Xavier Vavasseur
Founder and Editor-in-Chief at Naval News
Naval reporter, @navalnewscom founder and chief editor, @FloridaTech alumni. Interest in Defense⚔️, Navy⚓, F1🏎️, Sci-Fi👽. Born in 🇼🇫
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4 days ago |
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur
Naval News takes you on an exclusive tour of the SIMA Peru shipyard. The facility at SIMA (Industrial Services of the Navy) located in Callao near the capital city, Lima, has been building ships and boats since the mid-1800s. Today, SIMA Peru plays a key role in the renewal of the Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Perú) fleet following an agreement with HD HHI of South Korea.
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4 days ago |
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur
Norway’s Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) has signed an agreement with an undisclosed Ukrainian industrial player for the development of unmanned surface vessels (USV), or drone boats, equipped with weapon stations from KONGSBERG. The government of Norway has previously allocated approximately NOK 6.7 billion in 2025 to support the Maritime Capability Coalition, co-led with the United Kingdom.
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1 month ago |
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur
Prohibitive cost and time overheads associated with re-starting production of the torpedo tube launched (TTL) variant of Tomahawk have led the Netherlands to abandon plans to integrate the US cruise missile in its submarine fleet. The decision not to equip the Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN’s) current Walrus-class submarines and future Orka-class boats with Tomahawk was disclosed in the latest Defensie Projectenoverzicht (Defence Project Overview) annual report.
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1 month ago |
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur
The Republic of Singapore Navy becomes the first export customer of Thales’ Pathmaster mine warfare system, which is already in service with the British Royal Navy and the French Marine Nationale as part of the MMCM / SLAMF program. On 28 March 2025, Thales was awarded a contract through ST Engineering to provide the Republic of Singapore Navy with its Pathmaster mine counter measure system.
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2 months ago |
navalnews.com | Xavier Vavasseur
The Philippine Navy first-in-class Landing Platform Dock (LPD) BRP Tarlac (LD-601) arrived at Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL in Surabaya for a maintenance and repair docking period. PT PAL press releaseSurabaya (17/04) — PT PAL Indonesia has once again been trusted by the Philippine Navy in its warship fleet modernization program.
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