Training & Education
Canadian Navy: Hammerhead USV hits target in first live explosive test
The Royal Canadian Navy has armed and deployed an uncrewed Hammerhead maritime system with explosives during Exercise Trident Fury 2025.
UK using robots to foil underwater threats (VIDEO)
The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and industry partners have adapted and tested a commercially available remotely operated vehicle (ROV) for the Royal Navy to prevent sabotage and remove potential threats.
US Navy’s Virginia-class sub conducts underwater drone mission
The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Delaware (SSN 791) completed the first-ever torpedo tube deployment and recovery of the Yellow Moray UUV while operating in the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) area.
Royal Navy: Puma drone steers Merlin in radar-free trial
The Royal Navy has used a Puma drone to guide a crewed Merlin helicopter during a live operation in the Atlantic, marking the first time unmanned and manned aircraft have worked in tandem in this way.
UK’s HMS Dragon shoots down supersonic missile in ‘historic first’ (VIDEO)
The Type 45 destroyer, HMS Dragon, has destroyed a supersonic missile in a test off the coast of Scotland, in ‘a historic first’ for the Royal Navy.
Royal Navy kicks off major workout as global deployment ramps up
The Royal Navy’s UK Carrier Strike Group (CSG), led by HMS Prince of Wales, has arrived off Italy’s southern coast to begin Exercise Med Strike with NATO allies, starting a major workout as part of its eight-month Indo-Pacific deployment.
UK’s Type 45 destroyer shatters drone swarm threats in live-fire exercise (PHOTOS)
The Royal Navy’s Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless successfully shot down swarms of drones in a live-fire exercise.
US Navy’s destroyer tests Aegis combat system to track hypersonic target
The US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Pinckney (DDG 91) has completed Flight Test Other 40 (FTX-40), also known as Stellar Banshee, using Lockheed Martin’s Aegis combat system to detect, track, and perform an engagement against a live advanced hypersonic medium-range ballistic missile (MRB
HII locks in $147 million deal to support training services for US Navy
HII’s Mission Technologies division has been awarded a $147 million contract to support shipboard and shore-based combat training services for the US Navy.
First-ever launch of uncrewed tech from foreign warship marks new era in Royal Navy ops
The Royal Navy has used uncrewed technology to detect and gather information on underwater threats from an allied warship, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s (JMSDF) Uraga-class mine countermeasure vessel, for the first time.
Royal Navy deploys mini-helicopter drone for the first time
The Royal Navy has used its new mini-helicopter drone for the first time on drug-hunting operations in the Middle East.
German Navy to receive training simulators from Rheinmetall
German technology corporation Rheinmetall has received a contract to supply training simulators to the German Navy.
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.
US Navy, 35+ partners kick off IMX 2025 in Middle East
The Middle East region’s largest maritime exercise, International Maritime Exercise (IMX) 2025, kicked off in two locations, Bahrain and Jordan, on February 10.