
The US Navy’s oldest active aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz (CVN-68), has completed one of its final major overseas deployments after taking part in multinational naval exercises under the Southern Seas 2026 mission.

The US Coast Guard (USCG) has finalized a $3.5 billion contract for the construction and delivery of five Arctic security cutters (ASCs).

General Dynamics NASSCO has received funding of $856 million for the construction of the US Navy’s replenishment oiler T-AO 217.

Ultra Maritime has opened its expanded Wake Forest facility, marking a significant milestone in the company’s continued investment and collaborative partnership with the US Navy.

The US Navy is steadily moving shipboard laser weapons from experimental programs into fleet operations, as the service establishes a dedicated training pipeline for sailors at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s Directed Energy Systems Integration Laboratory (DESIL).

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) Carrier Strike Group is returning to Naval Station Norfolk after a historic 11-month deployment, the US Navy announced.

Canada, Finland and the United States have advanced cooperation under the Icebreaker Collaboration Effort (ICE Pact), reinforcing efforts to expand Arctic and polar icebreaker production capacity.

The Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) has departed HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division en route to its homeport in Norfolk, Virginia, ahead of its future commissioning in Whittier, Alaska.

Boston-based technology and shipbuilding company Blue Water Autonomy has forged strategic partnerships to scale the production of its next-generation, autonomous vessels.

General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) has scored a contract to build another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the US Navy.

TKMS and General Dynamics Mission Systems–Canada have agreed to an industrial cooperation under the Canadian Defence & Dual-Use Innovation Ecosystem (CDDE) to establish an undersea research and development centre called Arctic Sentinel.

American company Northrop Grumman has delivered the 70th E-2D Advanced Hawkeye to the US Navy.

Norwegian company Kongsberg Maritime has won a contract with Austal USA to supply its Promas propulsion system to the next four ships in the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Heritage Class program.

The world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), hosted a high-level US Navy visit while operating in the Mediterranean Sea on May 5, 2026.