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Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)’s White Sands Detachment (WSD) recently hit a high mark in its suborbital vehicle’s capabilities, launching its biggest sounding rocket for an…
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Boeing a $75 million Undefinitized Contract Action (UCA) to acquire the BSU-111/B Payload Delivery Unit (PDU) Joint Direct Attack Munition Long Range (JDAM LR),…
Anzac class frigate HMAS Perth has departed Fleet Base West in Western Australia to commence the Australian Defence Force’s fifth Regional Presence Deployment of 2026. Perth will participate in training…
The frigate ARA Libertad, a training ship of the Argentine Navy, moored in the port of Kingston (Port Royal), beginning its official visit to the capital of Jamaica as part…
Capt. Thomas Flaherty, commander of Submarine Squadron (SUBRON) 4, under which Virginia operates, welcomed the crew home and praised their efforts. “The deployment of USS Virginia to the European theater…
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) concluded operations in support of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2026 exercise and returned to their homeport in Honolulu, July 27.…
On August 3, the Department of the Navy announced a decisive step to sharpen its competitive edge, reclassifying nineteen planned Virginia Class submarines equipped with the Virginia Payload Module (VPM)…
The keel laying of the fourth Pohjanmaa-class multifunction corvette took place at the Rauma shipyard on Tuesday, 4 August 2026. The keel-laying ceremony is a traditional and symbolically important milestone…