
The third and final Royal Navy autonomous minehunting boat has been delivered to Clyde Naval Base.

Austal Australia has delivered the eleventh Guardian-class patrol boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defence.

On June 18, the US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed the first scheduled explosive event as part of full ship shock trials (FSST).

The UK government has awarded a £36 million contract to Marine Specialised Technology to deliver 18 new police patrol craft for the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and Gibraltar Defence Police (GDP) Forces.

Pakistan has begun construction on the fourth and final Milgem-class corvette ordered by the Pakistan Navy.

Fairbanks Morse Engine (FME), a division of Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), has shipped two main propulsion diesel engines for the future USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), the US Navy’s new John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler.

U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) are participating in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM) largest and premier annual exercise Africa

Italian shipbuilding group Fincantieri and the Ministry of Defense of Indonesia have signed a contract for the supply of six FREMM-class frigates.

Shipbuilder Austal USA has been awarded a $44 million fixed-price, undefinitised contract modification for the design, procurement, production implementation and demonstration of autonomous capability on US Navy’s expeditionary fast transport (EPF) 13, USNS Apalachicola.

An F-35B Lightning aircraft has landed onboard the Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales for the first time.

The US Navy’s first DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer to be built in the Flight III configuration, the future Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), was successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding division, on June 4.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has launched Sheraouh (Q62), the second offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence.

The US Navy and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) recently conducted a second long-range autonomous transit with a Ghost Fleet Overlord unmanned surface vessel (USV) from the Gulf Coast, passing through the Panama Canal, to the West Coast.

The US Navy has christened its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the USS Canberra (LCS 30).