
UK defense company Babcock has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with South Korean shipbuilding company Hanwha Ocean to further develop opportunities in the global naval market.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the amphibious vessel Al Fulk to the Ministry of Defense of Qatar.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has delivered ROKS Jeongjo the Great, the first ship in the 8,200-ton Sejong the Great-class (KDX III Batch II) destroyers, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

The first steel has been cut for the UK’s newest warship, the Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield, at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has completed the installation of the air-independent propulsion (AIP) system equipment, based on hydrogen technology, onto the Spanish Navy’s S-80 submarine.

A crewless boat has been driven around the Solent and remotely controlled from a Royal Navy vessel in a first in UK waters.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding has authenticated the keel of new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133).

The Albanese Government has down-selected two shipbuilders, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), to progress designs for Australia’s future general-purpose frigates.

A team of British engineers based in Portsmouth has successfully demonstrated a new type of autonomous submarine, developed specifically for military use, off the south coast of England.

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) on November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

U.S. Marine Corps F-35C Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 has conducted the first F-35C combat air strikes for the platform.

Saab and Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) have signed an expanded Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to deepen collaboration on the exploration of underwater technologies.

The Australian Government has selected a design developed by Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards as the preferred option for the Australian Defense Force’s Landing Craft Heavy under a program expected to bolster national defense by establishing a new littoral fleet.

Textron Systems Corporation has been awarded a task order valued at up to $17 million by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).