Operations

Indian Navy conducts flight trials of naval anti-ship missile
Defense Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy carried out successful flight-trials of the “first-of-its-kind” naval anti-ship missile (NASM-SR) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, on February 25, 2025.

Photo reveals damage to USS Harry S. Truman following collision as ship heads for emergency repairs
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) arrived at US Naval Support Activity (NSA) Souda Bay, Greece, to conduct an emergent repair availability (ERAV) on the ship’s starboard quarter following a recent collision with the bulk carrier Besiktas-M in the vicinity of Port Said, E

US Navy’s aircraft carrier collides with bulk carrier near Port Said, no injuries reported
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the bulk carrier Besiktas-M, while operating in the vicinity of Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the US Navy’s Sixth Fleet reported.

Russia’s Buyan-class corvette conducts exercise in Kaliningrad region, destroys air and sea targets
During a scheduled sea mission, the Buyan-class (Project 21631) small missile ship Grad completed exercises at a combat training range in the Kaliningrad region.

Game of shadows: UK’s warships track Russian vessel Yantar through UK waters
Two warships have tracked a suspected Russian ‘spy ship as’ it sailed through waters close to the UK, the Royal Navy revealed.

NATO initiates Baltic Sentry operation to defend undersea infrastructure in Baltic Sea
Allied Command Operations (ACO), which is responsible for the planning and execution of all NATO operations, has executed Baltic Sentry in the Baltic Sea to deter any future attempts by a state or non-state actor to damage critical undersea infrastructure there.

Navantia in discussions to acquire historic British shipbuilder Haarland & Wolff
Navantia UK, a subsidiary of Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, is in discussions with Harland & Wolff, a historic British shipbuilding and fabrication company, to acquire its operations across four sites: Belfast in Northern Ireland, Appledore in the South West of England and Methil and Arnish in Scotla

Skydweller Aero continues autonomous maritime patrol aircraft flight tests
Skydweller Aero has continued autonomous maritime patrol aircraft (AMPA) flight tests of the Skydweller unmanned aerial system (UAS) with operational military payloads integrated onboard.

UK’s Type 23 frigate tracks Chinese warships as they travel through UK waters
Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate HMS Richmond has kept a close watch on a Chinese Navy task group as it passed the UK twice in three weeks.

Royal Navy tests smallest ships as launchpad for minehunting ops
The Royal Navy has used its smallest warships as a launchpad for autonomous mine-hunting operations for the first time.

Royal Navy’s HMS Trent seizes nearly £17M of drugs in the Caribbean Sea
Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent has seized drugs with a street value of £16.7 million (about $21.2 million) in two separate blows to drug runners in the Caribbean.

Royal Navy delivers over 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Gaza
The Royal Navy announced that it has delivered more than 80 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza on behalf of the UK. Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship RFA Lyme Bay delivered more than 300 pallets of UK aid as well as medical supplies on behalf of the Republic of Cyprus into Port Said, Egypt. The aid [&hell

US creates naval coalition to protect shipping in Red Sea
The US has launched a new naval coalition, Operation Prosperity Guardian, in an effort to support the security and protect shipping in the Red Sea.

Australia’s frigate in ‘unsafe’ interaction with China’s destroyer
The Australian Government has expressed its serious concerns to the Chinese Government following an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ interaction with a People’s Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) destroyer.