DefenceTalkQatar announced on Wednesday a five-billion-euro order for seven warships from Italy in the midst of a nearly two-month diplomatic crisis with neighboring Saudi Arabia and its allies. “We have signed a contract on behalf of the Qatari navy to acquire seven warships from Italy for five billion euros ($5.9 billion),” Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/qatar-announces-5-billion-euro-order-for-warships-from-italy-70228/

DefenceTalkThe Turnbull Government is securing a sustainable long-term Australian naval shipbuilding industry. Today the Government is announcing the build locations for 12 Offshore Patrol Vessels and up to 21 Pacific Patrol Boats, in addition to nine Future Frigates previously announced. These announcements provide for two shipyards to implement the Government’s commitment to a continuous build […]https://www.defencetalk.com/australia-short-lists-shipyards-for-future-frigates-opvs-and-patrol-boats-67265/

DefenceTalkThe South Korean navy fired warning shots Tuesday at a Chinese patrol boat that crossed the disputed maritime border between South and North Korea, military officials in Seoul said. A statement from the Joint Chiefs of Staff said the action was taken after the initially unidentified vessel encroached on South Korean territorial waters. “It retreated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korean-navy-fires-warning-shots-at-chinese-patrol-boat-66012/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea fired warning shots at one of the North’s patrol boats as it strayed across the border, Seoul’s defence ministry said, raising tensions while a rare reunion for families separated by the peninsula’s 1950-53 war was underway. The South’s navy were launching a crackdown on Chinese fishing boats illegally operating off the country’s western […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-fires-warning-shots-at-north-korea-patrol-boat-65686/

DefenceTalkIsrael signed a deal on Monday to buy four navy patrol boats from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp to protect its offshore gas installations, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said. The deal, valued at 430 million euros ($480 million), will significantly improve the navy’s ability to protect natural gas fields in the Mediterranean. “This morning, we signed a contract […]https://www.defencetalk.com/israel-to-buy-four-patrol-boats-from-germany-64129/

DefenceTalkThe Pentagon has moved one step closer toward its goal of creating an unmanned, autonomous patrol ship. Set to drift in the high seas, the robotic Sea Hunter will silently follow potentially hostile submarines. In 1872, British sailors spotted the Mary Celeste off the coast of the Azores. With a single lifeboat missing, but no […]https://www.defencetalk.com/pentagon-launches-submarine-tracking-unmanned-ghost-ships-63931/

DefenceTalkCommander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF) will forward deploy five patrol coastal (PC) ships to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), Manama, Bahrain, May 14. USS Tempest (PC 2), USS Squall (PC 7) and USS Thunderbolt (PC 12) are scheduled to arrive this summer. Two additional ships are expected to transfer next year. Commander, Patrol […]https://www.defencetalk.com/navy-forward-deploys-additional-patrol-boats-to-bahrain-47740/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Navy delivered two more 35-meter patrol boats (PB-310 and PB-311) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility in Iraq, Feb. 17, after each craft successfully completed reactivation in Bahrain. These are the 10th and 11th vessels in the 12-boat procurement which will assist in reconstituting Iraq’s ability to enforce maritime […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-navy-delivers-two-coastal-patrol-boats-to-iraq-46915/

DefenceTalkRaytheon acting through its Missile Systems business, and Chemring have agreed to develop a naval capability to defend against surface targets, for use on ships ranging in size from small patrol boats to large combatants. A briefing was being held Tuesday at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference, IDEX 2013, to discuss the development. “This […]https://www.defencetalk.com/developing-new-naval-capabilities-to-defend-against-surface-targets-46924/