
The U.S. Navy turned over command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 153 to the Italian Navy during a change of command ceremony at the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) headquarters on April 3.

UK-based surveillance and fire control provider Chess Dynamics has been awarded a contract by BAE Systems Maritime Australia to supply its SeaEagle FCEO surveillance systems for the first batch of the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter class frigates.

Dutch shipyard Damen Naval has contracted German equipment provider RENK to supply the gearbox systems for the new anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates being built for the Royal Netherlands Navy and the Belgian Navy.

US-headquartered marine solutions provider Caterpillar Marine has joined forces with compatriot tech company Serco to work on a new No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) medium unmanned surface vessel.

French shipbuilder Naval Group and Indonesian shipbuilding company PT PAL have signed a contract with Indonesia for two Scorpène evolved full lithium-ion battery (LiB) submarines.

The U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program has reached a milestone after several industry teams completed extended reliability demonstrations of four different engine configurations.

Kraken Technology Group, a British maritime technology company, and California-based software development firm Auterion have formed a strategic partnership to exponentially develop autonomous capabilities in the high-performance littoral security boat sector.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has secured a $463 million order to build four vessels for the Peruvian Navy together with Peru’s state-owned shipbuilder SIMA Peru.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and the Indonesian Ministry of Defence have signed a 1.18-billion-euro contract for the supply of two PPA Units.

On March 27, the third of the four Scorpène submarines of Brazilian Navy’s ProSub program was launched at the Itaguaí Naval base.

Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has been awarded the construction engineering (CE) and long lead items (LLI) contracts for the pre-construction work of the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) first six multi-purpose vessels (MPVs).

Tech company SEA has been awarded a £135 million contract by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to provide a trainable decoy launcher to improve Royal Navy surface ship defensive capabilities.

Defense company Bollinger Shipyards has held a keel-laying ceremony for the future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation, the tenth Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS).

The U.S. Navy has awarded The Boeing Company a $1.3 billion contract for the purchase of 17 F/A-18 Super Hornets.