Defense giant Babcock has secured the first agreement under the £4 billion Maritime Partnership Programme (MPP) with Indonesia, for the sale of two Arrowhead 140 frigate licences, to be delivered over the coming months.
To help bring the Royal Canadian Navy’s (RCN) new River-class destroyer into service and support them throughout their lifecycle, the Department of National Defence (DND) is building a land-based test facility (LBTF) on DND property at Hartlen Point in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Shipyards Group has secured a contract with the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces (QENF) for the delivery of two ASD Tugs 3212.
The Philippine Navy has welcomed its newest offshore patrol vessel (OPV), future BRP Rajah Sulayman (PS20).
Construction of Canada’s future River-class destroyers has reached a new milestone, with early work on the first ship now advancing steadily as the program moves toward its next major phase.
Birdon has signed a $125 million contract with the Australian Government to design and build one prototype and 15 amphibious vehicles – logistics (AV-L).
Babcock Australasia has delivered its first major maintenance package on the Royal Australian Navy’s new Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment (AOR) ship.
Shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has reached major production milestones in the Finnish Navy’s Squadron 2020 program, cutting steel for the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multi-purpose corvette while laying the keel of the third vessel.
Polish Navy’s second SIGINT (signals intelligence) ship, ORP Henryk Zygalski, has been launched in Gdańsk, Poland.
The US Coast Guard has awarded four contracts to acquire demonstration boats that will be used to develop and validate performance requirements, assess industry capabilities and gather information about the marketplace.
Turkey and Malaysia have taken a significant step forward in strengthening their strategic defense and maritime cooperation with the signing of an agreement for a second multi-purpose mission ship (MPMS) for the Malaysian Coast Guard Command.
The US Navy has christened the future USNS Lansing (EPF 16), the final Flight II Spearhead-class EPF, during a ceremony held at Austal USA in Mobile, Alabama.
The FREMM EVO Program has completed its critical design review (CDR) across all three domains: platform, combat system, and whole warship/integrated logistic support.
Hanwha Defense USA (HDUSA), Hanwha Systems Co (HSC), and US-based collaborative autonomy company HavocAI have joined forces to develop new 61-meter autonomous surface vessels (ASV).
