22 November 2021
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first Project 15B guided-missile destroyer.
The vessel, INS Visakhapatnam (D66), was inducted into service on 21 November at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, the Indian Ministry of Defence announced on the same day. The destroyer was launched in 2015 and handed over to the Indian Navy in October 2021.
At the vessel's commissioning ceremony, Indian Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh described Visakhapatnam as a symbol of the country's “growing maritime prowess” and that it is “one of the most technologically advanced guided-missile destroyers in the world”.
18 April 2024
by Michael Fabey
US lawmakers question the US Navy request to fund only one Virginia-class submarine (pictured) in fiscal year 2025. (Janes/Michael Fabey)
Members of the House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee raised concerns about the proposed US Navy (USN) plan to pare down key shipbuilding programmes on 17 April during the subcommittee hearing on the USN's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget request.
18 April 2024
by Ridzwan Rahmat
The first prototype of Australia's Ghost Shark XL-AUV programme, which was unveiled on 18 April 2024. (Commonwealth of Australia)
The first of three prototypes to be built under Australia's Ghost Shark extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV) programme has been completed, the country's Minister for Defence Industry Pat Conroy announced on 18 April.
The programme to develop the XL-AUV is being jointly developed and funded by a partnership between the Australian Department of Defence and Anduril Australia, a subsidiary of US defence technology company Anduril Industries.
17 April 2024
by Kate Tringham
A keel-laying ceremony for first Fininish Navy Squadron 2020 corvette was held at Rauma shipyard on 11 April. (Rauma shipyard)
Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) laid the keel for the first Squadron 2020 Pohjanmaa-class multirole corvette on order for the Finnish Navy during a ceremony at its shipyard in Rauma on 11 April.
The Indian Navy has commissioned its first Project 15B guided-missile destroyer.
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