The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), hosted a high-level US Navy visit while operating in the Mediterranean Sea on May 5, 2026.
Turkish defense company Aselsan has unveiled a new generation of unmanned naval systems, including KILIÇ autonomous underwater strike systems family and TUFAN unmanned surface vehicle.
Australia has convened high-level crisis talks to address mounting delays in the Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) program.
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.
Austal USA marked the start of construction on its fifth US Navy landing craft utility (LCU) 1700-class vessel, LCU 1714, at its Mobile, Alabama, ship manufacturing facility on April 27, 2026.
Austal Ships Pty has been awarded a contract extension for the construction of two additional Evolved Cape-class patrol boats (ECCPBs) for the Australian Border Force (ABF).
Claims by Iranian state-affiliated media that a US warship was struck by missiles near the Strait of Hormuz are false, the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) stated.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron company, has scored a contract d from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to produce and deliver multiple TSUNAMI uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
The UK has unveiled plans for a new multinational maritime force with nine European allies, aiming to strengthen collective deterrence and operational readiness in the North Atlantic and High North.
The German Navy has christened the fifth and final K130 corvette (Braunschweig-class) from the second batch of the vessels.
Construction of the Polish Navy’s third and final Miecznik frigate, Huragan, has started at PGZ Stocznia Wojenna in Gdynia with the symbolic cutting of the first steel plates.
Irving Shipbuilding has launched the future CCGS Donjek, the first vessel under the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) program, constructed for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Italian shipbuilding major Fincantieri and Albania’s KAYO have signed a joint venture agreement (JVA) to establish a joint venture (JV) operating in the construction and maintenance of naval vessels in Albania.
The future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), the US Navy’s last Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built to the Flight IIA configuration, has begun its sea trials.
