The Canadian government has issued an advance contract award notice (ACAN) signalling its intention to enter into a contract with local shipbuilder Chantier Davie of Lévis for vessel life extension work on the Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Louis S. St-Laurent, the country’s largest icebreaker.
On 31 October 2020, Fincantieri Marine Group launched the US Navy’s future littoral combat ship USS Marinette (LCS 25) into the Menominee River.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has received an undefinitized contract award from the US Navy to shift the delivery strategy for the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) from a two-phase delivery to a single phase.
The US Navy’s newest Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine will be named in honor of the state of Wisconsin, Secretary of the Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite revealed last week.
A US Navy T-6B Texan II trainer aircraft crashed in a residential area of Foley, Alabama, on 23 October, killing two officers and starting home and car fires.
The US Navy’s future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer and Virginia-class attack submarine will be named USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137) and USS Barb (SSN 804), Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the Navy, revealed.
Last week, Seaspan Shipyards officially delivered CCGS John Cabot, the third offshore fisheries science vessel (OFSV) to the Canadian Coast Guard.
The US Navy’s future USS Mobile (LCS 26), the 13th Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, has completed acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico, Alabama-based shipbuilder Austal said. Austal Chief Executive Officer David Singleton said Mobile was the third naval ship to successfully complete accep
Kenneth J. Braithwaite, Secretary of the US Navy, announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new guided missile frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships.
Since October 1, the Royal Netherlands Navy’s logistic support vessel HNLMS Pelikaan is back again in the familiar waters of the Caribbean following a successful eight-month mid-life upgrade.
The US Coast Guard’s newest Legend-class national security cutter, Stone (WMSL 758), has successfully completed acceptance sea trials, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division announced on 2 October.
French defense contractor Naval Group has launched A.R.A. Piedrabuena (P-52), the Argentine Navy’s second offshore patrol vessel (OPV).
Wilson Sons and Damen revealed they will be jointly bidding for the construction of the new Antarctic support ship (NApAnt) of the Brazilian Navy, which will replace the oceanographic support vessel Ary Rongel.
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded Bollinger Shipyards a contract for the construction of four additional Sentinel-class fast response cutters (FRC).
