BAE Systems has received a $38 million contract from Lockheed Martin for additional guidance systems for Lockheed Martin’s Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) program.
Naval Group today laid the keel of the first mine countermeasure mothership for the Royal Netherlands Navy. HNLMS Vlissingenntended is the second of twelve mine countermeasure platforms of the Belgian-Dutch rMCM program.
Russian shipyards laid the keel of two Lada-class (Project 677) submarines, two project 03182R research vessels, one Alexandrit-class (Project 12700) minesweeper, and a Razumny class (project 20385) corvette last week.
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced the successful demonstration of capabilities enabling HII-built amphibious warships to launch, operate with and recover HII-built large-diameter unmanned underwater vehicles (LDUUV).
Australia and New Zealand’s largest warships are on their way to participate in the 28th biannual Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise. HMAS Canberra was the first to deploy, followed by HMNZS Aotearoa.
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the company’s 13th amphibious transport dock, Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29), constructed for the U.S. Navy.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) is to take over the shipyard location of MV Werften in Wismar.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy announced it will christen the first ship in the new KDX III Batch II class of destroyers as “ROKS Jeongjo the Great”.
The Ukrainian grain crisis continues as a result of Russia’s blockade of Black Sea ports which prevents Ukrainian wheat shipments.
The Australian Government has finalised negotiations with Naval Group to conclude the Attack class submarine program.
