US Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has arrived at Naval Support Activity Souda Bay for maintenance and resupply following a recent onboard fire in the Red Sea.
The Royal Navy shadowed two sanctioned Russian cargo ships and their escorting warships in the past week in UK waters as part of a concentrated NATO effort from the Mediterranean to the North Sea.
The UK has revealed plans to deploy its Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon and drone-busting Wildcat helicopters to the Eastern Mediterranean to boost British defense in the region.
The UK Ministry of Defense (UK MOD) has reported a 30% increase in Russian naval vessels threatening British waters over the past two years.
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The Royal Navy’s Carrier Strike Group (CSG) has completed its eight-month global deployment, returning home aboard HMS Prince of Wales and its escort vessels after steaming more than 40,000 nautical miles across the Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, and beyond.
Defense company Aselsan has carried out a live-fire test of the GÖKSUR air defense system, achieving a major milestone for Türkiye’s naval defense.
The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRF CSG), led by the world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), conducted routine operations in the High North region with maritime forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) and NATO partners Norway, Germany, and France.
The Royal Navy has delivered supplies between warships using a British-built drone for the first time during its 2025 Indo-Pacific deployment.
Leonardo DRS has completed the first series of open-water demonstrations of its maritime mission equipment package (MEP), designed for counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C‑UAS) naval fleet protection.
A specialist mine-hunting ship has formally become a Royal Navy warship as it prepares for front-line operations aimed at protecting UK waters from underwater threats.
Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace have entered a cooperation agreement aimed at fostering further close industrial collaboration to support the defense requirements of Norway, Germany, and other allied countries.
The munition from the maritime mine countermeasure (MMCM) program has been fired at the Swedish Test Centre (FMV) in Motala Lake, according to the Organization for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR).
Royal Navy’s flagship, the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales is leading warships, aircraft and a submarine of the UK Carrier Strike Group into the Mediterranean ahead of major allied exercises.
