Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) has signed an agreement with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) for upgrades to Norway’s Ula-class submarines to extend the operational life of the submarines.
On September 19, 2024, the launching ceremony of the second FDI frigate HS Nearchos took place at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient.
The design phase for the six German-Norwegian Type 212CD submarines has been concluded on schedule with Critical Design Review (CDR), thyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) revealed.
Palfinger Marine has been awarded a contract by Singapore’s Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) to supply slipway systems for the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) six multi-role combat vessels (MRCVs).
Austal USA has been awarded a $450 million (approx. A$670 million) contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat to expand production capacity at its US shipyard in support of the US Navy’s Submarine Industrial Base (SIB).
The US Navy has commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796) in a traditional ceremony held at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey.
French defense company Naval Group and the Netherlands have signed an industrial cooperation agreement (ICA) related to the contract for the Replacement Netherlands Submarine Capability (RNSC) program.
The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool, Jr. (LPD 29) was commissioned at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, on September 7, 2024.
Austal USA has launched the U.S. Navy’s 15th expeditionary fast transport (EPF) USNS Point Loma at the company’s shipbuilding facility in Mobile, Alabama.
German companies thyssenkrupp Marine Systems and NVL have signed a cooperation agreement and established a joint venture to work on the construction of the future F127 frigates for the German Navy. The agreement, signed at SMM 2024 maritime trade fair in Hamburg, will see the two companies jointly r
Austal USA has started construction on the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class offshore patrol cutter (OPC) at its Mobile, Alabama, ship manufacturing facility.
A 40,000-ton logistics support vessel of the U.S. Navy has entered Hanwha Ocean’s Geoje shipyard in South Korea for maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.
General Dynamic Bath Iron Works (BIW) has laid the keel for the future USS William Charette (DDG 130), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, being built for the U.S. Navy. The keel laying ceremony was held on August 29 for the ship named in honor of Master Chief Hospital Corpsman William
BAE Systems has reached a new milestone in the construction of the second Type 26 City Class frigate, HMS Cardiff, for the Royal Navy as the ship entered the water for the first time. On August 30, BAE Systems shared the update explaining that the ship had been transferred from the Govan shipyard sl
