General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a $9.474 billion contract modification option for construction and test of the lead and second ships of the US Navy’s Columbia class, as well as associated design and engineering support.
The US Navy’s newest Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite revealed last week.
A US Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama, on 23 October, killing two officers and starting home and car fires.
Engineering company Rolls-Royce has signed a collaborative agreement with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to strengthen ways of working across key Royal Navy programmes.
Vital warships providing supplies and technical support to the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers will be built by British-led teams, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has announced.
Australia and the UK have further strengthened their defence relationship by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to cooperate on building and delivering the next generation of frigates.
Vessels belonging to the US, Japanese and Australian navies gathered in the South China Sea for trilateral naval exercises.
The Royal Danish Navy (Søværnet) has reclassified its two Absalon-class support ships as frigates.
Taigei, a first unit in the Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s (JMSDF) new class of attack submarines, has been launched and named in Japan.
The US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, revealed.
Last week, Seaspan Shipyards officially delivered CCGS John Cabot, the third offshore fisheries science vessel (OFSV) to the Canadian Coast Guard.
The US Navy recently awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) two contracts for fleet maintenance support as well as for Virginia-class sub development and design work.
Alsace, the first of two multi-mission air-defense frigates in the FREMM program for the French Navy, has carried out its first sea trials.
Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the US Navy, announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships.
