Austal USA Wins US Navy Contract for Construction of EPF 16
Austal USA announced today that it was awarded a $230.5 million contract for the detail design and construction of EPF 16, the Navy’s newest Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship.
Austal USA announced today that it was awarded a $230.5 million contract for the detail design and construction of EPF 16, the Navy’s newest Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) ship.

The US Coast Guard modified its current contract with Eastern Shipbuilding Group (ESG) April 25 to begin construction of the fourth offshore patrol cutter (OPC), the service announced last month.
The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned the 47th fast response cutter (FRC), Clarence Sutphin Jr, April 21 in New York City…
The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by Qatar took place today…
On April 21, the first of five K130 Batch II corvettes built for the German Navy, Köln, was christened at the Blohm+Voss shipyard in Hamburg.
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has confirmed that it intends to install the new Mark 38 Mod 4 on some new Cutters
During an anti-piracy patrol in the southern Somali basin as part of Operation Atalanta, the French frigate FS Floreal conducted four consecutive major counter-narcotics operations from April 14-18, seizing 2042 kg of hard drugs.

Ukrainian forces reportedly attacked the flagship of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the Slava-class cruiser Moskva, causing significant damage aboard the vessel.
General Atomics is selected to support the Japan Coast Guard’s (JCG) RPAS Project. Operations will feature GA-ASI’s MQ-9B SeaGuardian and begin in October 2022.
According to local media, Taiwan’s project to build the 4500-ton new generation frigate has been stalled due to budget issues.