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USN DDG shoots down uncrewed system in Red Sea

An US Navy (USN) guided-missile destroyer (DDG) shot down an uncrewed system that came close to the ship, the US Department of Defense (DoD)...
The US Navy (USN) released this undated still image, from video footage taken by an uncrewed surface vessel, of Iranian patrol forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz. The USN is integrating crewed and uncrewed platforms to increase surveillance and deterrence capacity across US 5th Fleet’s area of operations.

USN generates multi-task force crewed/uncrewed teaming in Gulf-based maritime security operations

The US Navy (USN) has demonstrated the integration of crewed and uncrewed platforms, drawn from several different USN maritime task groups, to generate enhanced...
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DSEI 2023: Dutch De Zeven Provincien mid-life upgrade delivers BMD effect

Mid-life upgrade (MLU) work being conducted onboard the Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN’s) four De Zeven Provincien-class air-defence and littoral command frigates has delivered a...
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Saab acquires BlueBear to enhance autonomous technology development

Swedish defence and security systems company Saab has acquired the UK-based, autonomous technologies-focused BlueBear Systems Group Ltd, Saab announced on 31 August. “BlueBear is a...
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Royal Saudi Naval Forces assumes command of Gulf-based IMSC task force

Saudi Arabia has assumed command of Coalition Task Force (CTF) ‘Sentinel’, the operational task force that supports the Gulf-based International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC). This...
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USN begins CNO changeover process, with collective message of urgency in maintaining superiority at...

The US Navy (USN) has begun the change of command process for the post of Chief of Naval Operations (CNO). Within the process, senior navy...
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USN commissions LCS USS Canberra in Australia

The US Navy (USN) commissioned the Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) USS Canberra (LCS 30) at the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Fleet Base East,...
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US, French navies meet for second bilateral strategic dialogue

The US Navy (USN) and the French Navy (FN) have conducted their second annual bilateral strategic dialogue, the USN has announced. In a meeting held...
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USN’s CMF establishes fifth Gulf-based maritime security task force

The US Navy’s (USN’s) Gulf-based Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) multinational maritime security partnership has established its fifth Combined Task Force (CTF), CMF announced on...
A Tomahawk missile is fired from the US Navy (USN) Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Dewey.

Netherlands returns to Tomahawk procurement

The Netherlands plans to procure Raytheon’s Tomahawk sea-launched cruise missile (SLCM) from the US Navy (USN), the Dutch defence ministry (MoD) has announced. The plans...

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