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.
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.
A ceremonial keel-laying ceremony for the Project 22350 frigate Admiral Gromov has taken place at Severnaya Verf Shipyard.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has strongly objected to Norway’s decision to revoke the export licence for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system and its associated launcher systems, following a telephone conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
The Australian government has signed a new missile cooperation agreement with Norway as Canberra advances plans to invest up to $850 million in domestic production of naval strike missiles and joint strike missiles.
Swedish defense company Saab has entered into a strategic collaboration agreement in the naval domain with the PGZ Group, Poland’s largest defense corporation.
Australia’s guided missile destroyer HMAS Hobart has reached two major milestones in its ongoing modernization program.
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).
Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract by Japan’s shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to provide SeaRAM ship self-defense systems in support of Australia’s Sea3000 General Purpose Frigate program.
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.
US forces intercepted Iranian missiles, drones, and small boats during a transit through the Strait of Hormuz on May 7, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) revealed.
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.
