The keel laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Fallujah (LHA 9) was held at the Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Pascagoula shipyard, on 20 September.
The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), embarked staff from Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61), arrived in Trieste, Italy for a scheduled port visit.
The US Navy commissioned the future USS Marinette (LCS 25) as the newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship (LCS) during a ceremony on 16 September in Menominee, Michigan.
Defence companies Babcock and HII have combined forces in Australia, working together to support critical capability requirements for the once-in-a-generation AUKUS nuclear submarine program.
Defence company Thales has been awarded an in-service support contract for the Canadian Navy’s minor warships and auxiliary vessels.
Austal USA has been awarded a $91 million fixed-price incentive and firm-fixed-price type contract for the construction of three Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1700 class craft.
Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain (CG 57), the 11th ship of its class, was decommissioned after more than 35 years of naval service during a ceremony at Naval Base San Diego, on 1 September.
Irving Shipbuilding has delivered HMCS William Hall, Canadian Navy’s fourth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS) in the new DeWolf class.
The US Navy has christen the Navajo-class towing, salvage, and rescue ship, the future USNS Navajo (T-ATS 6).
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $154.8 million contract modification for the modernization of USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).
The U.S. Navy awarded Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company (NYSE: LMT), a $2.7 billion contract to build and deliver 35 additional CH-53K helicopters, the largest procurement to date for this multi-mission aircraft.
Davit provider Vestdavit has been awarded a major contract to supply davits for six US Navy’s oilers being built by General Dynamics NASSCO.
The official keel laying of the sixth Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ship (AOPS), the future HMCS Robert Hampton Gray, took place at Halifax shipyard on 21 August.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the US Navy’s third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128).
