On May 9, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced in a post on its X account that the Turkish Naval Forces had begun to receive the AKYA heavyweight torpedoes developed… Continue reading "Roketsan Begins Delivering AKYA Heavyweight Torpedoes To The Turkish Naval Forces"
Itaguaí Construções Navais (ICN), a Brazilian defense and shipbuilding company, has launched “Tonelero”, the third of four Scorpène-class diesel-electric submarines in the ProSub program. Tonelero was built entirely in Brazil,… Continue reading "The Brazilian Navy’s 3rd Scorpène Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine Has Been Launched"
The Netherlands has selected Naval Group’s Blacksword Barracuda diesel-electric submarine design for its future attack submarine, with the design to start replacing the Royal Netherlands Navy’s current Walrus-class submarines by… Continue reading "Netherlands Selects Naval Group For New Attack Submarines"
The Turkish Defense Industry Agency (SSB) signed a contract with the STM-ASELSAN-ASFAT-HAVELSAN business partnership for the Half-Life Modernization of Gür Class Submarines (Type-209/1400) in the Turkish Navy’s inventory. The agreement… Continue reading "Turkey To Modernize Its Gür Class Type-209/1400 Submarines"
As part of the final phase of the state test program, Russia’s new nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine cruiser “Emperor Alexander the Third” conducted a test launch of the Bulava sea-based… Continue reading "Russian Nuclear Submarine ‘Emperor Alexander the Third’ Test Fires Bulava Ballistic Missile"
The British Ministry of Defense announced on October 1 that the SSN-AUKUS program developing nuclear-powered attack submarines under the trilateral AUKUS program has entered its Detailed Design and Long Leads… Continue reading "AUKUS Submarine Program Enters Detailed Design Phase"
STM (Defense Technologies Engineering Inc.), one of Turkey’s leading defense companies, announced in a press release on January 25 that it had delivered to the Pakistan Navy the PNS/M KHALID (S-137),… Continue reading "The Pakistan Navy Receives The Second Modernized Agosta 90B Class Submarine"
The “Impeccable” and “Illustrious,” the second and third vessels in a series of four Type 218SG submarines built for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) by German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine… Continue reading "TKMS Launches New Type 218SG Submarines Named ‘Impeccable’ and ‘Illustrious’ For Singapore"
TCG PIRI REIS (S-330), the first submarine built under the New Type Submarine Project (YTDP) initiated by the Turkish Defense Industry Agency (SSB) and Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS), has… Continue reading "First Reis Class Type 214 AIP Submarine of the Turkish Navy Begins Sea Trials"
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced the launch of the second submarine in the New Type Submarine Project (YTDP), which was started by a joint venture between the Turkish Defense… Continue reading "Turkey Launches Second Reis-Class Type 214 AIP Submarine"