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Canada has been forced to temporarily halt its frigate acquisition program following a ruling from the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CTT). In October, a team of Lockheed Martin Canada and …
Canadian Frigate Program Delayed as Trade Tribunal Investigates Complaint Read More In its SEMAR Accountability Report 2012-2018 published on November 17, 2018, the Mexican Navy laid out plans to eventually field a fleet of eight Patrullas Oceánicas de Largo Alcance (POLA) …
Mexican Navy Wants to Build Fleet of Eight POLA Warships Read More Mexico has formally held a launching and flagging ceremony for its Long Range Oceanic Patrol (POLA in Spanish) vessel. During the ceremony, the vessel was officially named ARM Reformador (POLA …
Mexico Launches POLA Warship Read More Three Ecuadorian missile corvettes have been returned to service after undergoing modernization and re-powering work by Ecuadorian technicians at shipyard Astinave. The three vessels, the Manabí (CM 12) Los Ríos …
Three Ecuadorian Corvettes Returned to Service Read More The Indian government has inked another order with Russia for two Admiral Grigorovich class (Project 11356 design) frigates fitted with the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile system. The latest $500 million …
India Inks Deal with Russia for Additional Admiral Grigorovich Class Missile Frigates Read More Argentine Minster of Defense Oscar Aguad has confirmed the finding of the submarine ARA San Juan at 907 meters depth in the Argentine Sea about 500 kilometers from the coast …
Argentina Confirms Discovery of ARA San Juan Wreck Read More Canada recently announced that it would procure a sixth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), but the ship could be twice as expensive to build as the previous ships in …
Cost of Canada’s Arctic Patrol Ship Increases as Construction Timeline Extended Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval & Marine Power Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Norwegian frigate Helge Ingstad has been beached and abandoned following a collision with an oil tanker in …
Norwegian Frigate a Total Loss? Read Moreby Andrew Dardine, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Under the massive Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), the U.S. Navy is enhancing the capability of its SLQ-32 electronic warfare system …
U.S. Navy Seeks Nearly $4 Billion for SEWIP, Set to Provide Key Components of the LCS Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval & Marine Power Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The decision by Canada to select the BAE Systems/Lockheed Martin bid for the Canadian Patrol frigate replacement has …
Type 26 Frigate – Emerging From the Shadows Read More