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The Papua New Guinea Defence Force commissioned the first Guardian-class patrol boat HMPNGS Ted Diro in a ceremony on February 1. The ceremony was attended by the Chief of the Australian Defence Force and the ship's company of the Royal Australian Navy's Armidale-class patrol boat HMAS Wollongong. ...

US Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) arrived in Laem Chabang, Thailand, for what the navy said would be a brief port call on February 10. The aircraft carrier arrived in Thailand after concluding operations in the Persian Gulf, where it arrived early December 2018. ...

The Australian government has signed an official contract with France's Naval Group for the construction of 12 new submarines for the Royal Australian Navy. ...

A previously unnamed Turkish Navy test and evaluation ship was launched at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard on February 9, in a ceremony attended by the Turkish president and defense department officials. The launch ceremony was used to reveal that the future ship would be named TCG Ufufk, ...

The Royal Navy could possibly get a fleet of two new 'Littoral Strike Ships' for operations close to the shore, UK defense secretary Gavin Williamson announced during a speech at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies on February 11. ...

The US Navy's forward-deployed amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) arrived in Thailand ahead of the start of multi-national exercise Cobra Gold 2019. The ship arrived in Sattahip with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) on February 7. ...

An Italian AV-8B Harrier hitched a ride home aboardВ Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) after six months of maintenance in the US. The Italian aircraft, along with its flight crew, returned to Grottaglie Naval Base, Italy, on January 3, ...

Chilean ivebreaker Antarctica 1 will feature electromagnetic compatibility and interference equipment from Finland's Surma, under a contract awarded by prime contractor ASMAR. Surma will assist ASMAR throughout the multiyear project managing the EMC working group of the Antartica 1 project. ...

The Canadian government has officially signed a contract with Irving Shipbuiding and the BAE Systems-Lockheed Martin team for the construction of Canada's future surface combatants. ...

USS Tulsa (LCS 16), the US Navy's eighth Independence variant littoral combat ship, is scheduled to be commissionedВ at San Francisco's Embarcadero Pier 30/32, in a ceremony on February 16. Oklahoma Senator James Lankford will deliver the commissioning ceremony's principal address. ...

The Pakistan Navy-hosted biennial maritime exercise AMAN-2019 kicked off in Karachi on February 8, with 46 nations in attendance. The four-day exercise will involve a port and at-sea phase with a focus on maritime security, counter terrorism and humanitarian assistance operations. Based on this, ...

Canadian shipbuilderВ Seaspan Shipyards has awarded Lockheed Martin Canada a CAD118 million contract to provide the Command Management System for the Royal Canadian Navy's Joint Support Ships. Seaspan says this is the largest contract package the company will award for work on the JSS. ...

French defense contractor Naval Group has joined forces with Dutch shipbuilder Royal IHC in a bid to secure a contract for the Royal Netherlands Navy's submarine replacement project. ...

Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Regina on Wednesday departed the Esquimalt naval base in company of support ship M/V Asterix, starting a deployment which will see the duo operate in the Pacific Ocean, Asia, Middle East and East Africa. ...

The Royal Navy received theВ long-endurance autonomous vessel known as the C-Enduro, vessel manufacturer L2 ASV announced on February 5. ...

The Portuguese Navy commissioned its fourth Viana do Castelo-class Offshore Patrol Vessel – the NRP Setubal – in a February 6 baptism ceremony at the West Seas shipyards, in Viana do Castelo. ...

The US Navy's AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) successfully tracked a ballistic missile target in the system's final developmental test. The test took place on January 31 and involved the launch of a short range ballistic missile target from the Pacific Missile Range Facility. ...

US Navy's newly-commissioned aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) recently wrapped up the first-ever live fire testВ of the latest generation of the Ship Self Defense System, or SSDS, Integrated Combat System on the Self Defense Test Ship. ...

A Ticonderoga–class guided-missile cruiser collided with a Military Sealift Command-operated cargo ship during an underway replenishment off the southeastern coast of the United States, Feb. 5, the US Navy said. Cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55) and Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship USNS Robert E. ...

The US Navy's next Independence-variant littoral combat ship will be named USS Pierre (LCS 38), theВ Secretary of the Navy has announced. The future USS Pierre (LCS 38) is named in honor of the capital city of South Dakota and is the second ship to bear the name. ...