FS Charles de Gaulle Conducts MECO Training
During its operational readiness training (MECO), the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle conducted a particularly ambitious firing campaign from November 28 to 30, 2025, validating new onboard ammunition capabilities. Catapult…
U.S. Navy Recovers Aircraft Lost From USS Nimitz
The U.S. Navy successfully recovered, on December 5, 2025, the F/A-18F Super Hornet and MH-60R Seahawk aircraft lost during two separate incidents off USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The recovery effort…
US Coast Guard Begins Ice Breaking Operations
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes commenced Operation Taconite at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10, to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial traffic. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter SPAR…
Navy’s Flight III Destroyer Brings Significant Combatant Capabilities
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) is the first Flight III warship in the U.S. Navy, marking a significant evolution in surface force combatant capabilities.…
Naval Aviation Joins 2025-26 Summer Antarctic Campaign
While the icebreaker ARA “Almirante Irizar” was off Monte Hermoso, yesterday the Embarked Naval Air Group (GAE) was integrated, thus joining the Summer Antarctic Campaign (CAV) 2025-26. From the Comandante…
Dutch Navy Adds Three New NH90 Helicopters
The Ministry of Defence is purchasing three additional NH90 maritime attack helicopters. The contract was signed on December 9th. The contract includes an option for two more aircraft. The military…
U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time, Dec. 16. The Independence-class…
F-35 Jets Underline Ability to Operate From Partner Nations’ Warships
The final major workout of the UK Carrier Strike Group’s 2025 deployment once again underscored the striking power and versatility of the F-35 stealth fighter – as British and Italian…
Den Helder Returns to the Caribbean
HNLMS Den Helder is returning to the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The ship was previously there for warm-weather trials. After interim visits to Norfolk and New…
UK Unveils New Undersea Warfare Technology
The UK has unveiled work on its groundbreaking Atlantic Bastion program, which will make Britain more secure from Russian undersea threats in the North Atlantic through a transformation of the…