American supercarrier heads in for multi-billion refit
The U.S. Navy has awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $5 billion contract to carry out the Refuelling and Complex Overhaul of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, with the ship due to return to the fleet in November 2031.
U.S. in mega deal to build more long-range anti-air missiles
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a five-year contract worth up to $24.4 billion to accelerate production of the Standard Missile-6, its principal long-range anti-air and anti-surface weapon.
US Navy to buy 30 medium drone warships from three firms
The US Navy plans to buy 30 Medium Unmanned Surface Vessels (MUSVs) from Galliano Marine Services, HII and Saronic Technologies after completing the first phase of at-sea testing, with the first vessels due for delivery before the end of fiscal year 2027.
America moves guided missile destroyer to Europe
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John Basilone will move its homeport from Naval Station Mayport, Florida, to Naval Station Rota in southern Spain this autumn.
L3Harris lands Trident flight test support deal
L3Harris has been awarded a $46 million contract to provide services and support for flight test instrumentation systems used with Trident, with a small share of the work to be carried out in Barrow-in-Furness.
HII to build 10 ROMULUS drone ships for U.S. Navy
HII has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to build 10 ROMULUS uncrewed surface vessels under the Medium Unmanned Surface Vessel (MUSV) programme.
British forces land on Danish territory near Arctic circle
Royal Marines have deployed to the Faroe Islands for the first time since the Second World War, training with Danish and Faroese forces around the strategically important Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap.
Advanced British warship nears return to fleet
HMS Daring has taken on fuel for the first time in years, in the clearest sign yet that the destroyer is close to going back to sea after nearly a decade.
Royal Navy navigation interface work to go to OSI Maritime
The Ministry of Defence intends to award OSI Maritime Systems a two-year contract worth £15m to design, build, install and assure replacement interface units connecting the Royal Navy's electronic chart system to its combat systems.
British Commandos called in air strikes alongside Navy SEALs
Royal Marines from the UK Commando Force guided in attacks by American fast jets and seized a ship at sea during three weeks of maritime special operations training with United States Navy SEALs in Virginia.
