
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.

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.

French high-tech industrial group Exail has delivered navigation equipment to the Finnish Navy, marking a major step forward in the Squadron 2020 program.

Australia has entered a $200 million agreement with the United States (U.S.) to acquire additional quantities of MK-48 heavy weight torpedoes.

Underwater robotic systems provider BlueHalo has been awarded a contract to provide systems engineering and support services for BlueHalo’s Mission Specialist Defender systems, the Maritime Expeditionary Standoff Response (MESR) remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

Defense company Thales has signed an agreement with French shipbuilder Naval Group to provide its sonar suite for the Orka-class submarines.

The governments of Norway and Germany have signed a partnership agreement for the maintenance of the Naval Strike Missile (NSM).

Defense company Ultra Maritime has received a CA$89 million contract from Lockheed Martin Canada to supply three shipsets of surface ship torpedo defense (SSTD) for the River-class destroyer (RCD) program.

Rafael Advanced Defence Systems and Elbit Systems have been awarded a contract to supply a naval decoy control & launching system (DCLS) for the new frigates of NATO European countries.

Aster partner nations, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom, have ordered 218 additional Aster missiles under a tri-national procurement.

Systems Engineering & Assessment (SEA), a subsidiary of Cohort PLC, has secured a contract extension with Lumut Naval Shipyard (LUNAS) to supply its fixed triple configuration torpedo launcher system (TLS) to the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN).

Tech companies Saronic Technologies and Palantir Technologies have teamed up to accelerate the development and delivery of autonomous naval capabilities.

BAE Systems has received a contract from Damen Naval for a Bofors 40 Mk4 naval gun system to be installed for anti-aircraft and anti-surface operations on the Colombian Navy’s PES frigate.