Nearly 4,500 sailors aboard the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16 after an 11-month deployment across the US 4th, 5th, and 6th Fleets.
HII, in partnership with MetalCraft Marine, has delivered and sea-tested two unmanned surface vessels (USVs) awarded under a Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) contract for smaller-form-factor autonomous boat prototypes for the US Marine Corps.
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.
Swedish defense company Saab has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement in the naval domain with the PGZ Group, Poland’s largest defense corporation.
The first vessel of Türkiye’s New Type Landing Craft Tank (YLCT) project, TCG Ç-159, has officially entered service with the Turkish Naval Forces following an accelerated construction program completed in just 18 months.
Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has carried out the lowering into dry dock of macrostructure 300 of the Spanish Navy’s maritime action vessel for underwater intervention (BAM-IS).
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 UK has deployed the Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon to the Middle East as part of preparations for a potential multinational mission.
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.
General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (GD BIW) has scored a contract to build another Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the US Navy.
Shipping traffic in the crucial Strait of Hormuz has dropped by more than 90 per cent since the conflict in the Middle East began, said the Royal Navy team monitoring the Middle East waters.
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.
Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron company, has scored a contract d from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to produce and deliver multiple TSUNAMI uncrewed surface vessels (USVs).
The UK has unveiled plans for a new multinational maritime force with nine European allies, aiming to strengthen collective deterrence and operational readiness in the North Atlantic and High North.
