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Jul- 2025 -

25 July

Turkey Invests in First Homegrown Air Defense Destroyer, New Patrol Boats

Turkey’s government-owned shipbuilder ASFAT has secured contracts to build the country’s first locally-developed air defense destroyer and four additional offshore patrol vessels.

22 July

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

North Korea Plans to Build Another 5,000-Ton Destroyer

North Korea vowed to build an additional 5,000-ton destroyer for its navy, state media reported Tuesday, after the nuclear-armed country launched two similar vessels this year.

8 July

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

Japan to Transfer Six Used Navy Destroyers to Philippines

Japan has revealed plans for transferring six decommissioned Abukuma-class destroyer escorts to the Philippines.

Jun- 2025 -

4 June

Asia Pacific

211030 -N-HS181-2313 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 30, 2021) Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Murasame-class destroyer JS Murasame (DD 101) transits the South China Sea, during operations with U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, Oct. 30, 2021. Elements of JMSDF and CSG 1 are conducting bilateral operations in the South China Sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Haydn N. Smith)

Rojoef Manuel

Japan Exhibits Design for Kongō, Murasame Destroyer Replacements

Japan Marine United (JMU) has showcased the early-stage design of next-generation destroyers for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force at a convention in Chiba.

May- 2025 -

30 May

Americas

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics Begins Construction of 82nd Arleigh Burke Destroyer

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has laid the keel of the US Navy’s 82nd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Quentin Walsh (DDG-132), in Maine.

26 May

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korea Detains Another Official Over Warship Launch Accident

North Korea has detained another official over last week's failed launch of a warship, which damaged the 5,000-ton naval destroyer.

19 May

Americas

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division Fire Controlman Petty Officer 1st Class Donald Tran wears augmented reality glasses during an Augmented Reality Maintenance System demonstration aboard USS Spruance (DDG 111) on April 23. The headset allows a sailor underway to communicate in real time with a subject matter expert working shoreside, while the visor provides a visual of what the sailor sees.

Rojoef Manuel

Five US Navy Warships Get AR Tech for Remote-Assisted Repairs

The US Navy has integrated a remote assistance solution into five warships to optimize their onboard sustainment operations.

Apr- 2025 -

24 April

Asia Pacific

UK Royal Navy's HMS Prince of Wales is seen leaving Portsmouth Naval Base. 11 people bid farewell in the foreground, waving UK flags.

Juster Domingo

UK Carrier Strike Group Begins Eight-Month Operation Highmast

The UK Royal Navy's Carrier Strike Group has departed on an eight-month deployment to "maintain security and freedom."

8 April

Europe

HMS Dauntless took part in a live-firing exercise shooting down drones.

Giulia Bernacchi

Royal Navy’s HMS Dauntless Engages Drone Threats in Live-Fire Exercise

The UK Royal Navy’s HMS Dauntless destroyer has carried out a live-fire exercise off the coast of Wales, engaging multiple drone threats.

Mar- 2025 -

28 March

Americas

US Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129) built by HII

Christine Casimiro

HII Launches US Navy’s Third Flight III Arleigh Burke-Class Destroyer

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding has launched the US Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129).

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