
Austal Ships and Birdon have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to jointly develop defence shipbuilding capability in Western Australia to deliver the Australian Department of Defence Landing Craft-Medium (LC-M) project.

ST Engineering’s subsidiary ST Engineering Marine has secured a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) for the mid-life upgrade of its Formidable-class frigates for the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN).

Shipbuilder Meyer Turku has held a steel-cutting ceremony for first Turva-class patrol ship to be builf for Finnish Border Guard.

Lockheed Martin has supported a successful government test of the Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system’s electronic attack capabilities while installed on a U.S. Navy MH-60R helicopter.

UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has revealed plans to transfer two Royal Navy’s minehunter ships to the Ukrainian Navy.

Defence company Saab has received a contract from the U.S. Navy for a Double Eagle Semi-Autonomous Remotely Operated Vehicle (SAROV) for the Kuwait Naval Force.

Sevmash Shipyard, a division of the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC), has launched the nuclear-powered Yasen-M class submarine Arkhangelsk for the Russian Navy.

The Royal Navy, with its Type 45 destroyer, has handed command of NATO’s task group in the Mediterranean Sea to the Italian Navy after more than five intensive months on front-line duties.

The first NH90 Sea Tiger took off on schedule for its maiden flight, at Airbus Helicopters’ site in Donauwörth, Germany.

Damen Naval and project partner NVL Group have held a steel-cutting ceremony for the German Navy’s first F126 frigate.

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has christened the US Navy’s third America-class amphibious assault ship Bougainville (LHA 8).

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, FMV, to conduct concept development studies for future underwater capabilities.

Designer and manufacturer of propulsion systems Steerprop has received a new contract with Meyer Turku shipyard to supply tunnel thrusters and retractable combi thrusters for two newbuild multi-purpose patrol vessels for the Finnish Border Guard.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has commissioned the S-81 Isaac Peral submarine to the Spanish Navy in the Naval Base in Cartagena.