Tag: corvettes
U.S. Navy Commissions First Ship with GE Marine’s Lightweight Gas Turbine Enclosure
The U.S. Navy commissioned the USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), powered by two GE LM2500 gas turbines that include GE’s lightweight composite gas turbine...
Turing Point for the Swedish Navy
Chief of the Swedish Navy Rear Admiral Ewa Skoog Haslum discusses the sea change in strategic focus her force in context of an increasing...
Enhancing CBRN Capabilities of the Finnish Navy
Environics signed a remarkable contract with RMC (Rauma Marine Constructions) worth over 2M€ to supply CBRN Monitoring Systems to four Pohjanmaa Class multi-role corvettes,...
DSEI 2021: IAI Integrates Barak MX Interceptors on Sa’ar 6 Corvettes
Barak MX is IAI's flagship Air & Missile Defense System and is a part of the Naval Combat Suite IAI is integrating on...
Upgrade Approved for Sweden’s Visby-class Corvettes; Generation 2 Definition gets ‘Green Light’
The Swedish Navy will have upgrades to its five Visby-class corvettes following an agreement between the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and Saab.
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Saab selected as Combat System provider for Finnish Squadron 2020 Programme
In accordance with Finland’s Ministry of Defence’s proposition, the Government of Finland has selected Saab as the combat system provider and integrator for the...
What Lies Beneath?
Ship categories are changing: As navies are required to respond to an ever-increasing spectrum of traditional and non-traditional threats, the lines of classification between...
