Austal USA has launched the company’s first landing craft utility (LCU) vessel built for the US Navy at its ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has signed a contract with compatriot steel supplier De Jong & Lavino for the delivery of all steel materials needed to build the PES (Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie) frigate for the Colombian Navy.
The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), the US Navy’s second Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on August 27, 2025, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Blue Water Autonomy has secured $50 million in Series A funding, led by GV, to support the construction of unmanned vessels.
Classification society ABS has awarded classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV).
The Canadian Government has identified German shipbuilding company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Korean company Hanwha Ocean as the 2 qualified suppliers for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
US-based tech company Saronic Technologies has held a keel-laying ceremony for its Marauder vessel at the company’s recently acquired shipyard in Franklin, Louisiana.
The US Navy will commission the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), in Panama City, Florida, on November 15, 2025.
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has accepted the sixth and final Arctic and offshore patrol ship (AOPS), HMCS Robert Hampton Gray.
Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine and Houston-headquartered defense company Eureka Naval Craft have joined forces to ramp up production of warships in Asia.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), has transited the Strait of Dover into the North Sea.
US-based start-up Saronic Technologies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with classification society American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) to explore autonomous technologies for maritime applications.
The US Coast Guard has commissioned Earl Cunningham, the 59th fast response cutter (FRC) and the second of three FRCs to be homeported in Kodiak, Alaska.
Leonardo DRS has completed the first series of open-water demonstrations of its maritime mission equipment package (MEP), designed for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C‑UAS) naval fleet protection.
