
American shipbuilders Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division (HII Ingalls) and General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) have been awarded contracts to build a total of nine Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR) has awarded Naviris and Eurosam a contract for the mid-mife upgrade (MLU) of the French and Italian Horizon-class frigates.

As part of the Italian Navy OPV acquisition programme Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) has signed a contract with the Italian Secretariat General of Defence and National Armaments Directorate for the construction of three next-generation offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless has completed a large-scale exercise off the coast of Colombia – marking a return to full front-line action after a major overhaul.

The keel laying ceremony for the first of the two new Polish signals intelligence ships took place today at Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A., located in Gdansk, Poland.

US Navy’s USS Normandy (CG 60), a part of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, has arrived in Rijeka, Croatia, for a regularly scheduled port visit and mid-deployment voyage repair (MDVR). This US Navy vessel arrived in Rijeka on 26 July for the port visit which is seen as an opportunity to stre

Kraken Technology Group has announced a strategic partnership with Cosworth around the development of advanced battery solutions for its littoral defence and security range.

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to support maintenance of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in San Diego.

Shipbuilding company Fincantieri has been contracted to build the third U212NFS submarine for the Italian Navy.

Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC William Sparling to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida.

BAE Systems has achieved a major breakthrough in the construction of the Type 26 frigate, HMS Cardiff, by officially kick-starting the joining process of its two main sections. The forward end of HMS Cardiff emerged from the yard at the end of last month and is now been integrated with the aft secti

Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN), the joint venture owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo with respective stakes of 51% and 49%, has signed, with the Directorate of Naval Armaments of the Secretariat General of Defence (MOC) a framework agreement for the Cavour aircraft carrier and the Andrea Doria and Ca

The littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS-30) built by Austal has arrived at Sydney Harbour ahead of its official commissioning on 22 July. The vessel is one of 19 littoral combat ships Austal’s USA subsidiary is building for the US Navy. When officially commissioned, it will be the only US Navy ve

French defence contractor Naval Group has delivered the first of four new logistic support ships (LSS) to the French Navy.