
Turkish shipbuilding company Dearsan Shipyard has held a keel laying ceremony for two high-endurance offshore patrol vessels being built for the Nigerian Navy.

The expected time frame for the first of the Australian Navy’s Hunter-class frigates is 2031, acting Prime Minister and defence minister Richard Marles revealed.

The crew of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey (CG 61) held a decommissioning ceremony onboard Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, on 16 September.

On the first anniversary of the AUKUS pact, acting Prime Minister and defence minister Richard Marles revealed that the country is on track to be able to make the announcement about the final design at the beginning of next year.

Tech company Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton autonomous aircraft during a ceremony at its aircraft production site in California.

French shipbuilding company Piriou has launched the second of three offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built for the Navy of Senegal.

The US Navy has decided to decommission the littoral combat ship (LCS) USS Coronado after less than a decade of service.

International provider of defence, security and aviation life cycle support services Patria has delivered the fourth and last modernized Hamina-class missile boat to the Finnish Navy in Upinniemi.

The future USNS Apalachicola (EPF 13), the US Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) has completed acceptance trials and unmanned logistics prototype trials.

The Qatari Emiri Navy welcomed Doha-class air defence corvette Al Zubarah and offshore patrol vessel Musherib during a ceremony held on 12 September.

All five Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigates will be delivered by 2028, John Howie, chief corporate affairs officer for Babcock International has revealed.

Taragiri, a Project 17A Frigate was launched at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) in Mumbai on 11 September.

The start of fabrication of the future USS Pittsburgh (LPD 31) began at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division on 7 September.

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has been awarded contracts to provide generators for the US Navy’s next-generation Columbia-class submarine.