The Indonesian Navy has taken delivery of a new patrol ship while construction continues on Japanese and Malaysian surface combatants and a US Navy attack submarine. The Swedish military has meanwhile placed orders for locally built small fast boats.
Swedish shipbuilder Saab has received an order for 22 CB90-class fast assault craft from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.
The order was booked in the second quarter of 2025 and has a value of approximately SEK900 million (US$90 million).
Malaysia’s second littoral combat ship (LCS), Raja Muda Nala, was officially launched on July 3 in a ceremony at Lumut Naval Shipyard (LUNAS).
The 111-metre LCS has a displacement of 3,100 tons and runs on CODAD propulsion. It has a maximum design speed of 28 knots and can carry a crew of 138.
The Indonesian Navy took delivery of a new PPA-type frigate, KRI Brawijaya, in a ceremony held on July 2 at the Fincantieri shipyard in Muggiano, Italy.
The Brawijaya is the first PPA-type ship acquired by Indonesia from Italy and will join the Escort Ship Unit of Fleet Command II.
The future US Navy Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Arkansas was launched into the James River at Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) facilities in Virginia on Wednesday, July 2.
NNS' shipbuilders transferred the future Arkansas from a construction facility to the floating dry dock, where it was launched and moved by tugs to a submarine pier at the shipyard for final outfitting, testing and crew certification.
Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) held a naming and launching ceremony on July 2 for Tatsuta, the eleventh Mogami-class stealth frigate being built for Japan's Ministry of Defence. The ceremony took place at the company's Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works.
The 3,900-tonne Tatsuta was ordered in fiscal year 2023 and is named after the Tatsuta River in Nara Prefecture. The launch follows that of its sister ship, Nagara, which was also launched in Nagasaki in December 2024.