The US Navy has christened the future USNS Lansing (EPF 16), the final Flight II Spearhead-class EPF, during a ceremony held at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.
Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA), Hanwha Systems Co (HSC), and US-based collaborative autonomy company HavocAI have joined forces to develop new 61-meter autonomous surface vessels (ASV).
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The United States has approved a potential $1.8 billion foreign military sale (FMS) to Denmark, covering multi-mission maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft, the P-8A Poseidon.
The US Navy has taken delivery of USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), a Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, from HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division.
The United States Coast Guard (US Coast Guard) has awarded a contract for the construction of two Arctic security cutters (ASC).
America’s oldest active aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN 68), has entered the retirement planning phase after the US Navy awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) a $33.5 million contract modification to begin advance planning and long-lead material procurement for the carrier’s inactivation and
Shipbuilder Austal USA has started construction on fourth US Navy’s landing craft utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Alabama. ship manufacturing facility.
HMCS St. John’s, a Halifax-class frigate that has been in service with the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) since 1996, has returned home to Halifax, Nova Scotia, after a successful deployment.
The US Navy has unveiled plans to build a new class of battleships, signalling a major shift in surface combatant design.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been selected by the USNavy to design and build the future small surface combatant, the FF(X).
