
The Royal Navy’s latest Astute-class submarine has been named at BAE Systems’ submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

French shipbuilder Naval Group has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first block of the third Hellenic Ship (HS) Formion.

Finnish tech company Steerprop has been chosen to provide a comprehensive Polar Class 4 (PC 4) propulsion package for the Canadian Coast Guard’s multi-purpose vessels (MPVs).

On April 22, 2024, Singapore’s fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program (Invincible-class) was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), a division of shipbuilding giant HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), has signed a contract to build four warships for the Peruvian Navy with local shipyard SIMA.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has selected Kongsberg Maritime Sweden to deliver controllable pitch propellers and shaft lines for the four anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates for the Netherlands and Belgium.

The Royal Navy has revealed its plans to install laser weapon DragonFire on a ship in the next three years as the need for weapons to counter drone and missile threats grows.

The division of American shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding, has delivered amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to the U.S. Navy.

The US Navy has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first Constellation-class frigate USS Constellation (FFG 62) in Wisconsin.

The keel laying ceremony of Finnish Navy’s first Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette was held at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard on April 11, 2024.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has partnered up with compatriot water treatment supplier Hatenboer-Water on all freshwater systems on board the four anti-submarine warfare frigates (ASWF) that Damen Naval is building for the Netherlands and Belgium.

The Brazilian Navy and Embraer have signed a partnership agreement to develop on-board surface search and coastal surveillance radars.

Belgian Defense has ordered six R7 remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) from Exail, a UK-based high-tech company specializing in robotics, maritime, navigation, aerospace and photonics technologies.

Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent has seized drugs with a street value of £16.7 million (about $21.2 million) in two separate blows to drug runners in the Caribbean.