
Norwegian defense technology company Kongsberg and Italian subsea engineering firm DRASS have entered into a partnership to develop advanced underwater defense solutions.

America’s largest military shipbuilder HII has partnered with Bayou Metal Supply & Manufacturing to accelerate the serial production of HII’s ROMULUS unmanned surface vessels (USVs).

The UK Carrier Strike Group has released new images confirming that one of the Royal Navy’s largest warships, the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales, is back at sea, marking its return to operational activity following recent naval movements in the North Atlantic and High North.

On June 6, the NATO research vessel Alliance departed La Spezia, Italy, bound for the High North and Arctic, marking the start of Task Force X (TFX)-Arctic, a new NATO initiative aimed at strengthening the Alliance’s situational awareness and presence in the region.

Turkish shipbuilder STM has launched the second of three corvettes being built for the Royal Malaysian Navy under the LMS Batch-2 (Littoral Mission Ship Batch-2) program.

A new naval support site has been established in Perth, Western Australia, as part of the AUKUS trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

General Dynamics NASSCO has christened and launched the USNS Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211), the seventh ship in the fleet oiler program built for the US Navy.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has signed a follow-on support contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for life-cycle support services for the first batch of five Avante 2200 corvettes already delivered, with a duration of five years.

A new video has emerged showing the aftermath of a fire aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) in the Middle East earlier this year, suggesting the incident was more serious than initially reported.

Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards has completed the installation of both replenishment-at-sea (RAS) kingposts on the Royal Canadian Navy’s second joint support ship, HMCS Preserver, marking the vessel’s full structural consolidation and a key milestone in its construction program.

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-300 has been selected as the airborne platform for SWORD, a European Defence Fund (EDF) project focused on Stand-off anti-submarine Warfare Operations by Remote Deployment (SWORD).

The US Navy has relieved three senior personnel at the Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center in Yokosuka, Japan.

Fincantieri, through its subsidiary WASS Submarine Systems, and Magellan Aerospace Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to identify and develop areas of industrial cooperation aimed at strengthening Canada’s underwater defense capabilities.

US marine technology developer Fleetzero has partnered with shipbuilder Thoma-Sea Marine Constructors and naval architecture and engineering firm Glosten to support the development and deployment of autonomous vessel solutions for commercial maritime, government and defense applications.