The programme is expected to support nearly 5,000 jobs during construction and contribute almost C$650 million annually to Canada’s gross domestic product.
Australia has laid the keel of NUSHIP Hunter, the first Hunter-class frigate, at South Australia’s Osborne Naval Shipyard.
The Dreadnought Alliance says a new £8.4 billion funding phase will move Britain’s nuclear submarine replacement programme from construction towards operational delivery.
In late July, TKMS and Navantia announced that they had signed a second memorandum of understanding covering the production and commercialisation of selected future submarine projects.
Britain will invest £15 billion during the current Parliament in its sovereign nuclear warhead programme, supporting more than 9,000 jobs, the Ministry of Defence said.
The Royal Navy has flown a Malloy T-150B heavy-lift drone from a River-class Batch 2 patrol ship for the first time.
Britain’s Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine programme supports approximately 30,000 jobs across the country, according to the industrial alliance delivering the project.
The U.S. Marine Corps has accepted the first prototype of an Australian-designed surface craft intended to sustain forces across contested Pacific shorelines without relying on ports.
USS George Washington recorded its 200,000th fixed-wing aircraft recovery on Aug. 18 when Navy Lt. Steven Frazier landed an F-35C Lightning II in the Indian Ocean, the U.S. Department of War said.
Babcock and Danske Flådeskibe K/S signed a Letter of Collaboration to develop a joint industrial proposal for potential new Royal Danish Navy frigates.
Britain plans to expand its fleet of nuclear-powered attack submarines to as many as 12 as it completes the Astute-class programme and develops its SSN-AUKUS successor.
Lockheed Martin and Saildrone have completed a live-fire demonstration from a Surveyor-class unmanned surface vessel during the U.S. Navy’s RIMPAC 2026 exercise near Hawaii.
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