Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has marked another milestone in the Italian Navy’s next-generation frigate program with the steel-cutting ceremony for the second of two FREMM EVO (Evolution) frigates at its Riva Trigoso shipyard.
US and partner nations conducted a live-fire sinking exercise (SINKEX) during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise, using a decommissioned guided missile cruiser and amphibious assault ship as targets to test multinational maritime strike and targeting capabilities in the Pacific Ocean.
The US Navy has selected CoAspire’s rapidly adaptable affordable cruise missile-extended range (RAACM-ER) ground-launched variant for its new Coalition Heterogeneous Affordable Offensive Strike (CHAOS) program.
Babcock and South Korean defense company LIG Defence & Aerospace (LIG D&A) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at expanding collaboration across naval and defense programmes, including frigate design, weapons systems, maintenance support and unmanned technologies.
French autonomous maritime systems developer Exail has integrated Elistair’s Khronos automated tethered drone system with its DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV) to enable persistent aerial surveillance to extend the platform’s situational awareness during long-endurance maritime missions.
The Indian Navy has commissioned INS Malvan, the second of the indigenously designed and built Mahe-class anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft (ASW-SWC), at Karwar.
The UK Ministry of Defense has acquired Scotland’s Finnart Oil Terminal in a multi-million-pound investment aimed at strengthening Royal Navy fuel resilience, securing critical energy infrastructure and enabling the future relocation of the service’s mine-hunting capability.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) and KONGSBERG Gruppen ASA (KONGSBERG) completed the system requirements review (SRR) and preliminary design review (PDR) for the integration of the joint strike missile (JSM) weapon system onto the MQ-9B.
Portugal has signed a government-to-government agreement with Italy to acquire three next-generation frigates as part of the European Union’s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) investment framework, marking a major step in the modernization of the Portuguese Navy’s surface fleet.
Leonardo, Indonesian defense company PT ESystem Solutions, and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Indonesia have signed a letter of intent (LOI) covering the potential supply and support of AW149 naval helicopters for the Indonesian Navy.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $1.8 billion contract extension for SPY-6 radars for the US Navy.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has signed a contract with the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) for the operational management of the Training and Simulation Center (TSC).
UK companies Babcock, ACUA Ocean Technologies and Frankenburg Technologies have partnered to develop an integrated maritime counter-uncrewed aerial system (C-UAS) capability, combining autonomous surface vessels, missile technology and launcher systems to address the growing threat of attack drones.
Rhoads Industries has signed a long-term agreement with General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), a business unit of General Dynamics, to provide advanced manufacturing and shipbuilding support services for US Navy submarine construction programs.
