
U212 NFS Program Manager Decio Trinca and Dario Oliveri, Fincantieri Vice President Italy Naval Project Development, have signed an amendment no. 7 to the U212 NFS contract

Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri has laid the keel for the first of two new FREMM EVO frigates to be built for the Italian Navy.

The Royal Navy’s hunter-killer submarine, HMS Astute, has arrived in Devonport, where it will be handed over to the team at Babcock for its multi-million-pound mid-life re-validation period (MLRP).

French shipbuilder Naval Group has selected Exail to provide navigation systems for the Hellenic Navy’s defense and intervention frigates (FDI).

French Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine Tourville, the third in a series of six new Barracuda-class submarines, has entered into active service.

The Royal Navy has rolled out crewless minesweeping equipment to hunt and destroy mines for the first time.

Swedish defense company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for 22 combat boats.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the first of two multi-mission combat ships (MPCSs/PPA) to the Indonesian Navy.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has held a launching and naming ceremony for the eleventh Mogami-class frigate built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

FarSounder’s Argos 3D forward looking sonar (FLS) has been integrated into the navigation system of US DARPA’s newly completed No Manning Required Ship (NOMARS) unmanned surface vessel (USV).

Technology and marine robotics company Ocean Infinity has deployed NeedleFish uncrewed surface vessel (USV), at an official event with the Kuwaiti Coast Guard (KCG).

US shipbuilding major HII has launched the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800).

General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded $1.85 billion contract modification to a previously awarded contract supporting submarine production.

The Indian Navy has commissioned INS Tamal (F 71), the eighth multi-role stealth frigate in the series of Project 1135.6 vessels at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia.