The most important connection that ADSB has had with Asia to date is the Falaj 3 OPV project for the UAE Navy, conducted with help from ST Engineering of Singapore.

The German Navy considers Tomahawk cruise missiles procurement in order to counter the growing threat from Russia

For the first time, accurate scale models of Singapore’s new Multirole Combat Vessel (MRCV) have been shown during IMDEX Asia 2025.

Elwave announced that their Octopulse underwater electromagnetic sensor mounted on Royal IHC's crawler is performing sea trials during the SeaSEC25 Challenge.

The keel of the second Pohjanmaa-class multi-role corvette, part of the Squadron 2020 programme, was laid at Rauma shipyard on Thursday, 8 May 2025. The keel laying ceremony is a traditional and symbolically significant milestone in shipbuilding, marking the official start of hull assembly. Finnish MoD press release Construction of the second corvette began i

The naming ceremony for the fourth of five new K130 Batch-II corvette for the German Navy was held today at NVL's Blohm+Voss site in Hamburg

On May 4, 2025, during the Friendship Day event held at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, the U.S. Navy publicly unveiled the AIM-174B (air-launched variant of the SM-6) for the first time, mounted under the wing of an F/A-18F.