In a ceremony at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard, a steel was cut for the eighth unit in Italy’s PPA (Multipurpose Combat Ship) program.
The United Kingdom and the Bangladesh Navy have signed a sales agreement for the former HMS Enterprise, an Echo‑class hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessel.
The AUKUS nations have decided to intensify efforts to accelerate the development and integration of robotic and autonomous maritime systems in 2026, building on last year’s successful trials and technology demonstrations.
The historic UK-Norway defense pact centered on the advanced Type 26 frigate is set to keep Scottish shipyards busy until ‘at least 2040’.
The second FDI frigate HS Nearchos has started its first sea trials in Lorient, France, shipbuilder Naval Group revealed.
German shipbuilding company TKMS has signed a framework agreement with Israel’s SpearUAV to advance sub-to-air loitering unmanned aerial system (UAS) capabilities for underwater platforms.
Construction has started on Colombia’s first Strategic Surface Platform (PES) frigate with a ceremonial first steel-cutting at the COTECMAR shipyard in Cartagena.
Australia’s frontline guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has formally entered the production phase of its upgrade program after docking at South Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
The US Coast Guard is completing final delivery activities this week for its 18th fully missionized HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft, designated CGNR 2018, at L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems in Waco, Texas.
German shipbuilding giant TKMS and Canadian construction services company EllisDon have signed a strategic teaming agreement reflecting their shared intention to develop a long-term, cooperative, and sustainable collaboration in support of the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
The Royal Navy has avoided losing a £2.5 million surveillance drone after the aircraft suddenly dropped to just feet above the sea during an autonomous flight off Type 23 frigate HMS Lancaster in the Gulf of Oman.
The Polish Navy is entering a new era of marine rescue, with the start of construction on a new salvage and rescue vessel, Ratownik.
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has completed builder’s sea trials of USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Two port workers have been arrested over the attempted sabotage of German naval vessels docked at the Port of Hamburg, the EU’s Eurojust crime agency revealed.
