A British parliamentary watchdog has sharply criticised the Ministry of Defense (MoD) after revealing that the UK deployed 24 F-35B fighter jets aboard an aircraft carrier with spare parts packages designed to support only half that number of aircraft.
Classification society Lloyd’s Register has awarded its first Approval in Principle (AiP) for an export submarine design to South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean.
A ceremonial keel-laying ceremony for the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gromov has taken place at Severnaya Verf Shipyard.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has finalized a $3.5 billion contract for the construction and delivery of five Arctic security cutters (ASCs).
Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate program has been hit by a £140 million cost adjustment, after contractor Babcock International identified higher-than-expected rework and productivity issues during construction of the vessels.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has strongly objected to Norway’s decision to revoke the export licence for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system and its associated launcher systems, following a telephone conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
General Dynamics NASSCO has received funding of $856 million for the construction of the US Navy’s replenishment oiler T-AO 217.
The Australian government has signed a new missile cooperation agreement with Norway as Canberra advances plans to invest up to $850 million in domestic production of naval strike missiles and joint strike missiles.
Swedish defense company Saab has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement in the naval domain with the PGZ Group, Poland’s largest defense corporation.
The Canadian Coast Guard has welcomed Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Naalak Nappaaluk to its fleet at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has carried out the lowering into dry dock of macrostructure 300 of the Spanish Navy’s maritime action vessel for underwater intervention (BAM-IS).
Australia’s guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has reached two major milestones in its ongoing modernization program.
The US Navy is steadily moving shipboard laser weapons from experimental programs into fleet operations, as the service establishes a dedicated training pipeline for sailors at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL).
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract by Japan’s shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to provide SeaRAM ship self-defense systems in support of Australia’s Sea3000 General Purpose Frigate program.
