The Royal Australian Navy has held a keel-laying ceremony for the sixth and final Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
Austal USA has launched the company’s first landing craft utility (LCU) vessel built for the US Navy at its ship manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama.
The Norwegian Government has selected the United Kingdom as a strategic partner for the acquisition of new vessels based on the Royal Navy’s Type 26 frigates, which will be ‘the largest’ Norwegian defense capability investment to date.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Naval has signed a contract with compatriot steel supplier De Jong & Lavino for the delivery of all steel materials needed to build the PES (Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie) frigate for the Colombian Navy.
The keel for the future USS Wisconsin (SSBN 827), the US Navy’s second Columbia-class submarine, was laid during a ceremony on August 27, 2025, at the General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Quonset Point facility in Kingstown, Rhode Island.
Blue Water Autonomy has secured $50 million in Series A funding, led by GV, to support the construction of unmanned vessels.
Two multi-mission stealth frigates of Project 17A, INS Udaygiri and INS Himgiri, were commissioned into the Indian Navy on August 26, 2025.
Shipbuilder Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Finnish Navy’s third Pohjanmaa-class corvette.
Classification society ABS has awarded classification to the Saildrone Surveyor, a fully autonomous deepwater unmanned surface vehicle (USV).
The Canadian Government has identified German shipbuilding company thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Korean company Hanwha Ocean as the 2 qualified suppliers for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
US-based tech company Saronic Technologies has held a keel-laying ceremony for its Marauder vessel at the company’s recently acquired shipyard in Franklin, Louisiana.
The Brazilian Navy’s first Tamandaré-class frigate, Tamandaré, has completed sea trials off the coast of Brazil, marking a decisive step toward the delivery of the vessel.
Babcock Australasia (Babcock) has recovered hundreds of pieces of critical military equipment from the decommissioned frigate ex-HMAS Anzac, the lead ship of the Anzac-class frigate.
The US Navy will commission the future USS Pierre (LCS 38), an Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), in Panama City, Florida, on November 15, 2025.
