
Türkiye has launched two new İstif (I) class frigates, named İZMİR (F-516) and İZMİT (F-517), marking a significant milestone in its naval modernization efforts.

EDGE Group’s entity Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has launched the first Falaj 3-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) being built for the UAE Navy.

Defense and aerospace technologies provider Textron Systems Corporation has unveiled a new family of autonomous maritime surface vessels, the TSUNAMI.

L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from BAE Systems Maritime Australia for the integrated platform management system (IPMS) on the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigates.

Following a public tender, Socarenam-Mauric consortium has been awarded the contract by the Directorate General for Maritime Affairs, Fisheries, and Aquaculture (DGAMPA) to design and build an “innovative” offshore patrol vessel.

German equipment provider Schottel has been contracted to supply its transverse thrusters for the Polish Miecznik-class multi-role frigates.

South Korean shipbuilding heavyweight HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has started a joint project with Peruvian state-owned shipyard SIMA for the construction of four warships.

The US Navy and US Marine Corps commenced the first of many celebrations in 2025, marking their 250th birthdays at the 10th Annual Commodore Stephen Decatur Celebration. Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro also named the T-AGOS ocean surveillance ships the Explorer class.

INS Vaghsheer, the sixth submarine of Project 75 (Scorpene class), was delivered to the Indian Navy on January 9, 2025.

Power4Future, part of Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri, has completed the final operational test of the lithium-ion battery system (LBS), intended for the Italian Navy’s U212 near future submarines (NFS), at the Piedimonte San Germano facility.

Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a government-to-government contracting agency, has been awarded a $14 million contract with the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DoD) to supply QinetiQ’s uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV), Vindicator, and related services to the Naval Air Warfare Center We

Leonardo, the Royal Navy and the UK Ministry of Defense’s (MoD’s) Defense Equipment and Support (DE&S) Future Capability Innovation (FCI) team have unveiled the design of the Proteus technology demonstrator aircraft.

Within the European Defense Fund (EDF) framework, French company Thales is leading a defense project SEACURE to achieve a sovereign European capability in future autonomous anti-submarine and seabed warfare.

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has been awarded purchase orders totaling $96 million to provide essential valves for the construction of five Columbia-class and 12 Virginia-class submarines.