US maritime autonomy company Saronic has selected Brownsville, Texas, as the future home of Port Alpha, a next-generation shipyard backed by an investment of more than $3 billion that is designed to expand US shipbuilding capacity and accelerate the production of autonomous maritime systems.
The Hypersonic Defence Interceptor System (HYDIS) project has reached a new milestone in the development of Europe’s future counter-hypersonic and anti-ballistic interceptor, with participating nations selecting a single interceptor concept following the program’s Final Concept Review.
France’s Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has awarded a contract to French shipbuilder Couach for the construction of 24 new coastal surveillance patrol vessels for the Maritime Gendarmerie.
The UK and the Netherlands have signed a £2.4 billion agreement to jointly procure a new class of amphibious transport ships.
The Danish Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization (DALO) has signed a contract with Orlogsskibe Danmark, a consortium comprising OSK Design, Karstensens Skibsværft, and Hvide Sande Shipyard, for the construction of four marine environmental protection and minelaying vessels.
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.
French shipbuilder Naval Group has strengthened its industrial cooperation in Croatia through new agreements with local companies INELTEH and INDI-metal, supporting the country’s planned Gowind multi-mission corvette program.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and REPUBLIKORP, Indonesia’s largest privately owned defense industrial holding company, through its subsidiary PT Republik Palindo Internasional (RPAL), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing a strategic partnership to build naval vessels in Ind
OSI Maritime Systems (OSI) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with German shipbuilding major TKMS to explore opportunities in systems integration and maritime capability development for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
American tech company Castellion has been awarded a contract from the US Navy for the production and delivery of 50 Blackbeard early operational capability pre-production prototypes and associated storage and shipping containers.
German naval shipbuilder TKMS has awarded Valbruna ASW an initial order for approximately 70 tonnes of non-magnetic submarine steel as part of efforts to support the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP).
Rolls-Royce Power Systems has digitized the training of naval engineers at the German Navy’s Naval Engineering School (MTS) in Parow.
Ultra Maritime has completed the first in-water deployment trial of its next-generation multistatic active receive sonobuoy (MSARS) in Scotland, marking a significant milestone in advancing anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities in the UK.
A Royal Navy helicopter crashed in a field near Sourton Down, Devon, in the early hours of June 3, triggering a large-scale response involving emergency services and military personnel.
