Polish guests at the keel laying ceremony for the new Royal Navy frigate
Babcock hosted partners representing the Polish frigate programme codenamed MIECZNIK (eng. Swordfish) at its Rosyth facility on 26 April for the traditional keel-laying ceremony.
Moskva guided missile cruiser sinks while being towed
The loss of the Russian guided-missile cruiser Moskva, a flagship in the Black Sea, which sank on Thursday is a “big blow” to the Russian…
Polish frigate construction programme reaches the next stage
On Friday, April 8th, in Gdynia, there was a press briefing concerning the acquisition program of new surface ships of frigate class for the Polish…
USS Forrest Sherman destroyer docks in Gdansk harbour
The US destroyer USS Forrest Sherman moored in Gdansk harbour on Sunday. “This is a routine visit to replenish supplies and rest the crew,” –…
Canadian frigate HMCS Halifax is heading to the Baltic Sea
The Canadian frigate HMCS Halifax set sail on Saturday, March 19, for a six-month deployment to the North Atlantic and Baltic as part of Standing…
Thales will equip the future MIECZNIK Frigates of the Polish Navy with TACTICOS
The Polish Armed Forces have selected Thales as the preferred technology provider for the future frigate Programme for the Polish Navy, MIECZNIK. This programme has…
Preliminary choice of the frigate MIECZNIK conceptual design
On Thursday, February 10, the Polish Armed Forces made a preliminary selection of the conceptual design of the frigate MIECZNIK for the Polish Navy. Because…
ORP Kormoran has completed military operational tests
The Polish Navy has completed the prototype mine countermeasure vessel ORP Kormoran operational and evaluation tests. The tests were to help develop the way of…
PASSEX exercises in the Baltic Sea
The missile frigate ORP Gen. K. Pułaski and the patrol corvette ORP Ślązak conducted joint maneuvers with the Dutch landing ship HNLMS Rotterdam, acting as…
Poland condemns detention of UAE ship by Hutu rebels in Red Sea
Poland condemns the detention by Hutu rebels of a United Arab Emirates ship in the Red Sea in January this year, the Polish Ministry of…
Northern Coasts 2021
ORP Kormoran and ORP Drużno – two vessels representing the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in the international exercise “Northern Coasts 21”, returned after more than…
Babcock introduces Arrowyard™ to its portfolio of global ship build and support
Babcock the aerospace, defence and security company has launched a dynamic new approach within global shipbuilding that enables international customers to build and support the…
Amy Bauernschmidt commander of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
Captain Amy Bauernschmidt assumed command of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on August 19. This marks the first time a woman…
Exercise Wargacz-21 completed
Friday, 13 August, saw the end of exercise Wargacz-21 – the most important training undertaking of the 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla in 2021. Transport and…
Krasnoyarsk nuclear ship has been launched in Russia’s north
The Krasnoyarsk nuclear-powered submarine was launched at the Sevmash shipyard in Severodvinsk in northern Russia on Friday. The Project 885M Yasen-M craft is armed with…
Cooperation of ORP Kormoran with Pakistani frigate
On Thursday, 29 July, the mine destroyer ORP Kormoran cooperated with the Pakistani frigate PNS Zulfiquar in a joint exercise called PASSEX. As the Polish…