The US Navy has commissioned its newest expeditionary sea base, USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), during a ceremony held in Norfolk, Virginia, on March 7. The future Hershel “Woody” Williams is the first ship to bear the name of Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer Four Hershel Woodrow Williams, t
Construction of the US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126) officially began at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard on March 3. The milestone was marked by a ceremony at BIW’s structural fabrication facility in Brunswick, Maine. As explained, DDG
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The Águas Azuis consortium and Emgepron, an independent Brazilian state company linked to the Ministry of Defense through the Brazilian Navy Command, signed a contract for building four Tamandaré-class corvettes in Rio de Janeiro on March 5, 2020. The consortium, created by thyssenkrupp Marine Syste
BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year USD 188.2 million contract to provide the US Navy’s AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organization with critical large-scale system engineering, integration, and testing expertise for the AEGIS weapons and combat systems aboard US Navy surface co
PSM, working closely with its Canadian agent BEP Bestobell, has secured an instrumentation order for the newbuild joint support ship being built by Seaspan shipyard for the Royal Canadian Navy. The future HMSCS Protecteur is the first of two such vessels being constructed for the Royal Canadian Navy
Germany’s defense procurement agency BAAINBw has taken delivery of Nordrhein-Westfalen, the second F125 Baden-Württemberg-class frigate. The newbuild was handed over to the agency by the ARGE F125 consortium at the naval base in Wilhelmshaven on March 3, 2020, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems said. Follo
UK’s Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria has returned to sea following a dry-docking period at Cammell Laird’s Birkenhead shipyard that saw the vessel undergo its 30-year special survey. The supply ship is one of the largest vessels operated by the UK Ministry of Defence and plays a key role a
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has christened the US Coast Guard’s new national security cutter Stone (WMSL 758). Stone, which is the ninth Legend-class NSC to be built at Ingalls, was christened on February 29, 2020. “Over the last four years, we as a Coast Guard
Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division delivered amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7) to the US Navy on February 28. Tripoli, the navy’s newest America-class unit, will be commissioned later this year before sailing to its homeport of San Diego, California. “The LHA te
GE’s Power Conversion business and Hanwha Aerospace have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby the parties will work together to bring electric propulsion solutions for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy’s new, six-ship KDDX destroyer program. As explained, the MOU creates Hanwha Aerospac
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The technical launch of Al Zubarah, the first of four Doha-class corvettes ordered by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Muggiano, La Spezia on February 27, 2020. The vessel, which will be delivered in 2021, is design
The Polish Navy’s six new multi-role tugs will all feature Schottel propulsion solutions, the German manufacturer said. Bolko, the first of six tugs built by Remontowa Shipyard in Poland has recently been delivered to the Polish Navy. Further five tugs – Gniewko, Mieszko, Semko, Leszko and Przemko –
