The first crew has joined HMS Venturer – the lead vessel of five Type 31 Inspiration-class Royal Navy frigates which will be deployed around the globe by the end of the decade.
Larsen & Toubro and Spanish Navantia have signed a Teaming Agreement (TA) for the purpose of submission of a techno-commercial bid for the Indian Navy’s P75 (India) submarine program.
A minehunting ‘mothership’ and autonomous vessels were trialled together for the first time in a milestone moment for the future of the UK’s mine counter measure operations.
The Dutch Ministry of Defence, Damen and Thales have signed the contract for the design, construction, and delivery of four ASW frigates.
German shipbuilder NVL Group has hosted a keel-laying ceremony for the Bulgarian Navy’s second multipurpose modular patrol vessel (MMPV).
HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) to the U.S. Navy.
Sensor solutions provider Hensoldt has been contracted by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to equip submarines of the Ula class with new periscopes and optronic mast systems.
During the Paris Air Show on 20 June, France and Italy representatives signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the four Horizon-class frigates of the French and Italian navies.
The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carl M. Levin (DDG 120), on 24 June in Baltimore.
Royal Navy experimentation ship XV Patrick Blackett is testing new radars and software for better-supported solution to the equipment currently used by the fleet.
Austal Australia has delivered the fifth evolved Cape-class patrol boat (ECCPB) to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The forward end of HMS Cardiff, the second Royal Navy’s Type 26 City-class frigate, has emerged from BAE Systems’ ship build hall at Govan for the first time.
The US Navy christened its newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a ceremony held at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton on 17 June.
Austal USA has been awarded a contract option from the US Navy for the construction of an additional Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS 15).
