The Chilean Navy has demonstrated a ‘first-of-its-kind’ operation by fueling a naval vessel, a motorboat from the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service (SHOA), with e-fuel, a carbon-neutral synthetic gasoline produced by international electrofuel company HIF Global.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has signed a contract with compatriot steel supplier De Jong & Lavino for the delivery of all steel materials needed to build the PES (Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie) frigate for the Colombian Navy.
The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), the US Navy’s second Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on August 27, 2025, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Vigor Marine Group has joined forces with South Korean shipbuilding major Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to bring expanded forward-deployed maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) capacity to the Indo-Pacific region.
Blue Water Autonomy has secured $50 million in Series A funding, led by GV, to support the construction of unmanned vessels.
Two multi-mission stealth frigates of Project 17A, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, were commissioned into the Indian Navy on August 26, 2025.
Shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Finnish Navy’s third Pohjanmaa-class corvette.
Classification society ABS has awarded classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV).
The US Navy, in partnership with defense company Raytheon, has completed its first live test of the AN/SPY-6(V)4 radar in a maritime environment.
The Canadian Government has identified German shipbuilding company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Korean company Hanwha Ocean as the 2 qualified suppliers for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
US-based tech company Saronic Technologies has held a keel-laying ceremony for its Marauder vessel at the company’s recently acquired shipyard in Franklin, Louisiana.
Adm. Daryl Caudle has assumed the duties as the 34th Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) of the US Navy during an assumption of office ceremony.
The Brazilian Navy’s first Tamandaré-class frigate, Tamandaré, has completed sea trials off the coast of Brazil, marking a decisive step toward the delivery of the vessel.
Babcock Australasia (Babcock) has recovered hundreds of pieces of critical military equipment from the decommissioned frigate ex-HMAS Anzac, the lead ship of the Anzac-class frigate.
