Huntingdon Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII) says its Newport News Shipbuilding division recently received approval as a vendor to provide additive manufacturing components to Naval Sea Systems (NAVSEA) platforms. Certification enables NNS to use additive manufacturing, or 3D printing, to fabricate pipefittings or other potential components for use on aircraft carriers, submarines and other NAVSEA platforms. In […]
The Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division marked a major milestone in the new DDG(X) Land Based Test Site (LBTS) during a ribbon cutting ceremony on 21 March 2023. The test site will be used to support and improve reliability and capability and will also assist with risk reduction […]
The US Navy aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) completed an 18-month docking planning incremental availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility on 21 March 2023. Work completed during the availability, which began on 10 September 2021, included a variety of regularly scheduled maintenance as well as modernization upgrades. The project […]
The US Navy’s latest Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessel, USNS Cody (EPF 14), was launched at Austal USA’s shipyard on 20 March 2023. Capable of transporting personnel and cargo up to 1,200 nautical miles at a speed of 35 knots, each EPF vessel has a flight deck to support day and night aircraft launch and […]
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract for the sale of six sets of controllable pitch propellers to Hyundai Heavy Industries. The propellers will be installed on six new 94-metre offshore patrol vessels for the Philippine Navy. Each propulsion set will consist of twin Kongsberg Kamewa controllable pitch propeller 86 A/5 D-B systems, as well as […]
In early April 2023, UK Minister for Defence Procurement Alex Chalk attended the ceremony to officially begin construction on the future HMS Birmingham at BAE Systems’ Govan shipyard in Glasgow. The steel cutting, marking the official start of build on the fourth of eight Type 26 frigates, was carried out by apprentice burner, Ciaran Baillie, […]
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) held a launching ceremony in April 2023 for the Korean Navy’s first ‘3,600-ton class’ frigate, Chungnam. The ceremony took place at the company’s Ulsan headquarters. Chungnam is the first ship of six Ulsan-class Batch-III frigates. The vessel is 129m long with a breadth of 15m. It is equipped with a multi-function […]
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) has confirmed that its subsidiary ST Engineering Marine Ltd has been awarded a contract by the Singapore Ministry of Defence for the detailed design and construction of six Multi-Role Combat Vessels (MRCVs) for the Republic of Singapore Navy. ST Engineering will be responsible for the procurement and integration of […]
Huntingdon Ingalls Shipbuilding (HHI) has confirmed that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a US$1.3 billion modification to a previously awarded contract from the US Navy for detailed design and construction of amphibious transport dock LPD 32. The resulting fixed-price-incentive contract totals US$1.54 billion. The ship will be the 16th in the San Antonio-class and the third […]
On 29 March 2023, the first of the 12 mine countermeasure vessels in the Belgian-Dutch Robotic mine countermeasure (rMCM) programme, M940 Oostende, which is intended for the Belgian Navy, was floated out in Concarneau. The launching ceremony took place in the presence of Ludivine Dedonder, Belgian Minister of Defence, Kajsa Ollongren, Dutch Minister of Defence, and […]
By David Foxwell Two analyses of unrelated recent events could suggest a great deal about the way naval technology is evolving, and about how it is evolving a country that presents a potential threat to regional and Western forces. In the first, Ukraine used uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to inflict […]
Uncertainty surrounds the start of construction and a delivery date for the US Coast Guard’s flagship Polar Security Cutter A delivery date for the first of the US Navy’s trio of Polar Security Cutters (PSC) remains unclear following testimony given to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation in April […]