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15 April

Fincantieri Lays Keel of US Navy’s Lead Constellation Frigate

Fincantieri Marinette Marine has laid the keel of the US Navy’s first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate in Wisconsin.

15 April

230331-N-AS200-0021 PORT HUENEME, Calif. (Mar. 31, 2023) The Independence-class variant littoral combat ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS32), is in port onboard Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) for her Commissioning Ceremony, Mar. 31. NBVC is a strategically located Naval installation composed of three operating facilities: Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island. NBVC is the home of the Pacific Seabees, West Coast E-2D Hawkeyes, 3 warfare centers and 80 tenants. (U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Drew Verbis/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

General Dynamics to Upkeep Independence Littoral Combat Ship Systems

General Dynamics has signed a contract to provide lifecycle maintenance for the US Navy’s Independence-class littoral combat ship systems.

15 April

Rojoef Manuel

Royal Navy Accepts Mine Countermeasures ‘Mothership’ With Surface, Underwater Drones

The UK Royal Navy has received a ship that will host unmanned surface and underwater systems to secure British waters against mine threats.

12 April

An Amphibious Combat Vehicle is seen trudging on ocean waters. The vehicle has four antennae on top of it, all pointing straight up. It's painted in camouflage. A misty mix of white and muddy brown water surrounds it as it traverses the waters.

Juster Domingo

US Orders More Amphibious Combat Vehicles From BAE

BAE Systems has been awarded $25 million to provide the US with more Amphibious Combat Vehicle-Personnel units.

12 April

USS San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29)

Rojoef Manuel

US Navy Accepts 13th San Antonio Amphibious Transport Dock From Ingalls

HII Ingalls Shipbuilding has delivered the US Navy’s 13th San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, the USS Richard M. McCool Jr.

12 April

Inder Singh Bisht

Kongsberg to Deliver Maritime Surveillance Satellites to Norway

The Norwegian Intelligence Service has contracted Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace to produce and deliver maritime surveillance satellites.

11 April

SeaEagle Fire Control Electro-Optical surveillance system

Inder Singh Bisht

Chess Dynamics to Deliver Surveillance Systems for Australian Hunter-Class Frigates

BAE Systems Maritime Australia has contracted Chess Dynamics to deliver SeaEagle surveillance systems for the first batch of Royal Australian Navy Hunter-class frigates.

11 April

181207-N-LN093-1003 SAN DIEGO (Dec. 7, 2018) The guided-missile destroyer Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001) transits the San Diego Bay. The future USS Michael Monsoor is the second ship in the Zumwalt-class of guided-missile destroyers and will undergo a combat availability and test period. The ship is scheduled to be commissioned into the Navy Jan. 26, 2019, in Coronado, Calif. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jasen Moreno-Garcia/Released)

Rojoef Manuel

HII to Upgrade Vertical Launch System Capabilities of US Navy Ships

HII has received a contract to explore and produce enhanced capabilities for vertical launching systems used by US Navy ships.

11 April

Staff Writer With AFP

Guyana Buys Military Patrol Vessel Triggering Rebuke From Venezuela

Guyana has bought a military patrol vessel from French shipbuilder Ocea, triggering a rebuke from Venezuela, which claims an oil-rich region of Guyana as its own.

10 April