The U.S. Navy returned USS North Dakota to the fleet on Aug. 29 after Portsmouth Naval Shipyard completed its extended drydocking maintenance period ahead of the rebaselined schedule.
Spain has deployed two S-80 submarines simultaneously for the first time, marking a new stage in the modernisation of its undersea fleet.
The expansion will support the construction of the Dreadnought class, completion of the Astute programme and development of SSN-AUKUS.
The U.S. Navy issued new technical requirements on Aug. 11 that broaden the use of metallic additive manufacturing across submarine design, construction, overhaul and repair.
Britain expects workforce demand across its Defence Nuclear Enterprise to reach around 65,000 by 2030, up from an estimated 47,600 jobs currently supported by the sector.
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’s Dreadnought ballistic missile submarine programme supports approximately 30,000 jobs across the country, according to the industrial alliance delivering the project.
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.
U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Gary Montalvo has taken command of Submarine Group 7 in Japan, succeeding Rear Adm. Lincoln Reifsteck after a tenure marked by expanded undersea operations and closer cooperation with regional allies.
The U.S. Navy has declared USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) ready for fleet tasking and waived the Virginia-class submarine’s post-shakedown availability.
Cohort’s German subsidiary ELAC has secured a €140.7 million contract from Saab to supply integrated sonar systems for Poland’s Orka submarine programme.
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