Navy

The Great Battleship Debate: gCaptain’s Konrad Takes On AEI’s Zack Cooper The U.S. Navy has not commissioned a battleship since 1944. Donald Trump now

NORFOLK, Va. — America’s newest commissioned aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) tied up at Pier 11 this morning after 326 days at sea,

By Nayera Abdallah (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Sunday rejected Iran’s response to a U.S. proposal for peace talks to end the war, as

Why America’s Cargo Demand Is Building Maritime Capacity Everywhere but at Home By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy Op-Ed)   I spent last week at the Sea-Air-Space

By Sam Kim and Tony Czuczka Apr 25, 2026 (Bloomberg) –US naval forces intercepted a sanctioned vessel in the Arabian Sea on Saturday as part of the

The global maritime system remains open, but operates with less slack, greater volatility, and more variable constraints on access. By Bruce Kimbrell (Policy

By Erik Wasson and Gregory Korte (Bloomberg) President Donald Trump is preparing to release a fiscal year 2027 budget plan on Friday that will frame his

The Western allies trying to negotiate a way to protect the Strait of Hormuz for energy shipping face a stark reality: a similar effort in the Red Sea that

SPLIT, Croatia, March 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, which had been deployed in U.S.-Israeli operations against

By Captain John Konrad (Opinion) – The Strait of Hormuz is twenty-one miles wide. Two shipping channels, each two miles across, separated by a two-mile

Iranian missiles struck the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain on Saturday after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on Iran, triggering

America builds under 1% of commercial ships. The White House Maritime Action Plan bets on vessel fees, a trust fund, and zones, but Congress is the clock.By

RTX Corp. secured a multi-year Pentagon deal to dramatically increase production of Tomahawk Anti-Ship cruise missiles and SM-6 interceptors, weeks after

The future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) departed Newport News Shipbuilding for first sea trials, marking a milestone for the $13.2 billion Ford-class carrier.

By Charlie Duxbury Feb 2, 2026 (Bloomberg) – The French navy sailed its new frigate Amiral Ronarc’h into Sweden’s Gothenburg harbor on Monday as

By Philip J. Heijmans Jan 24, 2026 (Bloomberg) –A US warship docked at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base on Saturday for a five-day visit, signaling a

At SNA, the CNO Talked Ships, Lasers — and Finally Answered the Merchant Marine Question By John Konrad (gCaptain) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Surface Navy

by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) Shipyards have a way of telling the truth. Steel does not care about narratives, and submarines are unimpressed by talking

by Andrew Cawthorne (Reuters) The U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday,

Hung Cao and the Fight to Rebuild America’s Maritime Power Before the Next War Arrives by Captain John Konrad (gCaptain) The first thing you notice about the