
South Korean shipbuilding heavyweight Hanwha Ocean has concluded a contract with Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to construct the first two ships of the Ulsan-class Batch-IV frigates for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

The Indian Navy has revealed that a steel-cutting ceremony for the first next-generation missile vessel was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

The German government has signed a contract in Koblenz with shipbuilding major thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the construction of four more submarines in the Type 212CD program.

The keel for the sixth mine countermeasure vessel of Project 258 Kormoran II was laid at Remontowa Shipbuilding on December 16, 2024.

On December 14, a French Navy nuclear attack submarine (SNA) successfully fired an F21 torpedo at a real target, a decommissioned D’Estienne d’Orves-class aviso, Premier Maître L’Her.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first in a series of three new Avante 2200 corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Navy (RSNF).

Defense company Northrop Grumman has been selected as the prime contractor to deliver nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) aircraft for the US Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.

INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy, in a ceremony held today (December 18) at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.

Anschütz has marked a milestone in the Australian Hunter-class frigate program, completing the preliminary design review (PDR) for the warship integrated navigation and bridge systems (WINBS).

Türkiye’s shipbuilding company STM has secured a contract to build two logistics support vessels for the Portuguese Navy.

Dutch shipbuilding major Damen has delivered the second in a series of two offshore patrol vessels (OPV) 2600 to the Pakistan Navy.

Norway has decided to provide NOK 2.7 billion (approximately $241 million) to strengthen the Ukrainian Navy.

Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of innovative technological solutions for the surveillance and protection of submarine telecommunications cables.

Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan Shipyards has held a launching and naming ceremony for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new joint support ship (JSS), HMCS Protecteur.