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janes.com | Kate Tringham
TCG Orucreis is the first of the Turkish Navy's Barbaros frigates to complete the MLU. (Aselsan)Aselsan has announced the successful completion of the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the Turkish Navy's Barbaros (MEKO 200 TN II-A/B)-class frigate TCG Oruçreis (F 245). In a statement issued on 9 April, Aselan said the MLU involved the modernisation and replacement of a total of 21 systems onboard Orucreis.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
The last remaining Maestrale-class frigate in active service, ITS Grecale , was formally retired on 1 April 2025 after more than 42 years of service. (Italian Navy)The last remaining ship of the Italian Navy's Maestrale guided-missile frigate class in active service has been decommissioned, the navy confirmed on 7 April. ITS Grecale (F 571), which is the second of eight ships in the class, was officially retired from service on 1 April, the Italian Navy said.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
700X Naval Air Squadron on board the UK Royal Navy's aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales flying the Malloy T-150 UAV. (BAE Systems)The UK Royal Navy (RN) is planning to trial the operational use of heavy-lift logistics unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to transfer cargo between ships during the upcoming UK Carrier Strike Group 25 (CSG 25) deployment to the Indo-Pacific region.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
A scale model of the FREMM Evo frigate on display at Fincantieri's stand at Euronaval 2024. (Janes/Neil Dee)Fincantieri has started construction on the first of two next-generation FREMM Evo (Evolution)-class multimission frigates on order for the Italian Navy. A steel-cutting ceremony to mark the occasion was held at Fincantieri's shipyard in Riva Trigoso, Genoa, on 3 April, the shipbuilder confirmed on the same day.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
A model of a Horizon-class frigate, with planned upgrades highlighted, at the Euronaval 2024 exhibition. (Janes/Neil Dee)The Franco-Italian Horizon-class anti-air warfare (AAW) frigate mid-life upgrade (MLU) programme successfully completed its critical design review (CDR) on 4 April.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
Vlissingen, the first MCM mother ship destined for the RNLN as part of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM programme, started initial sea trials off the coast of Concarneau, France, on 27 March. (Naval Group)Thefirst new mine-countermeasures vessel (MCMV) destined for the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) under the Belgian/Netherlands (BE/NL) joint replacement MCM (rMCM) programme has started initial sea trials.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
The RNLN's new combat support ship, Den Helder, enters its home port of Den Helder for the first time on 24 March. (Damen) Damen Naval has delivered the Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN's) new combat support ship (CSS), Den Helder (A 834), to the Dutch Ministry of Defence's Materiel and IT Command (COMMIT), the shipbuilder confirmed on 25 March. The new CSS was officially handed over during a ceremony in Den Helder, which will be the new home port for the supply and support vessel, on 24 March.
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janes.com | Kate Tringham
The Squadron 2020 Pohjanmaa-class vessels will form the backbone of maritime defence for the Finnish Defence Forces in the future, with their capabilities planned to be used well into the 2050s. (Finnish Defence Forces)French navigation systems specialist Exail has completed deliveries of critical navigation equipment that will be installed on the four new Pohjanmaa-class corvettes being procured for the Finnish Navy under its Squadron 2020 corvette programme.
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Kate Tringham
A keel-laying ceremony for first-of-class Dreadnought was held at BAE Systems Submarines yard in Barrow-in-Furness on 19 March. (BAE Systems)BAE Systems Submarines has laid the keel for the first of the UK Royal Navy's (RN's) new Dreadnought-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), marking a significant milestone in the programme to maintain the country's continuous at-sea deterrent (CASD).
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1 month ago | 
janes.com | Kate Tringham
Rybitwa (605), the fifth Kormoran II (Project 258) MCMV on order for the Polish Navy, was launched at Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdańsk on 19 March 2025. (PGZ)The Polish Armaments Group (Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa: PGZ) and its subsidiaries PGZ Naval Shipyard and the Research and Development Centre of Marine Technology (OBR CTM) have signed a letter of intent (LoI) with Remontowa Shipbuilding for the potential future export of Kormoran II mine-countermeasures vessels (MCMVs).
