The US Navy has held an inactivation ceremony for the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Alexandria (SSN-757), formally marking the end of the submarine’s 35 years of active service before it transitions to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for decommissioning.
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has started fabrication of the future USS John F. Lehman (DDG 137), marking the official start of construction on the Navy’s newest Flight III Arleigh Burke‑class destroyer.
QinetiQ has introduced an onsite additive manufacturing capability at HM Naval Base Clyde to help accelerate maintenance and repair work for the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet.
The US Navy has completed major modernization work on the guided-missile destroyers USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) and USS James E. Williams (DDG-95), upgrading both vessels under its Destroyer Modernization 2.0 program to extend their service lives and enhance combat capabilities.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has delivered the warship Nagara to Japan’s Ministry of Defense, the tenth frigate in the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Mogami-class program.
German shipbuilding major TKMS has held a launching ceremony for the third Tamandaré-class frigate being built for the Brazilian Navy.
Swedish defense company Saab has signed a contract with the Polish State Treasury Armaments Agency and received an order for the production and delivery of three A26-type submarines.
Turkish shipbuilder Desan Shipyard has held a keel laying ceremony for the second multi-purpose mission ship (MPMS-2) being built for the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
Airbus has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kawasaki Heavy Industries to work on a Japanese anti-submarine warfare variant of the U950 Eurodrone, Europe’s largest long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS).
The UK has decided to procure at least six new hybrid warships for the Royal Navy, replacing earlier plans for the Type 83 destroyer as part of a revised approach to maritime air defense that emphasises integration with uncrewed systems and a more distributed fleet design.
On June 24, 2026, Naval Group delivered the De Grasse, fourth in a series of six nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) built for the French Navy under the Barracuda program managed by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA).
German defense technology company FLANQ and modular systems specialist Norrenbrock Technik have announced a partnership to co-develop containerized mission modules for autonomous naval operations under FLANQ’s Q-KONTAIN concept.
Construction of Australia’s first Hunter-class frigate has advanced significantly, with key manufacturing and prototyping milestones reached across the program, while the second vessel is moving closer to the start of fabrication.
The Belgian Navy has christened its new mine countermeasures vessel M940 Oostende, as part of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program.
