
Aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Aegis system-equipped vessel (ASEV) shipset, comprised of four AN/SPY-7(V)1 radar antennas, to the Japan Ministry of Defense (JMOD).

Spanish shipbuilding major Navantia has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first in a series of three new Avante 2200 corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Navy (RSN).

The Hunter-class Frigate Program has hit a milestone after the first two machinery units for the first ship were consolidated under the construction phase of the program.

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has been awarded a contract to provide the U.S. Navy with an FM 175D high-speed diesel generator engine for integration into the DDG(X) land-based propulsion system test site.

The US Navy has awarded Textron Systems a $353.9 million contract modification to build three additional ship-to-shore connector (SSC) landing craft air cushion 100-class (LCAC 100) vessels.

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).