
Edge Group’s entity Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has signed an industrial cooperation agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2023).

Fincantieri and Leonardo have signed a number of further memoranda of understanding (MoU) with potential new Greek suppliers, setting the basis for defining possible long-term business relationships.

The U.S. government funding package for the fiscal year 2023 that was recently signed into law includes $503 million to continue the modernization of Dry Dock #1 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is America’s leader in attack submarine maintenance, repair, and

French shipbuilder Naval Group and Indonesian counterpart PT PAL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to start the creation of an Indonesian Energy Research Lab

The UK has spent billions of pounds on the Royal Navy’s new Type 26 and Type 31 frigates, data provided by Alec Shelbrooke, Minister of State at the Ministry of Defence, show.

On the first anniversary of the AUKUS pact, acting Prime Minister and defence minister Richard Marles revealed that the country is on track to be able to make the announcement about the final design at the beginning of next year.

The Royal Australian Navy has signed the new Navy Training Force Platforms and Systems Training contract with CAE Australia, which will deliver essential platform and system training to navy personnel ashore, to enable effective capability at sea.

BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon multi-mission maritime aircraft, the company revealed.

Shipyard group German Naval Yards will unveil its new corvette design for the first time at this year’s SMM 2022 in Hamburg from September 6-9.

India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy have successfully flight tested Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

Australian Maritime Alliance (AMA), a joint venture between Serco and Civmec, has teamed up with IMC Naval Architects to deliver a state-of-the-art solution for the Australian Army’s LAND 8710 Phase 1A program. For the project, AMA is offering a littoral manoeuvre vessel-medium (LMV-M) design, ‘Oboe

Thales Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI), part of French multinational company Thales Group, has acquired full ownership of Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), their joint venture with Leonardo DRS.

On 20 July, the European Commission announced plans to grant a total EU funding of almost €1.2 billion supporting 61 collaborative defence research and development projects, including projects from the naval defence sector.

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD) has expanded its presence in the technology transfer arena through the cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) inked with GBL Systems Corp., a provider of systems engineering and custom software products.