
Shipbuilder Freire Shipyard has signed its first contract with the Spanish Navy’s Logistics Support Command for the construction of a new diver support vessel.

The Saudi Arabian Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with Spanish company Navantia for the construction of three additional Avante 2200 corvettes.

INS Tushil (F 70), the latest multi-role stealth-guided Talwar-class missile frigate, was commissioned into the Indian Navy on December 9, 2024.

Northrop Grumman has started the production of the first E-2D Advanced Hawkeye for the French Navy at the company’s St. Augustine manufacturing facility.

US shipbuilder HII has christened Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) for the US Navy at its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division.

Dutch shipbuilder Damen Naval has signed a contract with classification society Lloyd’s Register on the Plataforma Estratégica de Superficie (PES) frigate for Colombia.

Germany’s Port of Hamburg has received its first hybrid police boat which is expected to help it achieve the goal of becoming climate-neutral by 2040.

Austal Australia has delivered the 22nd Guardian-class patrol boat to Australian Department of Defense at a ceremony held at Henderson shipyard.

Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) have signed an agreement to deepen collaborative studies aimed at expanding the capabilities of the C-390 Millennium platform for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, with a focus on maritime patrol.

Finnish shipbuilding company Meyer Turku has started the construction of Finnish Border Guard’s second patrol vessel.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has delivered the amphibious vessel Al Fulk to the Ministry of Defense of Qatar.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has delivered ROKS Jeongjo the Great, the first ship in the 8,200-ton Sejong the Great-class (KDX III Batch II) destroyers, to the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN).

The first steel has been cut for the UK’s newest warship, the Type 26 frigate HMS Sheffield, at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has completed the installation of the air-independent propulsion (AIP) system equipment, based on hydrogen technology, onto the Spanish Navy’s S-80 submarine.