BAE Systems Australia has awarded WA-based company VEEM a $1.76 million contract to manufacture two prototype propeller blades and a propeller hub under the guidance of OEM Kongsberg Maritime.
The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base (ESB), was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego, on 21 October.
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has delivered the second multipurpose offshore patrol ship (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura-PPA) to the Italian Navy.
French shipbuilding major Naval Group has laid down the first block of the first FDI HN frigate for the Hellenic Navy.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a contract valued at up to $22 million by the US Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to provide UAS operational support to the USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5).
The US State Department has made a determination approving a possible foreign military sale to the Government of Japan of Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I missiles and related equipment.
France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have signed an agreement to promote synergies and mutual benefits in national mine warfare capabilities at this year’s Euronaval.
Saab has received an order for deliveries of additional underwater vehicles called Double Eagle SAROV (semi-autonomous remotely operated vehicle) which are to be used for safe disposing of sea mines.
Rolls-Royce has signed a long-term service support contract for all mtu generator sets powering Royal Navy’s fleet.
French shipbuilding company Naval Group has unveiled a new surface concept ship that incorporates high-tech and environmentally friendly features.
Shipbuilding company Babcock International has revealed that the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate program reached a major milestone when the team recently moved a 177-tonne hull block into position on the first frigate.
Shipbuilding companies Naval Group, Navantia, Naviris and Fincantieri have signed a preliminary consortium agreement for the European modular and multirole patrol corvette (MMPC).
Saab has made the first deliveries of the new lightweight torpedo to Sweden’s defence procurement agency FMV.
German shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has handed over the first MEKO A-200 EN frigate built for the Egyptian Navy.
