
Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and Sparkle, the first international service provider in Italy, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on the development of innovative technological solutions for the surveillance and protection of submarine telecommunications cables.

The agreement is a significant milestone that will support the delivery of Australia’s conventionally armed, nuclear-powered submarines for the Royal Australian Navy.

Northrop Grumman has started the production of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for the French Navy at the company’s St. Augustine manufacturing facility.

UK defense company Babcock has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with South Korean shipbuilding company Hanwha Ocean to further develop opportunities in the global naval market.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), along with the Australian Department of Defence and the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD), have signed an agreement to enhance testing of hypersonic vehicles and accelerate the implementation of related technologies. Under AUKUS Pillar II, the three natio

Serco has secured a new, five-year contract worth $97 million (£74 million) to provide program management and business performance improvement support to Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).

NAVAL QUÉBEC and LEVIATAD consortium have signed a memorandum of understanding designed to strengthen transatlantic collaborations in the naval defense sector.

The steel-cutting ceremony for the first of four next-generation offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) that shipbuilder Fincantieri will build for the Italian Navy took place at the Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa on September 24.

Austal USA has been awarded a $450 million (approx. A$670 million) contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat to expand production capacity at its US shipyard in support of the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB).

Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States have reached another significant AUKUS milestone, with the signing of an agreement to enable cooperation that is essential to Australia’s capacity to safely build, operate and maintain a conventionally‑armed, nuclear-powered submarine capability.

BAE Systems’ new shipbuilding hall, set to transform shipbuilding in Glasgow, has officially been named the Janet Harvey Hall.

The Chiefs of Navy for Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States have strengthened their naval ties during a visit to HMAS Stirling in Western Australia.

Defense companies HII and Babcock have launched a new joint venture and company – H&B Defence – to focus on accelerating the development of the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine program.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Doha aimed at starting discussions about QENF personnel’s education and training patterns.