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Angolan Navy orders BR71 MKII corvettes from Edge Group under €1bln deal
EDGE Group has signed a major €1 billion milestone contract which will see the company’s unit,...

UK’s new experimental warship Patrick Blackett kicks off sea trials
NavyX’s unique trials ship, XV (eXperimental Vessel) Patrick Blackett, left Portsmouth Naval Base ye...

UK’s Type 45 destroyer joins NATO drill after major upgrade
Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan has joined NATO exercise after proving its ability t...

Lockheed snaps $1.1B deal to install hypersonic strike weapon on Zumwalt DDGs
Lockheed Martin has partnered with the U.S. Navy to integrate hypersonic strike capability onto surf...

UK’s fifth Astute-class submarine sails for the first time
HMS Anson, the fifth Astute class submarine, which BAE Systems has designed and built for the Royal ...

US Navy accepts delivery of USNS Apalachicola
The U.S. Navy accepted the delivery of the expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Apalachicola (EP...

John Lewis-class replenishment oiler USNS Harvey Milk conducts sea trials
John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, the future USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206) has been conducting sea...

BAE Systems wins LR’s certification for autonomous RIB
BAE Systems Autonomous Pacific 24 (AP24) rigid inflatable boat (RIB) has been awarded Lloyd’s Regist...

RAN takes delivery of 4th evolved Cape-class patrol ship
The Royal Australian Navy has taken delivery of the fourth evolved Cape-class patrol vessel from shi...

Construction kicks off on UK’s 3rd Dreadnought-class submarine
The first steel was cut at BAE Systems works in Barrow-in-Furness for the Royal Navy’s third n...

Royal Navy begins naval strike missile upgrade on Type 23 frigate
The Royal Navy has announced the commencement of Naval Strike Missile (NSM) upgrade work on Type 23 ...

Austal splashes 5th Australian evolved Cape-class patrol boat
Shipbuilder Austal Australia has launched the fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (ECCPB) for the R...

US Navy takes delivery of LCS USS Marinette
The US Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) from Lockheed Martin this week at...

Navantia inks subcontract with Harland & Wolff for UK’s FSS warship program
UK shipbuilder Harland & Wolff has signed a subcontract with Spanish shipbuilder Navantia for UK...

French Navy’s LSS Jacques Chevallier aces 1st sea trials
French Navy’s logistic support ship (LSS) Jacques Chevallier has completed its first sea trial seque...

Austal kicks off construction of US Navy’s T-ATS 12
The construction began on the US Navy’s newest towing, salvage and rescue ship, T-ATS 12, on 31 Janu...

MAN ES, SH Defence to work on modular mission concept for naval ships
MAN Energy Solutions and SH Defence of Denmark have signed an MoU to explore the potential for colla...

UK’s minehunting mothership arrives in Plymouth for conversion work
A specialist ship bought to support Royal Navy mine-hunting operations, a mother ship to launch dron...