Seaspan Shipyards (Seaspan) has cut the steel on the Canadian Coast Guard’s (CCG) new heavy polar icebreaker, signifying the start of the construction process on the vessel.
US defense company Eureka Naval Craft and Australian marine autonomy specialist Greenroom Robotics are set to unveil what they describe as ‘the most advanced autonomous naval attack vessel ever designed’.
Defense company BAE Systems has received a contract award for the production of Virginia payload (VPM) missile tubes for Block VI Virginia-class submarines.
The US Marine Corps has established the Marine Corps Attack Drone Team (MCADT) in response to the rapid proliferation of armed first-person view drone technology and tactics.
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless successfully shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise.
UK design house and technical consulting firm BMT has partnered with compatriot company Atlas Elektronik UK (AEUK) to advance autonomous maritime navigation by using its synthetic environment assurance service (SEAS) testbed.
Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC has partnered with French tech solutions provider Elwave to work on the European Extended Mine Countermeasures (E=MCM) program.
Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen has unveiled that the Danish Government plans to strengthen the defense with a new ambitious naval strategy that includes the purchase of new equipment and vessels.
The Australian government has signed a contract with Kongsberg Defence Australia to establish Australia’s first guided weapons production factory in Newcastle.
The UK Ministry of Defense has signed a £165 million contract extension with defense firm Leonardo for maintenance of the Royal Navy’s fleet of 54 Merlin helicopters.
Rhode Island-based developer and manufacturer of all-electric seagliders REGENT Craft has completed its initial contract with the US Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL) and signed an agreement for a second phase to work on seaglider capabilities across missions including contested logistics and mede
The Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has announced the signing of Amendment No. 6 to the U212 Near Future Submarine (NFS) program contract.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Maritime Systems, a subsidiary of Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has delivered the 3,500-ton patrol vessel Amami to the Japan Coast Guard.
Turkish defense company HAVELSAN has signed an agreement with the Chilean Navy to provide its ADVENT combat management system (CMS) for the modernization of two frigates.
