
Shipbuilding company Austal USA has launched two US Navy ships, USNS Cody (EPF 14) and the future USS Kingsville (LCS 36).

French shipbuilder Naval Group has launched the first of the twelve mine countermeasure vessels of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program, M940 Oostende, intended for the Belgian Navy.

General Dynamics NASSCO has started construction on the future USNS Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210), the sixth ship for the U.S. Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program.

French Navy’s second Suffren/Barracuda-class submarine Duguay-Trouin has started sea trials, French shipbuilding company Naval Group revealed.

Singapore Technologies Engineering (ST Engineering) today announced that its subsidiary, ST Engineering Marine, has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) for the detailed design and construction of six Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCVs) for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

On 24 March, the Brazilian Navy and Águas Azuis, a special purpose entity (SPE) formed by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defense & Security and Atech, laid the keel for the first Tamandaré-class frigate.

US company Swiftships received notification for an additional seven coastal patrol craft (CPC) award to the existing six contract that was awarded in 2022 from the Egyptian Navy.

The Power Systems division of Rolls-Royce has been selected to supply a further four of its mtu naval generator sets for the USS Congress (FFG-63), the second ship in the U.S. Navy’s Constellation Class Guided-Missile Frigate program, previously known as the FFG(X) program.

Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria has delivered OPV P71, a new flagship of the Armed Forces of Malta.

The Republic of Korea’s Navy (ROKN) has selected GE Marine’s LM500 gas turbines to power the first four PKX-B Batch-II ships.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) transferred three patrol craft to the Egyptian Navy during a formal ceremony in Alexandria, Egypt on 21 March.

Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has a commissioning ceremony for the second Taigei-class submarine.

Rolls-Royce Submarines has been contracted to provide reactors for Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines, as part of the AUKUS trilateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US.

The first generation of AUKUS nuclear submarines will be built in the UK and Australia, based on the UK’s submarine design, UK Government revealed.