Austal USA has held a christening ceremony for the company’s first steel ship, future USNS Billy Frank Jr., the Navy’s sixth towing, salvage, and rescue ship (T-ATS 11), at the company’s Mobile, Alabama, ship manufacturing facility.
Vlissingen, the second of the series of mine countermeasures vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, first intended for the Royal Netherlands Navy, began its first sea trials campaign from Concarneau, France, on March 27, 2025.
The second frigate of Project 1135.6 additional follow-on ships, named Tavasya, has been launched by the Indian Navy.
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) has completed Flight Test Other 40 (FTX-40), also known as Stellar Banshee, using Lockheed Martin’s Aegis combat system to detect, track, and perform an engagement against a live advanced hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRB
The US Navy’s shipbuilding acquisition practices consistently resulted in cost growth, delivery delays, and ‘ships that do not perform as expected’, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found.
The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk – FMV), the Swedish Armed Forces, and local defense company Saab have tested a new lightweight torpedo system, the Torpedo 47, on a temporary platform.
South Korean shipbuilding company HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has launched the second Miguel Malvar-class corvette for the Philippine Navy.
German company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein Werft have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to collaborate on delivering the Royal Norwegian Navy’s next advanced frigates.
Equipment provider ABB has secured a contract with the West Sea Shipyard located in Viana do Castelo, Portugal, to supply six new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) of the Portuguese Navy with an integrated power, propulsion and automation system.
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $1 billion undefinitized contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense, allowing the company to purchase long lead time materials for Virginia Class Block VI submarines.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the shipyard.
John Phelan was sworn in as the 79th Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) at the National Archives, on March 25, 2025.
A new consortium, consisting of Karstensens Shipyard in Skagen, Hvide Sande Shipyard in Hvide Sande, and OSK Design, has been formed to construct naval support vessels for the Danish Navy.
French high-tech industrial group Exail has delivered navigation equipment to the Finnish Navy, marking a major step forward in the Squadron 2020 program.
