
The US Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards to fund initial construction of ten additional fast response cutters (FRCs).

Singapore will acquire four Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft from the United States as part of a major effort to modernise the Republic of Singapore Air Force’s (RSAF) maritime capabilities.

The United States Coast Guard (US Coast Guard) has exercised options with shipbuilder Austal USA for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program.

The US Navy has accepted delivery of the ship-to-shore connector, landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) 114, from Textron Systems, following successful acceptance trials.

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.