
The U.S. Navy commissioned Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Kingsville (LCS 36) at the Solomon P. Ortiz Center, on August 24, 2024.

Defence company Saab has signed a contract with Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA) to supply six composite superstructures for the Republic of Singapore Navy.

Serco, the international services company, has been awarded a contract extension to continue to provide engineering and airfield support services to the Royal Navy for a further 12 months.

Ghost Shark, Anduril’s advanced extra-large autonomous undersea vehicle (XL-AUV), has arrived in the United States for the first time.

German sensor solution provider Hensoldt has received a further order from Thales for the delivery of TRS-4D naval radars for the German Navy’s F126 frigates.

The Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Yarmook, operating in support to CTF-150, conducted a passing exercise (PASSEX) with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force JS Samidare in the Nort Arabian Sea.

The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has signed a contract for the purchase of two SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI).

Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has kept a close watch on a Chinese Navy task group as it passed the UK twice in three weeks.

Defense company PMB Defence Engineering (PMB) has signed a contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to test and qualify its battery system for the UK’s nuclear submarines.

One of the US Navy’s newest attack submarines, the future USS IDAHO (SSN 799), was launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s shipyard into the Thames River on August 6, 2024.

Global power systems company Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract to provide its mission bay handling system (MBHS) for the second batch of Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates.

HMAS Sydney, the Royal Australian Navy’s Hobart-class destroyer which was commissioned in 2020, has fired a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) for the first time.

The Brazilian Navy, the procurement agency EMGEPRON, and the company Águas Azuis, which was founded by thyssenkrupp, Embraer Defense & Security, and Atech, have held a christening ceremony for the Brazilian Navy’s first Tamandaré-class frigate.

The US Navy has christened the future USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) Flight II configurations, at a ceremony in Mobile, Alabama.