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Textron Systems Corporation announced it was awarded a $230M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to produce two Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) craft. Textron Systems press release The SSCs are designed to deliver mission-ready capability, moving over tides, terrains and obstacles, enabling access to 80% of the world’s coastline. Under the contract, Textron Systems will produce ...
The plans for the new facility to build submarine components were announced as the Navy is struggling to meet its delivery goals.
The US Navy faces its most challenging period since the end of the Cold War, and it needs someone with the right qualities to steer it back on course, says former SecNav John Lehman and AEI’s Anand Toprani.
France test-fired an upgraded version of its M51 strategic ballistic missile from a submarine for the first time on Tuesday.
Anduril will invest $3.7 billion to develop a new shipyard in Maryland to build critical components for the Navy’s Virginia-class submarines.
Boeing’s victory caps a significant turnaround for its defense business, while Breaking Defense reports from western Ukraine on technology and life in wartime.
On October 6, 2026, France’s Ministry of Defence announced the successful completion of the M51 ballistic missile’s M51.3 version from SSBN Le Vigilant. French MoD press release – Translated by Naval News The first firing of an M51 ballistic missile in its M51.3 version was carried out on 6 October 2026 from a nuclear-powered ballistic ...
Billions of dollars are slated to be invested in the Arsenal-2 facility in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Anduril’s Arsenal-2 is positioned to produce “complex components and large scale assemblies” for the vessels, according to the firm.
Demonstrate Collaborative Autonomous Mission Planning for Simulated Battle SAN DIEGO — 05 October 2026 — General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. … mehr...
MBDA confirmed that the company is offering its submarine-launched SM39 Exocet anti-ship missile for Indonesia’s future Scorpène Evolved submarines
Blackbeard, an air-launched, long-range hypersonic strike missile, successfully completed another milestone recently, with a flight test on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, Maryland. This represents a key developmental test step in the program’s progression to Early Operational Capability (EOC). U.S. Navy press release Developed by Castelion and led by ...
The U.S. Marine Corps will deploy its ground-based anti-ship and air-defense systems to Japan’s southwesternmost island for exercises this month.
The Philippine Marine Corps is working to fully operationalize its BrahMos supersonic anti-ship missiles amid tensions with China in the SCS.
The French Navy evaluated Naval Group's modular Rampart multi-purpose launching system at sea aboard an LHD during the WILDFIRE 26.2 counter-drone exercise.
The U.S. Navy has officially commissioned the USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), its newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer equipped with the SPY-6 radar and Aegis Baseline 10, during a ceremony in Whittier, Alaska. US Navy press release The U.S. Navy placed its newest Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, USS Ted Stevens (DDG ...
The Malaysian Maritime Agency (Maritim Malaysia) has achieved another significant milestone through the launch of the Multi Purpose Mission Ship (MPMS 1) at the Desan Shipyard in Türkiye yesterday. Malaysian Maritime Agency press release The launch ceremony was attended by the Minister of Home Affairs, the Honorable Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution bin Ismail, along with ...
Louisiana-based boatbuilder Metal Shark has been awarded a U.S. Government contract to build 13 patrol boats for Vietnam, with options for additional vessels. Metal Shark press release The contract expands Metal Shark’s presence in Asia and builds on the company’s successful delivery of 24 purpose-built 45 Defiant military patrol boats to the Vietnam Coast Guard ...
The 7,200-ton F125 frigates were built with notoriously light armament, which is now being partly addressed.
Diehl Defence and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed a contract for the adaptation development of IRIS-T SLM. The aim is to make the system mission-capable on the German Navy’s F125 frigates. Diehl Defence press release Diehl Defence and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, ...
The deal covers at least five-years of production for an undisclosed number of missiles.
On October 1, 2026, the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) has launched its first new Sentinel-class Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), Sentinel, in Germany. The launch ceremony was attended by Singapore’s Minister for Defence, Chan Chun Sing, and his wife, who served as the vessel’s Lady Sponsor and formally christened the ship. German Federal Minister of ...
With no formal competition under way, industrial partnerships, production capacity and air defence capability could all shape the programme as Denmark considers how to replace its three Iver Huitfeldt-class frigates.
Diehl Defence and the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) have signed a contract for
Navantia has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the Croatian companies AITAC and (Iskra Shipyard), setting out guiding principles for
Only one month after the signing of the contract for the procurement of four frigates for the Royal Swedish Navy … mehr...
The Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency has successfully conducted the first live ESSM Block 2 firing from the Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate KNM Otto Sverdrup.
On 1st October 2026, the steel-cutting ceremony of the first Royal Swedish Navy Defence and Intervention Frigate, FDI Luleå, took
The deal for the SM-6 interceptors comes as the Pentagon pushes to replenish munitions stockpiles depleted by conflicts in the Middle East.
Naval Group begins production on the Royal Swedish Navy’s first FDI frigate, the FDI Luleå, in Lorient just one month after the contract was signed. Naval Group press release On 1st October 2026, the steel-cutting ceremony of the first Royal Swedish Navy Defence and Intervention Frigate, FDI Luleå, took place in the Naval Group shipyard ...