South Korea’s HHI Wins New KDX III Batch II Destroyer Contract
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) won the construction contract for the second next-generation Aegis destroyer (also known as KDX III batch II).
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) won the construction contract for the second next-generation Aegis destroyer (also known as KDX III batch II).
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) released its annual report on military and security developments involving China, commonly referred to as the China Military Power Report. The report says the Chinese Navy is now the largest in the world with 355 ships.

US Navy awards Raytheon Missiles & Defense $20 million contract for Maritime Strike Tomahawk cruise missile Block Va.
The CRS’s October 2021 FFG-62 frigate report provided the U.S. Navy’s answer and the deciding evidence on settling for 32 VLS cells per new frigate instead of the suggested 48.
Indian shipbuilder Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivered the first P15B Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) to the Indian Navy on 28 October 2021 in Mumbai.

The U.S. Navy plans to field the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) Hypersonic missile aboard its three Zumwalt-class destroyers…
The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, conducted Builder’s sea trials, October 26th.
Naval forces from Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S. joined together in multilateral Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) 2021 to conduct naval training in the eastern Indian Ocean, Oct. 15-18.
Maritime forces from Australia, India, Japan, and the United States began Phase II of Exercise MALABAR 2021 in the Bay of Bengal, Oct. 11.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) on 5 October 2021 held a keel laying ceremony for the lead ship of the KDX-III Batch-II AEGIS destroyer project for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.