The Ghanaian Navy has taken delivery of a patrol boat from the UK government to strengthen security on inland waterways and along the coast of the West African country. The handover took place in November 2025 and underscores the continued maritime security cooperation between the two countries. During the ceremony, the...
Bulgaria - NVL builds MMPV 90 for the Black Sea The Bulgarian Navy has been replacing its outdated Soviet-era vessels with Western models bit by bit for several years now. Since the beginning of November, "Hrabri", the first of the two multipurpose patrol vessels MMPV 90 (Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessel 90), has been...
According to press releases issued by the Lithuanian Ministry of Defence and the Finnish Navy Alutech on 7 April 2025, Vilnius is acquiring two multi-purpose operational boats worth 22 million euros. The units, developed on the basis of the Watercat M18, are intended for the Lithuanian Navy and are to be assigned to the coastal defence battalion. Latvia has also already formally...
After two of the nine FAIC-M boats (fast attack interdiction craft - missile) of the Israeli type Shaldag Mk. V (translated: kingfisher) ordered from Israel Shipyards Ltd. in Haifa were received at the Commodore Divino Pier of the Philippine Navy headquarters in Manila City in September and given the names of national Marine Corps heroes, the...
The French group CMN NAVAL is presenting the world's fastest autonomous interceptor speedboat, the UHSI32, at the upcoming World Defence Show from 6 to 9 March 2022 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The autonomous capabilities and functions were developed by CMN in collaboration with Sea Machines Robotics and Raytheon Anschütz. CMN NAVAL...
The Dutch are faster again: Dutch battery system supplier EST-Floattech has delivered three 273kWh units for the new electrically powered patrol boats to Amsterdam. There, the police will patrol the canals in an environmentally friendly way. These are the Patrol Vessels 1304 built by Damen. Two more boats are currently under construction....
The Australian shipyard Austal has handed over what is now the tenth Guardian-class patrol boat to the country's Ministry of Defence. In a small ceremony, the boat was then immediately handed over to the Solomon Islands, an island nation in the South Pacific. The Guardian class has a length of 39.5 metres and is based on the designs of the Bay-,...
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