
Shipbuilder Austal USA has secured a $235 million undefinitised contract by the US Navy for the detailed design and construction of the 15th expeditionary fast transport (EPF) vessel.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for life-cycle engineering and support for the US Navy’s LPD-17 class amphibious transport dock ship program.

A fleet of fifteen Type 26 ships planned to be built for the Royal Canadian Navy will cost C$77.3 billion (about $62 billion), a new report shows.

Canada has awarded a $17.3-million contract to Allied Shipbuilders Limited for vessel life extension (VLE) work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Sir Wilfred Grenfell.

Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division has received a $2.9 billion contract for the refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) of the US Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74).

British arms, security, and aerospace company BAE Systems has received a $184 million contract option from the US Marine Corps for more amphibious combat vehicles (ACV) under full-rate production.

The US Coast Guard has accepted delivery of its newest Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC) Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) from Bollinger Shipyards in Key West, Florida.

The USS Daniel Inouye (DDG 118) completed acceptance trials on 4 February, after spending a day off the coast of Maine.

The US Coast Guard medevaced a man off a U.S. Navy supply vessel off the West Florida Coast on 5 February.

Vard Marine Inc. has received a contract by Chilean state-owned ASMAR Shipbuilding & Ship Repair Company to design an amphibious and military transport vessel for the Chilean Navy. Being part of the navy’s Escotillón IV program, the Vard-designed ships will be constructed at the ASMAR shipyard in Ta

Shipbuilder Austal USA has held a keel laying ceremony for the future USNS Apalachicola (T-EPF 13), the US Navy’s 13th Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport (EPF) ship.

The U.S. Coast Guard has commissioned the USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141), Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s (PATFORSWA) first Sentinel-class fast response cutter (FRC).

Christopher C. Miller, Acting US Secretary of Defence and Ben Wallace, UK Secretary of State for Defense, have co-signed the Joint Declaration for the Carrier Strike Group 2021 deployment.

Philly Shipyard has announced the authorization by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) and subsequent order from TOTE Services for the construction of two additional national security multi-mission vessels (NSMVs).