Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has signed a contract with classification society Lloyd’s Register on the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia.
Germany’s Port of Hamburg has received its first hybrid police boat which is expected to help it achieve the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a $590 million follow-on production contract from the U.S. Navy for the next-generation jammer mid-band (NGJ-MB) system.
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has selected the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems for its Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program.
Austal Australia has delivered the 22nd Guardian-class patrol boat to Australian Department of Defense at a ceremony held at Henderson shipyard.
Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have signed an agreement to deepen collaborative studies aimed at expanding the capabilities of the C-390 Millennium platform for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, with a focus on maritime patrol.
Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku has started the construction of Finnish Border Guard’s second patrol vessel.
Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with Hindustan Shipbuilding to supply its electric replenishment-at-sea (RAS) equipment for the Indian Navy’s Fleet Support Ships program.
UK defense company Babcock has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with South Korean shipbuilding company Hanwha Ocean to further develop opportunities in the global naval market.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the amphibious vessel Al Fulk to the Ministry of Defense of Qatar.
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has delivered ROKS Jeongjo the Great, the first ship in the 8,200-ton Sejong the Great-class (KDX III Batch II) destroyers, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).
The first steel has been cut for the UK’s newest warship, the Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield, at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has completed the installation of the air-independent propulsion (AIP) system equipment, based on hydrogen technology, onto the Spanish Navy’s S-80 submarine.
A crewless boat has been driven around the Solent and remotely controlled from a Royal Navy vessel in a first in UK waters.
