General Dynamics NASSCO has held a naming ceremony for USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), the fifth ship for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program.
Braunschweig-class corvettes were ordered because of the German Navy’s increased scope and tempo of operations. Another reason is the fact that the MKS180 multi-role combat ship order was delayed and the corvette announcement was interpreted as an offset to the delays.
Austal Australia has launched the seventh evolved Cape-class patrol boat for the Royal Australian Navy.
Austal Australia, as part of the Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT) project, has completed sea acceptance trials (including endurance trials) of the remote and autonomously operated vessel, Sentinel.
The launching ceremony of the first Hangor-class submarine constructed for the Pakistan Navy was held at Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group’s Shuangliu Base in Wuhan China.
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has delivered Virginia-class fast-attack submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) to the U.S. Navy.
Defence company Babcock International has been awarded the contract to manage the Type 23 frigate Refit Support Group.
The US Coast Guard has welcomed its newest cutter into the fleet, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun (WMSL 759).
The Royal Navy’s latest Astute-class submarine has been named at BAE Systems’ submarines site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first block of the third Hellenic Ship (HS) Formion.
On April 22, 2024, Singapore’s fourth submarine in the Type 218SG construction program (Invincible-class) was named at the thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel.
South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), a division of shipbuilding giant HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE), has signed a contract to build four warships for the Peruvian Navy with local shipyard SIMA.
The division of American shipbuilding company Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), Ingalls Shipbuilding, has delivered amphibious transport dock USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29) to the U.S. Navy.
The US Navy has held a keel-laying ceremony for the first Constellation-class frigate USS Constellation (FFG 62) in Wisconsin.
