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12 October

RFA Proteus is seen docked in London. HMS Belfast, an old UK wartime ship, is seen in the background beside Proteus.

Juster Domingo

UK Launches First Subsea Surveillance Ship

The UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary has put its first underwater surveillance ship in service.

11 October

USS Jack H Lucas (DDG-125), the US Navy's first Flight III variant Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, is seen sailing the waters. A plain blue sky serves as the background.

Juster Domingo

US Navy Commissions First Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyer

The US Navy has commissioned USS Jack H Lucas (DDG-125), its first Flight III variant Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

10 October

231006-N-HY958-1037 GULF OF OMAN (Oct. 6, 2023) An Aerovel Flexrotor unmanned aerial vehicle launches from the deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul (DDG 74) in the Gulf of Oman, in an image released Oct. 6. U.S. 5th Fleet forces recently conducted an operation integrating unmanned platforms with traditionally crewed ships and aircraft to conduct enhanced maritime security operations in the waters surrounding the Arabian Peninsula. Seven task forces falling under U.S. 5th Fleet integrated 12 different unmanned platforms with manned ships for “manned-unmanned teaming” operations tracking Iranian Navy and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) ships and small boats over several days during routine patrols in and around the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Navy photo)

Rojoef Manuel

US 5th Fleet Launches Drones to Monitor Arabian Peninsula Activities

The US 5th Fleet has deployed multidomain drones to the Middle East to assist crewed vessels in safeguarding the Arabian Peninsula.

10 October

Rojoef Manuel

Naval Group Launches Greece’s First Belharra Frigate

Naval Group has launched Greece’s first Belharra-class medium-sized frigate in Lorient, France as part of a three-warship contract in 2021.

9 October

Joe Saballa

Huntington Launches US Navy’s Amphibious Assault Ship ‘Bougainville’

Huntington Ingalls Industries has launched the US Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship named “Bougainville.

9 October

Staff Writer With AFP

US Deploying Ships Closer to Israel, Sends Munitions

President Joe Biden ordered US ships and warplanes to move closer to Israel in a show of support, while sending fresh military aid after attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

6 October

Joe Saballa

US Navy Seeks Tech to Launch Drones From Non-Carrier Vessels

The US Navy has begun soliciting information on technologies that can launch and recover drones from sea-based platforms other than aircraft carriers.

6 October