Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri to strengthen cooperation in shipbuilding, maintenance, and repair.
Poland has taken another step in the modernization of its naval fleet, with new contracts signed for the repair and upgrade of additional Project 207 minesweepers operated by the Polish Navy.
Defense giant Thales has introduced the prototype of Sonar 76Nano, a miniaturized acoustic detection system to support maritime security.
Remontowa Shipbuilding has held a ceremony to christen and launch the sixth in a series of Kormoran II-class minehunters for the Polish Navy, ORP Czajka.
Ireland has launched a new Defence Sectoral National Development Plan (NDP), which sets out the government’s record €1.7 billion capital investment in defense over the next five years.
Kraken Robotics and TKMS ATLAS UK have demonstrated the KATFISH unmanned surface vessel launch and recovery system (USV-LARS) from TKMS ATLAS UK’s ARCIMS USV.
The trilateral AUKUS partnership is moving “full steam ahead” into the delivery phase after the United States completed the review, accelerating plans to field next-generation submarines and advanced defense technologies to bolster deterrence in the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions.
James Fisher (JFD Global), a global provider of specialist marine and defense solutions, has secured a contract with PGZ Stocznia Wojenna. The agreement will see JFD Global integrate a combined, hyperbaric and saturation diving system into the Polish Navy’s new salvage and rescue vessel, Ratownik.
The keel of HMS Formidable, the Royal Navy’s third Type 31 frigate, has been laid in a ceremony at the Babcock facility in Rosyth. Work on HMS Formidable has been underway since October 2024, when the first steel was cut, with various segments taking shape. With keel laying, the frigate begins to ta
Defense majors Babcock and HII have signed a contract that expands their strategic partnership to further support the Virginia-class submarine construction.
The Royal Navy’s longest-serving frigate, HMS Lancaster, has been retired after 34 years of operational service.
The Norwegian government has announced its intention to procure two additional submarines, reinforcing the country’s maritime defense strategy.
