On 26 February 2021, Dutch shipyard Damen Shipyards Den Helder (DSDH) held a naming and handover ceremony for the Royal Netherlands Navy’s expeditionary survey boat (ESB) Hydrograaf.
Shipbuilder Austal USA has secured a $235 million undefinitised contract by the US Navy for the detailed design and construction of the 15th expeditionary fast transport (EPF) vessel.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support for the US Navy’s LPD-17 class amphibious transport dock ship program.
A fleet of fifteen Type 26 ships planned to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy will cost C$77.3 billion (about $62 billion), a new report shows.
Fincantieri wins contract to build two next-generation submarines for the Italian Navy.
Missile manufacturer MBDA has been awarded a contract from the Egyptian Navy for the VL MICA NG — new generation — air defence system to equip its Gowind corvettes.
Canada has awarded a $17.3-million contract to Allied Shipbuilders Limited for vessel life extension (VLE) work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfred Grenfell.
France has launched a project to develop the third generation of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) for the French Navy.
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $2.9 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).
South Korean shipbuilding major Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has officially begun building the first upgraded Sejong the Great-class (KDX-III) destroyer for the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt has received a contract to modernise the TRS-3D radars of two K130-class corvettes of the German Navy, as well as an associated shore facility.
UK defence contractor Babcock has subcontracted Hamworthy Pumps to supply pump solutions for five highly specialised Royal Navy Type 31 military vessels.
The Royal Navy has intercepted over 2.4 tons of illicit drugs as a result of back-to-back successful interdictions in the Arabian Sea.
Ares Shipyard and Meteksan Defence Industry have launched and started sea trials for Turkey’s first indigenous armed unmanned surface vehicle (AUSV).
