
Upgrades enabling Royal Navy Commando Merlin helicopters to embark in and operate from vessels anywhere in the world in support of the 3 Commando Brigade have achieved full operating capability (FOC), according to aerospace and defense company Leonardo.

Uncrewed Systems, a business unit of HII’s Mission Technologies, has tested the next-generation medium-class unmanned underwater vehicle (MUUV), the REMUS 620, on the US Navy’s confidence course.

The hull of the first Pohjanmaa-class (Squadron 2020) multi-role corvette has been completed, the Finnish Navy revealed.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has unveiled that the F110 frigate’s electric propulsion motor and converter passed their shock tests.

Defense company L3Harris has delivered three new Iver autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for the Royal Navy’s Project Wilton to support unmanned mine hunting and survey operations.

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract modification to the existing deal from the US Navy for the development of the next generation of the Trident II strategic weapons system (SWS) D5 missile.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started the fabrication of the US Navy’s newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Philadelphia (LPD 32).

The Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Sutherland has returned to sea after nearly four years following a major overhaul in Devonport dockyard.

The U.S. Navy’s Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Savannah has participated in the French Navy-led multilateral training exercise La Perouse 2025, alongside other allied and partner nations, in the vicinity of the Indian Ocean.

French company Thales has signed a contract with the French defense procurement agency (DGA) to supply the French Navy with several hundred SonoFlash sonobuoys.

The Australian Department of Defense has taken delivery of the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel, NUSHIP Arafura, for further testing and evaluation ahead of delivery to the Royal Australian Navy.

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding, a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has concluded a contract with the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (BAKAMLA) for the construction of an offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has held a renaming ceremony for two multi-purpose support ships (MPCSs/PPA) sold to the Indonesian Navy.

Indian shipbuilder Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with aerospace and defense company Apollo Micro Systems (AMS) for the joint development and supply of advanced weapons and electronic systems.