Davie Defense has been awarded a contract from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) to build five Arctic security cutters (ASCs), a new class of polar icebreaker critical to increasing the US presence in the Arctic.
Construction has started on Colombia’s first Strategic Surface Platform (PES) frigate with a ceremonial first steel-cutting at the COTECMAR shipyard in Cartagena.
The US Coast Guard is completing final delivery activities this week for its 18th fully missionized HC-130J long-range surveillance aircraft, designated CGNR 2018, at L3Harris Integrated Mission Systems in Waco, Texas.
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has completed builder’s sea trials of USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has delivered two more CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopters to the US Marine Corps.
German shipbuilding giant TKMS and Seaspan, Canada’s largest shipbuilding, design, and repair company, have signed a teaming agreement to collaborate on the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
General Dynamics NASSCO (GD NASSCO) has begun construction of the future USNS Dolores Huerta (T-AO 214), marking a key milestone in the US Navy’s John Lewis-class fleet oiler program.
The US Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS John F. Kennedy, has departed Newport News Shipbuilding, a division of American shipbuilder HII, to begin builder’s sea trials.
BAE Systems’ San Diego shipyard has received two US Navy contracts totalling $98 million to perform scheduled modernization work aboard the littoral combat ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22) and the guided missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106).
Destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) has taken a decisive step toward operational service as the US Navy’s first surface combatant equipped for hypersonic strike, completing builder’s sea trials following a sweeping modernization at HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula.
Brazil’s Tamandaré-class frigate program has reached a major industrial milestone, with steel cutting underway for the fourth ship, Mariz e Barros (F203), marking the first time all four vessels are under active construction simultaneously in Brazil.
To help bring the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new River-class destroyer into service and support them throughout their lifecycle, the Department of National Defence (DND) is building a land-based test facility (LBTF) on DND property at Hartlen Point in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia.
Construction of Canada’s future River-class destroyers has reached a new milestone, with early work on the first ship now advancing steadily as the program moves toward its next major phase.
The US Coast Guard has awarded four contracts to acquire demonstration boats that will be used to develop and validate performance requirements, assess industry capabilities and gather information about the marketplace.
