
Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro has revealed that a future Constellation-class guided missile Frigate, FFG 69, will be named USS Joy Bright Hancock.

The US Coast Guard/US Navy Integrated Program Office has received approval for the construction of the nation’s first polar security cutter (PSC).

The US Navy Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797) was delivered to the navy on December 22, 2024.

Defense company Northrop Grumman has been selected as the prime contractor to deliver nuclear command, control, and communications (NC3) aircraft for the US Navy’s Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.

Canadian shipbuilder Seaspan Shipyards has held a launching and naming ceremony for the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new joint support ship (JSS), HMCS Protecteur.

Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture between BAE Systems and Collins Aerospace, has been awarded a contract from the US Navy to provide the multifunctional information distribution system joint tactical radio system (MIDS JTRS).

John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, USNS Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208) delivered to the US Navy in San Diego on December 10, 2024.

Northrop Grumman has started the production of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for the French Navy at the company’s St. Augustine manufacturing facility.

US shipbuilder HII has christened Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) for the US Navy at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has signed a contract with classification society Lloyd’s Register on the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have signed an agreement to deepen collaborative studies aimed at expanding the capabilities of the C-390 Millennium platform for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, with a focus on maritime patrol.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding has authenticated the keel of new Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Sam Nunn (DDG 133).

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) on November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

BAE Systems has received $202 million in U.S. Navy contracts to provide modernization and maintenance services aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Laboon (DDG 58) and the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).