
Shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Quentin Walsh to be built for the US Navy, marking the beginning of the construction process.

Singapore-based ST Engineering has secured, through its marine business, a sub-contract with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) to work on the construction of four Falaj 3-class offshore patrol vessels.

The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has commissioned its fourth Daegu-class FFX Batch II frigate built by local shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI).

Italian shipbuilding company Fincantieri has signed a contract with the Italian Coast Guard for the design and construction of a multi-role offshore patrol vessel (OPV).

HMS Cutlass, the first of two vessels being built for the Royal Navy Gibraltar Squadron, has undergone initial trials and has performed “beyond expectations”, UK-based company BMT Group revealed.

US military shipbuilding giant Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has christened pre-commissioning unit (PCU) New Jersey at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division.

Damen Shipyards Sharjah (DSS) in the United Arab Emirates has launched a new landing craft (LST 100) ordered by the Nigerian Navy.

The Royal Australian Navy has commissioned the second Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship at Fleet Base West, Rockingham, Western Australia.

Shipbuilder Austal USA has christened expeditionary fast transport (EPF-13) USNS Apalachicola built for the US Navy.

The French Navy has joined forces with the Royal Navy to test the power of a new specialist ship FS Garonne.

US Navy’s Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Pasadena (SSN 752) has returned to the fleet following successful completion of its drydocking selected restricted availability (DSRA) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY).

ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH has delivered three Sea Falcon unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to be installed on the German Navy’s K130 Braunschweig-class corvettes.

Indian Navy has taken the delivery of its fourth Scorpene-class submarine as part of the country’s Project P-75.

The US Navy Military Sealift Command (MSC) has awarded compatriot engineering firm GE Power Conversion an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to maintain the electric and hybrid electric power and propulsion systems aboard its vessels.