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Canadian Navy’s 2nd AOPS Margaret Brooke enters service
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has welcomed second Arctic offshore and patrol ship (AOPS) HMCS Margaret B...

HII snaps $2.4 billion order for US Navy’s LHA 9
American defense and technologies partner Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has revealed that its ...

Damen hits a milestone in construction of Dutch combat support ship
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has achieved a significant milestone in the construction of Dutch Navy’...

ESG cuts steel for 4th US Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter
Eastern Shipbuilding Group has started construction of the fourth US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Rush (...

US Navy lays keel for ESB ship USS Robert E. Simanek
The keel for the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea bas...

Fincantieri hands over second PPA OPV to Italian Navy
Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has delivered the second multipurpose offshore patrol ship ...

Naval Group lays down first block of Greek 1st FDI HN frigate
French shipbuilding major Naval Group has laid down the first block of the first FDI HN frigate for ...

Textron inks UAS support contract for US Navy’s ESB-5
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron Inc. company, has been awarded a contract valued at up to $22...

France partners Belgian-Dutch minehunter program
France, Belgium, and the Netherlands have signed an agreement to promote synergies and mutual benefi...

Naval Group unveils new high-tech, eco-friendly combat ship design
French shipbuilding company Naval Group has unveiled a new surface concept ship that incorporates hi...

UK’s Type 31 frigate program hits major milestone
Shipbuilding company Babcock International has revealed that the Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate ...

Preliminary consortium agreement signed for European multirole patrol corvette
Shipbuilding companies Naval Group, Navantia, Naviris and Fincantieri have signed a preliminary cons...

Egyptian Navy welcomes first MEKO A-200 EN frigate from TKMS
German shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has handed over the first MEKO A-200 EN frigat...

Contract awarded for optimisation of Australia’s Hobart-class destroyers
The Australian Government has signed a six-year contract with BAE Systems to take on a new, innovati...

Damen starts construction on two OPVs for Pakistan Navy
Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards has started the construction of two offshore patrol vessel for the...

Sikorsky delivers newest S-92 helicopter to South Korea Coast Guard
The Korea Coast Guard accepted the delivery on Sept. 30 of its third S-92 search and rescue helicopt...

HII hires FMD to deliver engines for US Navy’s LPD 32
Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management (Arcline), has b...

VIDEO: Japan’s third Taigei-class submarine hits the water
Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has held a naming and launching ceremony for the third ...