According to a US Department of Defense announcement dated 30 May 2025, Raytheon Missiles and Defense has been awarded an initial $536.75 million contract (N00024-25-C-5501) for integration and production support services for the AN/SPY-6(V) multifunction wide-area radar. The announcement states that if all options are exercised, the cumulative value of the contract will exceed $2.88 billion.
The Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One (NATO abbreviation SNMCMG1) will be visiting Lübeck from Friday, 30 May to Monday, 2 June 2025 The group will be exercising in the Baltic Sea with a combination of mine countermeasures and patrols. It is intended to strengthen the security of the Critical Underwater Infrastructure (CUI). Previously...
The small container ship "MSC Elsa 3" (built in 1997, flagged Liberia) capsized and sank off the Indian coast on Sunday for reasons that have not yet been clarified. The crew was rescued after a distress signal was sent out by the Indian Coast Guard and the Indian Navy, reported the Ministry of Defence in New Delhi. The feeder freighter came...
Thousands of military wrecks with remnants of ammunition on board lie at the bottom of our seas. Each one has its own special features, as an exciting example from the Adriatic shows. The Adriatic - a fascinating holiday destination on the Mediterranean. Every travel guide extols its turquoise waters, unspoilt landscapes, historic cities and first-class Mediterranean cuisine.
For a long time, there was no photo to show the Gorch Fock in the right light again after almost six years in the shipyard. Now the crew and photographers have managed to take some impressive pictures. Operation White Swan: The Gorch Fock in all its glory On 25 March, the Gorch Fock became the scene of a special mission: Operation White Swan....
The Geneva, Switzerland-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is not only the largest shipping company, but is also the first to reach a fleet of over 900 ships. This milestone was reached with the delivery of the container ship MSC GERMANY (Neopanamax, 16,000 TEU). This was reported by the French analysis company Alphaliner....
Despite their high level of technical development, the futuristic-looking ZUMWALT-class destroyers have been criticised in the American media for years. Now the U.S. Navy is daring to make a new start. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union heralded a time of unrivalled dominance for the U.S. Navy in the naval...
Seoul is continuing the renewal of its frigate fleet with determination. After six units of the Incheon-class (115 metres, 3,200 tonnes) have been in service for ten years as the FFX-I and the FFX-II with a new silhouette as the Daegu-class (122 metres, 3,600 tonnes) with eight units delivered in the last five years, the...
A few hundred metres past each other When the Russian corvette RFS "Stoikiy" (Steregushchiy class) "turned" into the Langelandbelt on Friday last week (we reported) after passing Fehmarn to the north-west, the French reconnaissance ship FS "Dupuy de Lome" (A 759), which was on the opposite course, had a convenient "found food" ....
Hapag-Lloyd customers have cancelled 30 per cent of shipments from China to the US because they were spooked by the trade conflict between the world's two largest economies, a spokesman for the German container shipping group said. Instead, there has been a "massive increase" in demand for products and shipments from Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam,...
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