
The US Navy has awarded a $2.2 billion contract to TOTE Services for vessel construction management (VCM) to oversee the acquisition of the new medium landing ships (LSM).

Nearly 4,500 sailors aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16 after an 11-month deployment across the US 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets.

The US Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), has completed one of its final major overseas deployments after taking part in multinational naval exercises under the Southern Seas 2026 mission.

General Dynamics NASSCO has received funding of $856 million for the construction of the US Navy’s replenishment oiler T-AO 217.

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.

Boston-based technology and shipbuilding company Blue Water Autonomy has forged strategic partnerships to scale the production of its next-generation, autonomous vessels.

Australian tech company C2 Robotics had commissioned and christened its Speartooth large uncrewed undersea vehicle (LUUV), the first to be delivered to the United States.

The US Navy’s MQ-25A Stingray completed its first test flight from Boeing’s facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah, Illinois.

The US Government has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin to develop, integrate, and test the PAC-3 MSE interceptor within the Aegis combat system.

The Department of the Navy has unveiled a sweeping FY2027 budget request seeking $65.8 billion in shipbuilding funds to procure 34 vessels.

The US Navy has tested a high-energy laser weapon aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77), destroying multiple drones in a landmark demonstration.

Fincantieri has announced that its US subsidiary received a $30 million contract for materials procurement and engineering activities for the US Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, formally initiating the first phase of the program and representing the first concrete step toward its execution.

Hanwha Ocean, the South Korean shipbuilding giant, met with Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax for high-level discussions on potential collaboration spanning naval sustainment, workforce development, industrial participation, supply chain development, and facility modernization.

German shipbuilder TKMS has signed a teaming agreement with Finkl Steel – Sorel, a member of Swiss Steel Group and a Canadian manufacturer of high-performance forged steel components, aimed at strengthening industrial cooperation in support of Canada’s future submarine capabilities.