
The US Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) on 14 May in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Australian government has revealed its plans to purchase 12 additional MH-60R Romeo maritime helicopters for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Australian defence firms Atlantic & Peninsula Australia (A&P Australia) and Naval Ship Management (NSM), a Babcock Australasia company, have signed an agreement to collaborate on large ship sustainment opportunities for Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the US Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted acceptance trials last month.

Raytheon Anschütz, a business of Raytheon Technologies, has signed a contract with BAE Systems Australia’s maritime division for the initial design work of an integrated navigation and bridge system for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) Hunter-class frigate program.

The US Marine Corps has awarded British defense company BAE Systems a contract for 14 amphibious combat vehicle command (ACV-C) vehicles.

The Coast Guard has commissioned the 48th Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) Pablo Valent (WPC 1148) into service at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Florida.

Royal Navy’s Sandown-class minehunter HMS Shoreham has departed Clyde Naval Base – its home for the past two decades – for the last time, beginning a short ‘goodbye tour’ of the UK.

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has commissioned its newest and largest multi-role response vessel Barko Republika ng Pilipinas (BRP) Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701).

The first of two new patrol boats charged with guarding the waters around Gibraltar HMS Cutlass has been commissioned into the Royal Navy fleet.

Engineering and ship design consultancy BMT has decided to offer an updated concept design from its ELLIDA multi-role logistics ship design family for the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) joint support ship project, SEA2200.

Thales Australia and Ocius Technologies have entered a teaming agreement to advance the development and deployment of a scalable unmanned surface vehicle (USV) capability equipped for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and surveillance missions.

Swedish Navy’s Gävle-class corvette HMS Gävle was handed over to the navy’s 4th Flotilla last week after undergoing a mid-life upgrade conducted by defence company Saab.

The US Navy has christened its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Beloit (LCS 29), during a ceremony held at Marinette, Wisconsin.