France Launches First of Seven New Offshore Patrol Vessels
On 5 February, 2026, PIRIOU shipyard launched Trolley de Prévaux in Concarneau, Brittany. It is the first Patrouilleur Hauturier (PH)-class offshore patrol vessel built for
On 5 February, 2026, PIRIOU shipyard launched Trolley de Prévaux in Concarneau, Brittany. It is the first Patrouilleur Hauturier (PH)-class offshore patrol vessel built for
Paris will send an amphibious helicopter carrier and frigate to the Philippines for this year’s Balikatan, marking the largest participation of French forces in Manila’s

TKMS and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) today signed a preliminary agreement for the MEKO A-200 DEU project.
On February 4, 2026, OCCAR announced the steel-cutting ceremony of the 8th Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA) at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Riva Trigoso (Genoa). OCCAR press
On February 5, 2026, Colombia’s COTECMAR Shipyard announced the first steel-cutting ceremony of the first PES frigate for the Colombian Navy. COTECMAR Shipyard press release
HII announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials of John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft

Raytheon entered into five landmark framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War to significantly increase production capacity and speed deliveries of Land Attack and
On February 4, 2026, Türkiye’s Anadolu Shipyard announced the launch of the 5th I-class frigate, the future TCG Akdeniz, in the company’s facilities in Istanbul.
On February 03, 2026, Airbus announced that the French Navy will be the first operator of Aliaca vertical UAS as the deliveries are set to
The French Navy (Marine Nationale) has fitted new EO/IR systems to its Mistral-class LHDs in a push to improve the detection capabilities of these large