Royal Navy’s Type 31 frigate program has been hit by a £140 million cost adjustment, after contractor Babcock International identified higher-than-expected rework and productivity issues during construction of the vessels.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has strongly objected to Norway’s decision to revoke the export licence for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system and its associated launcher systems, following a telephone conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
General Dynamics NASSCO has received funding of $856 million for the construction of the US Navy’s replenishment oiler T-AO 217.
The Australian government has signed a new missile cooperation agreement with Norway as Canberra advances plans to invest up to $850 million in domestic production of naval strike missiles and joint strike missiles.
Swedish defense company Saab has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement in the naval domain with the PGZ Group, Poland’s largest defense corporation.
The first vessel of Türkiye’s New Type Landing Craft Tank (YLCT) project, TCG Ç-159, has officially entered service with the Turkish Naval Forces following an accelerated construction program completed in just 18 months.
The Canadian Coast Guard has welcomed Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Naalak Nappaaluk to its fleet at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has carried out the lowering into dry dock of macrostructure 300 of the Spanish Navy’s maritime action vessel for underwater intervention (BAM-IS).
Ultra Maritime has opened its expanded Wake Forest facility, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued investment and collaborative partnership with the US Navy.
Australia’s guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has reached two major milestones in its ongoing modernization program.
The US Navy is steadily moving shipboard laser weapons from experimental programs into fleet operations, as the service establishes a dedicated training pipeline for sailors at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL).
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group is returning to Naval Station Norfolk after a historic 11-month deployment, the US Navy announced.
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract by Japan’s shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to provide SeaRAM ship self-defense systems in support of Australia’s Sea3000 General Purpose Frigate program.
Jet Aviation has delivered the first of three PC-24 aircraft it has purchased for the French Navy.
