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.
Navantia and Kongsberg Naval Services (KNS) have signed a framework agreement in Bergen establishing a long-term contractual basis for industrial and technical cooperation in the support, maintenance, modification, and modernization of the Royal Norwegian Navy’s F-310 Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates.
ABB has secured a contract with Spanish state-owned shipbuilding and design company Navantia to supply two forthcoming Spanish Navy coastal hydrographic vessels (BHC) with a complete DC-based power distribution and propulsion system.
The US Navy has commissioned its newest and last Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) in Cleveland.
HII, in partnership with MetalCraft Marine, has delivered and sea-tested two unmanned surface vessels (USVs) awarded under a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract for smaller-form-factor autonomous boat prototypes for the US Marine Corps.
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.
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.
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.
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).
