
Royal Navy sailors and BAE Systems apprentices have welcomed Falkland veterans to BAE Systems’ Glasgow shipyard where the first Type 26 frigate, HMS Glasgow, is currently under construction.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned the first advanced light helicopter (ALH) MK III Squadron to bolster maritime security.

On 8 April, a press conference was held in Gdynia, during which representatives of the PGZ Miecznik consortium unveiled new details about Polish Navy’s Miecznik frigate based on the UK’s Type 31 frigate design.

UK-based engineering company JFD, a part of James Fisher and Sons, has been awarded a contract by Spansh shipbuilder Navantia to conduct a ship survey and suitability assessment of the Spanish Navy’s new submarine rescue mothership (BAM-IS).

Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD) has been contracted by Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) to provide essential parts for US Navy’s Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers.

The first two NH90 helicopters of the Qatar Emiri Air Force dedicated to naval missions were delivered by Italian company Leonardo.

Aerospace, defence and security company Babcock International has signed a contract to support the Brazilian Navy’s (Marinha do Brasil) flagship NAM Atlântico, formerly the Royal Navy platform HMS Ocean, as part of its global support program.

The Royal Navy has pushed two different drones to their limits to show how they could be used on front-line operations.

Italian defence company Leonardo has delivered the sixth and final upgraded naval unit Al Taweelah to the Royal Bahrain Naval Force (RBNF).

Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Spanish Navy’s first F-110 frigate.

Defence company BAE Systems has received a $125.5 million contract from the US Navy to drydock and provide maintenance service aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2).

The first ship of the new US Navy’s Ford-class aircraft carriers, USS Gerald R. Ford, has been declared operational, according to the information provided by the ship’s program manager Capt. Brian Metcalf.

The commissioning ceremony of the Pakistan Navy’s indigenously designed and constructed fast attack craft Missile PNS Haibat took place on 31 March in Karachi.

The US Navy has revealed its plans to decommission 24 ships to save $3.6 billion to boost its future fleet.