
Defence company Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has presented its BlueWhale large autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV).

Thales and the UK Ministry of Defence have signed a contract that will provide the Royal Navy with a sixth combat management system for Type 31 frigates.

The US Navy has commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Cooperstown.

HII Corporate, formerly Huntington Ingalls Industries, has christened Virginia-class submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798) at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.

The second ship in the second batch of German Navy K130 corvettes Emden was christened at Blohm+Voss’ shipyard on 4 May.

The capital ship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), departed Naval Station Norfolk for a routine deployment on 2 May.

Equipment provider ABB has secured a contract to retrofit the Spanish Navy’s flagship Juan Carlos I with an electrical propulsion system based on dual ABB Azipod units.

Defence company Saab has delivered the new platform for signal intelligence (SIGINT) and information gathering at sea, the ship HMS Artemis, to Sweden.

French shipbuilding company Piriou has launched the third and final offshore patrol vessel (OPV) built for the Navy of Senegal.

Russia’s shipbuilding company Admiralty Shipyards, a subsidiary of the United Shipbuilding Corporation, has launched the fifth Project 363.3 submarine, Mozhaisk, for the Russian Navy.

Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless has completed a set of rigorous tests after a major overhaul and is now ready for operation.

General Dynamics NASSCO (GD NASSCO) has laid the first block of US Navy’s John Lewis-class oiler USNS Lucy Stone.

BAE Systems has won a contract to engineer command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) services on surface ships.

General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk has been awarded a contract to repair, maintain and modernize US Navy’s aircraft carriers.