The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) conducted bilateral training exercises in the Philippine Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from 27 January.
The keel for the future USS Harrisburg (LPD 30), the US Navy’s new San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship and the first Flight II ship, was laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding on 28 January
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has delivered the first Musherib-class offshore patrol vessel built for the Qatari Emiri Navy.
The Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise commenced on 31 January during a ceremony at US 5th Fleet’s headquarters in Bahrain.
US Navy’s Commander Billie Farrell relieved Commander John Benda as commanding officer of USS Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat, during a change of command ceremony on 21 January.
The final block has been placed on the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6), the sixth expeditionary sea base (ESB) built for the US Navy, according to the shipbuilding company General Dynamics NASSCO.
Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) has been contracted by the DE&S Mine Hunting Capability (MHC) team to deliver a further ARCIMS uncrewed minehunting system for the Royal Navy.
The Norwegian Defence Material Agency (NDMA) has signed a contract with Navantia to implement technical support for the future modernization of the Fridtjof Nansen-class (F-310) that Spanish shipbuilder Navantia designed and built for the Norwegian Navy between 2000 and 2011.
As part of the exercise with the Arctic expeditionary group, the warships and support vessels of the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet conducted anti-submarine drills in the Norwegian Sea.
US Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has started operating the Saildrone Explorer unmanned surface vessel (USV) in the Arabian Gulf, expanding the US 5th Fleet’s integration of new unmanned systems.
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has delivered the final F125 (Baden-Württemberg-class) frigate built for the German Navy. The ship Rheinland-Pfalz was handed over to the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) during a ceremony in Hamburg.
On 5 February, the US Navy plans to commission USS Savannah (LCS 28), the new Independence-class littoral combat ship (LCS), in Brunswick Georgia.
Kongsberg Geospatial has successfully conducted sea trials of the Shield AI V-BAT unmanned aerial system (UAS) on behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, operating from a small cargo vessel far offshore in international waters.
Indo-Russian multinational aerospace and defense corporation BrahMos Aerospace Limited has signed a contract with the Department of National Defence of the Republic of Philippines for the supply of shore-based anti-ship missile systems for the Philippine Navy.
