The Australian Government is accelerating the delivery of a larger and more lethal surface combatant fleet with the selection of the upgraded Japanese Mogami-class frigate as the preferred platform for the Royal Australian Navy’s future fleet of general-purpose frigates.
The US Navy has exercised an option to add an additional DDG 51 destroyer to a multi-year contract awarded in 2023 to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works.
The ninth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (ECCPB) HMAS Cape Spencer has completed sea trials, shipbuilding company Austal revealed.
Himgiri (Yard 3022), the third ship of Nilgiri-class (Project 17A) and the first of the class built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE), has been delivered to the Indian Navy.
The Italian Navy has taken delivery of Emilio Bianchi, the tenth in a series of ten new European multi-mission frigates (FREMM).
The keel-laying ceremony of Yard 16401, the first of six next-generation offshore patrol vessels (NGOPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard (ICG), was held at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL).
Oostende, the first mine countermeasures vessel in the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program intended for the Belgian Navy, has completed sea trials with Exail’s mine hunting unmanned surface vessel (USV).
Seaspan Shipyards has partnered with shipbuilders Bollinger Shipyards and Rauma Shipyards, and engineering and design company Aker Arctic to deliver the ‘best solution’ for Arctic security cutters.
US shipbuilder Bollinger Shipyards has begun contract negotiations with the US Coast Guard for the construction of at least ten additional fast response cutters (FRCs).
Türkiye has signed a landmark contract for four indigenously built national coast guard ships with domestic TAIS Shipyards.
Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Türkiye’s TAIS Shipyards for the construction of two MILGEM Istif-class frigates.
Anzac-class frigate HMAS Parramatta has been undocked at the BAE Systems Henderson shipyard, Western Australia, marking a major milestone in the Anzac Midlife Capability Assurance Program (AMCAP).
Airbus Helicopters has started flight tests of the H160M Guépard, the militarized variant of the H160 being developed for the French Armed Forces under the Joint Light Helicopter program.
The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has revealed that it will decommission eight Kingston-class maritime coastal defense vessels (MCDVs).
