South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has secured a $463 million order to build four vessels for the Peruvian Navy together with Peru’s state-owned shipbuilder SIMA Peru.
Canada’s Thordon Bearings has secured a second major Mexican Navy contract for the supply of its water-lubricated SXL wear rings for retrofit installation to the waterjet propulsion nozzles on 25 interceptor patrol vessels.
French defense industry company Naval Group has been selected to produce an autonomous underwater drone demonstrator for the French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA).
The acquisition of the two new landing docks for the Philippine Navy has entered a significant phase following the keel laying and first steel cutting ceremonies on January 22 at the shipbuilding facilities of PT PAL Indonesia in Surabaya.
Vice Admiral Jan Christian Kaack, Chief of the German Navy has set the three top priorities of the navy for the next twelve months.
Unite, Scotland’s leading trade union, has revealed that over 30 members contracted to work on the new type 26 Frigate on the Clyde are set for strike action in the new year.
Combined Maritime Forces welcomed Sri Lanka as the 39th member of the world’s largest maritime security partnership.
Singapore’s ST Engineering Marine division has entered into a naval maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) in-service support contract. This agreement pertains to two ex-Singapore Fearless-class Patrol Vessels (PV) and is with Muara Maritime Services Sdn Bhd (MMS) in Brunei Darussalam. MMS is a joi
On 14 August, Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti took over the helm as acting chief of naval operations and the first woman to run the US Navy.
Austal Australia has delivered the 16th Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence. The vessel was then gifted by the Australian Government to the Federated States of Micronesia at a certificate signing ceremony held today at Austal’s shipyard in Henderson, Western Aus
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo with respective stakes of 51% and 49%, has signed, with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the Secretariat General of Defence (MOC) a framework agreement for the Cavour aircraft carrier and the Andrea Doria and Ca
The U.S. government funding package for the fiscal year 2023 that was recently signed into law includes $503 million to continue the modernization of Dry Dock #1 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is America’s leader in attack submarine maintenance, repair, and
A French Navy frigate seized nearly half a ton of heroin and 4 tons of cannabis on a routine patrol of the Indian Ocean. The navy informed that its Guépratte, a La Fayette-type frigate, was patrolling the northern Indian Ocean en route toward the Strait of Hormuz on December 27 when it spotted a dho
US contractor Valiant Integrated Services has been awarded a position on the potential five-year, $1.31 billion contract to help the U.S. Navy operate and maintain training systems under the Fielded Training Systems Support (FTSS) V indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ).
