The keel of future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), the 78th Arleigh Burke-class ship was laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding on 9 March.
Defence contractor Austal Australia has delivered the 14th Guardian-class patrol boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.
The UK government is planning to invest £4 billion (approximately $5.3 billion) in the country’s regional shipbuilding industry as it prepares to publish refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSbS).
Egypt is interested in buying Barracuda-class submarines from France, French La Tribune reports.
Obangame Express (OE22), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western Africa, will kick off on 11 March at an opening ceremony in Dakar, Senegal.
Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia and Saudi Zamil Offshore Service Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide services for Avante 2200 corvettes in Saudi Arabia.
Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has sailed from Portsmouth for the first time since its global operational deployment to the Indo-Pacific and back.
UK Ministry of Defence has published a new update of the “Defence Equipment Plan” which includes a significant increase of budget spending to boost its future naval fleet.
France’s Floréal-class light surveillance frigate Vendémiaire has arrived in Manila for a routine port call.
Silentium Defence has secured a contract with the Royal Australian Navy to explore the application of passive radar systems for enhanced situational awareness in the maritime domain.
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has revealed that the navy’s first Taigei-class submarine entered service.
French company Thales has struck a deal with PGZ-MIECZNIK Consortium, led by Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), to equip future Miecznik frigates (Type 31 frigates) with its combat management system (CMS) TACTICOS.
UK’s first Type 26 frigate HMS Glasgow is due to enter the water for the first time later this year to complete fitting out at BAE’s yard downstream on the Clyde at Scotstoun, according to the navy officials.
Submersible manufacturer MSubs and marine robotics technology company Sonardyne have signed a strategic partnership to boost the capabilities of long endurance, autonomous underwater platforms for the UK defence sector.
