
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has held a launching and naming ceremony for the eleventh Mogami-class frigate built for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

US shipbuilding major HII has launched the US Navy’s Virginia-class submarine USS Arkansas (SSN 800).

General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded $1.85 billion contract modification to a previously awarded contract supporting submarine production.

The Indian Navy has commissioned INS Tamal (F 71), the eighth multi-role stealth frigate in the series of Project 1135.6 vessels at Yantar Shipyard, Kaliningrad, Russia.

The first of the two new Polish Navy’s signals intelligence ships (SIGINT) has been launched in Gdańsk, Poland.

Shipbuilder Austal USA has delivered Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport USNS Point Loma (EPF 15) to the US Navy.

Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S), a part of the UK’s Ministry of Defense, has completed the sale of three landing craft air cushion (light) (LCAC(L)) hovercraft and all associated spares to the Pakistan Navy.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has christened the US Navy’s newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Jeremiah Denton.

HMAS Arafura, the first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV), has been commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet.

German defense giant TKMS has signed a landmark €800 million contract with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to support the German Navy’s submarine fleet.

The Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has achieved a series of major milestones in Canada’s national shipbuilding program, advancing the renewal of its fleet.

The Italian Navy has ordered two multi-purpose combat ships from domestic shipbuilding major Fincantieri.

The Indian Navy has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the fourth of the five fleet support ships (FSSs) at Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL).

Austal USA has completed acceptance trials on the company’s 19th Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the last ship in the class.