
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has inked a contract with compatriot design, engineering, and support service provider Nevesbu for the platform engineering scope of the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia.

The US Navy has achieved its final key milestone in the development of unmanned surface vessel (USV) integrated capabilities by completing a continuous 720-hour power demonstration on an engine system for use aboard future USVs.

The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag has approved the construction of new Type F127 air defense frigates for the German Navy.

Shipbuilder Austal Australia has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional evolved Cape-class patrol boats (ECCPBs) to be delivered to the Australian Border Force (ABF).

The Royal Navy has taken a step closer to deploying autonomous mine-hunting technology on front-line operations after a successful trial with an autonomous boat in Scotland.

South Korean shipbuilding heavyweight Hanwha Ocean has concluded a contract with Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to construct the first two ships of the Ulsan-class Batch-IV frigates for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

The Indian Navy has revealed that a steel-cutting ceremony for the first next-generation missile vessel was held at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL).

The German government has signed a contract in Koblenz with shipbuilding major thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) for the construction of four more submarines in the Type 212CD program.

The keel for the sixth mine countermeasure vessel of Project 258 Kormoran II was laid at Remontowa Shipbuilding on December 16, 2024.

On December 14, a French Navy nuclear attack submarine (SNA) successfully fired an F21 torpedo at a real target, a decommissioned D’Estienne d’Orves-class aviso, Premier Maître L’Her.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the first in a series of three new Avante 2200 corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Navy (RSNF).

Defense company Northrop Grumman has been selected as the prime contractor to deliver nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) aircraft for the US Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.

INS Nirdeshak, the second ship of Survey Vessel (Large) project, was commissioned into the Indian Navy, in a ceremony held today (December 18) at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam.

Anschütz has marked a milestone in the Australian Hunter-class frigate program, completing the preliminary design review (PDR) for the warship integrated navigation and bridge systems (WINBS).