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Austal USA began construction on the Navy’s Auxiliary Floating Dry Dock Medium (AFDM) at the company’s Gulf Coast ship manufacturing facility last week. AFDM is the third program to begin construction ...

The five-year-long refit of the UK Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke, which saw upgrades to warfare, communication, navigation, and other systems, cost over £100m for a vessel officially due ...

In a 6 July press release, the French Navy announced its Ruby-class nuclear attack submarine (SNN) Perle returned to the operational cycle on 30 June after a period of “unavailability for maintenance ...

The Navy will christen the future USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG 124) during a 10:30 a.m. EDT ceremony on Saturday, July 29, at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. The Honorable Carlos Del ...

The keel for the future USNS Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), the Navy’s 5th John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company’s (GD NASSCO) shipya ...

The Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has conducted a steel-cutting ceremony in Gdynia to begin construction of the Polish Navy’s first MIECZNIK frigate. The program will produce three next-generation arme ...

The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship fleet continues to be maintained, with the twin-variant class due to be effectively replaced by the more capable Constellation-class frigates. US defence primes Lock ...

Team Resolute, a consortium of Navantia UK, BMT and Harland & Wolff, is delighted to unveil its evolved design for the Fleet Solid Support ship. The progress towards a mature design is a key part of t ...

Work has begun revamping the world-famous Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast so it can build three new support ships for the Navy. The existing fabrication halls at the shipbuilders are being significant ...

Lockheed Martin supporting the U.S. Navy, marked the successful launch of one Trident II D5 Life Extension Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM). The Navy conducted Demonstration and Shakedown Operation-32 (D ...