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U.S. Navy and Department of War naval coverage – SWO fleet deployment data, destroyer and submarine programs, maritime industrial base, Indo-Pacific strategy, and shipbuilding contracts.

Monday, November 17, 2025
The U.S. Navy’s Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, including the flagship USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), left, USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81), front, USS Mahan (DDG 72), back, USS Bainbridge (DDG 96), and embarked Carrier Air Wing Eight F/A-18E/F Super Hornets
Defense

USS Gerald R. Ford Arrives to Caribbean in Major Counter-Narcotics Operation

The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group entered the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, marking a significant escalation in U.S. military operations against

November 17, 2025
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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Defense

Lockheed Martin Invests $50 Million in Saildrone to Arm Unmanned Surface Vessels

Lockheed Martin announced a $50 million investment in Saildrone to integrate lethal defense systems onto the company’s unmanned surface vessels, with

October 29, 2025
Total Views: 2213

Friday, October 24, 2025
Defense

Trump Adds to Military Buildup in Caribbean With Ford Carrier Deployment

President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft

October 24, 2025
Total Views: 1049

Defense

Pentagon Sends Ford Carrier Strike Group to Caribbean as U.S. Expands Military Campaign Against Cartels

The Secretary of War has directed the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to support operations against

October 24, 2025
Total Views: 1095

Saturday, October 18, 2025
A screenshot of video released by President Trump showing the U.S. military strike against an alleged narco vessel in international waters, which Trump claims resulted in the deaths of three smugglers.
Navy

US Deports ‘Narco Sub’ Survivors

by Phil Stewart (Reuters) President Donald Trump’s administration is moving to send the two survivors of a Thursday strike in the Caribbean overseas

October 18, 2025
Total Views: 1722

Friday, October 17, 2025
News

U.S. Navy Warship Holding Survivors From Strike on Caribbean Vessel

The U.S. military is holding two survivors aboard a Navy ship after rescuing them from a suspected drug vessel in the Caribbean hit by a U.S. strike that

October 17, 2025
Total Views: 1787

Monday, September 15, 2025
Defense

Venezuela Accuses U.S. Destroyer of Illegally Boarding Fishing Vessel

The Venezuelan government announced on Saturday that a U.S. destroyer intercepted, boarded and occupied aVenezuelan tuna fishing vessel for eight hours in the

September 15, 2025
Total Views: 1560

Saturday, August 30, 2025
Navy

US Builds Up Forces In Caribbean As Officials, Experts, Ask Why

By Idrees Ali, Patricia Zengerle and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – A large buildup of U.S. naval forces in and around the Southern

August 30, 2025
Total Views: 5355

Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Defense

Stena Imperative Crew Earns CONSOL Certification from Military Sealift Command

The crew of the Crowley-managed Stena Imperative has achieved CONSOL (consolidated cargo operations) certification from Military Sealift Command, marking a

August 26, 2025
Total Views: 1372

Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Defense

Fire on USS New Orleans Amphibious Warship Off Okinawa Now Extinguished

An amphibious warship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) suffered a fire off the coast of Okinawa, Japan on Wednesday, prompting a coordinated international response

August 20, 2025
Total Views: 1236

Navy

The US Navy is Building a Drone Fleet to Take on China. It’s Not Going Well.

During a U.S. naval test off the California coast last month, which was designed to showcase the Pentagon’s top autonomous drone boats, one vessel stalled

August 20, 2025
Total Views: 1577

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Shipbuilding

HD Hyundai Secures First U.S. Navy MRO Contract

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has secured a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) contract for the USNS Alan Shepard, a 41,000-ton Lewis and Clark-class dry

August 6, 2025
Total Views: 677

Monday, August 4, 2025
Defense

U.S. Navy Launches Program to Revolutionize Unmanned Surface Fleet

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Navy has issued a solicitation seeking industry input for its new Modular Attack Surface Craft (MASC) program. The initiative

August 4, 2025
Total Views: 9437

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Defense

Iran Says it Warned Away US destroyer but US Dismisses Account

Iran warned a U.S. destroyer on Wednesday to change course after it approached waters being monitored by the Islamic Republic, leading the U.S. ship to turn

July 23, 2025
Total Views: 4570

Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Defense

Defense Secretary Orders Renaming of USNS Harvey Milk Amid DEI Policy Changes

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the U.S. Navy to rename the USNS Harvey Milk (T-AO 206), a John Lewis-class fleet oiler that was delivered to the

June 3, 2025
Total Views: 4107

Monday, June 2, 2025
Defense

USS Harry S. Truman Strike Group Returns After Extended Deployment Marked by Major Combat Operations

The USS Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group has returned to Norfolk, Virginia, following an eight-month deployment that included extensive combat operations

June 2, 2025
Total Views: 5226

Saturday, May 31, 2025
Navy

US Navy To Field ‘Game-Changer’ Anti-Ship Tomahawk By September

By Tony Capaccio May 30, 2025 (Bloomberg) –The US Navy will start fielding an anti-ship version of its Tomahawk cruise missile on destroyers by late

May 31, 2025
Total Views: 7097

Saturday, May 17, 2025
Navy

Frigate Touted By Trump Is Among Navy’s ‘Least Performing’ Programs

By Tony Capaccio May 13, 2025 (Bloomberg) –A $22 billion frigate project that President Donald Trump once touted as “the most beautiful, they look

May 17, 2025
Total Views: 3507

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Shipping

Maritime EO and SHIPS Act Target Critical Gaps Blocking Military Vets from Merchant Marine Roles

Opinion By Nate Gilman President of Mariner Credential Service LLC, Commander Ander S Heiles, USN and Grant Greenwell, AFNI,

May 13, 2025
Total Views: 3803

Sunday, May 11, 2025
Navy

U.S. Navy Must Pay Families Poisoned By Red Hill Fuel Leak

A federal judge in Hawaii ordered the U.S. government on Wednesday to pay about $600,000 to six families impacted by a 2021 Red Hill fuel spill that tainted

May 11, 2025
Total Views: 2923