The keel for the future USNS Ruth Bader Ginsburg (T-AO 212), a John Lewis-class replenishment oiler, was authenticated at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard on February 13, 2026.
The US Coast Guard has commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District fast response cutter (FRC), USCGC Frederick Mann (WPC 1160).
The US Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun and the navy supply vessel USNS Supply have collided during a refueling operation at sea.
Boston-based technology and shipbuilding company Blue Water Autonomy has unveiled its first class of vessels, the Libery-class autonomous vessel, developed in partnership with Dutch shipbuilding major Damen.
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.
