The US Navy has unveiled plans to operate 12 Arleigh Burke class (DDG 51) Flight I destroyers beyond their 35-year expected service life, through service life extensions to ‘keep more ready players on the field’.
Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro has revealed that the future Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN 813 will be named USS Atlanta.
The Fleet Solid Support Ships (FSS) program for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary has completed the preliminary design review (PDR), marking its first major milestone.
Shipbuilder Austal Australia has delivered the 21st Guardian-class patrol boat (GCPB) to the Australian Department of Defense.
Damen Naval has contracted Alfa Laval Benelux to deliver fuel oil separators, cleaning tables, oily bilge water separators and ILS deliverables for the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) frigates for the Royal Netherlands Navy and Belgian Navy. In June 2023, Damen Naval was awarded the contract to design
Admiralty Shipyards, a part of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has held a launching and naming ceremony for the new Project 636.3 submarine Yakutsk for the Russian Navy.
British aerospace, defense and nuclear engineering services company Babcock has held a steel-cutting ceremony for the Royal Navy’s third Type 31 frigate, HMS Formidable.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has unveiled that French Navy’s first defense and intervention frigate (FDI) Amiral Ronarc’h started sea trials.
The steel-cutting ceremony for Finnish Navy’s second Squadron 2020 multi-role corvette was held at Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) shipyard on October 9, 2024.
South Korean shipbuilding major HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has received approvals in principle (AiPs) from classification societies DNV and Korean Register (KR) for the design of a 2,300-ton export-type submarine. Due to the nature of underwater operations, ‘safety’ is the most critical fa
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the first LPD Flight II, San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship Harrisburg (LPD 30), marking one of the first major milestones in the ship’s journey towards operational readiness.
Bollinger Shipyards has been awarded a contract to build the US Navy’s seventh auxiliary personnel lighter–small (APL 73) class berthing and messing barge.
Dutch shipbuilding major Damen Shipyards Group has held a joint steel cutting and keel laying ceremony for the Portuguese Navy’s new multipurpose ship.
HMS Agamemnon, the Royal Navy’s Astute-class submarine built for the UK’s Silent Service, has been formally launched at BAE Systems’ facility in Barrow.
