
Austal Australia and Saildrone have entered an teaming agreement to jointly identify opportunities to collaborate on the manufacture of Saildrone Surveyor, in Australia, for deployments in the Indo-Pacific region.

Turkish Navy has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the three new Istanbul-class frigates being built under the Milgem project.

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched the first Chungnam-class FFX Batch III frigate for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

French equipment provider Thales has revealed that surveillance radar which will be fitted on Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates passed factory acceptance tests.

American company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has revealed that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been awarded a subcontract to provide long-lead-time material and advance construction activities for Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines.

Royal Navy’s Hunter-killer submarine HMS Audacious has returned home after completing a historic patrol of the Mediterranean.

Turkish Navy has commissioned its flagship and largest naval vessel, amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu, in Tuzla.

Textron Systems was awarded an initial $20.8 million award for the design development and integration of the U.S. Navy’s next-generation mine sweep system for use on board the common unmanned surface vessel (CUSV) platform.

The U.S. Coast Guard, along with the U.S. Navy, Mexican Navy (SEMAR) and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) participated in the North American Maritime Security Initiative (NAMSI) exercise off the coast of Manzanillo, Mexico between 27 and 31 March.

Abeking & Rasmussen has selected Anschütz to design and deliver an integrated solution for mine countermeasures (MCM), command and control, and navigation for two mine countermeasures vessels of the Indonesian Navy.

Turkish shipbuilding company STM has signed a contract for the sixth, seventh and eight Milgem-class vessels (Istanbul-class frigates) to be built for the Turkish Navy.

ABB has secured a contract with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku to supply an integrated power and propulsion package for two new multi-purpose patrol vessels of the Finnish Border Guard.

UK shipbuilder BAE Systems has started the construction of the Royal Navy’s fourth Type 26 frigate HMS Birmingham.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is partnering with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Crescent Systems, and Long Wave Inc. to develop a solution for the US Navy’s E-XX TACAMO requirement.