Sweden and France Sign Contract for Four Frigates
From 24 to 27 August 2026, the four French Navy vessels based in Noumea conducted the Cagou exercise in the New Caledonian lagoon and offshore. The surveillance frigate (FS) Vendemiaire,…
Austal USA Starts Construction of USCGC Ingham
Austal USA has started construction on its third U.S. Coast Guard Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), the future USCGC Ingham, at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. Ingham is…
Where Will America’s Fifth Navy Yard Be?
By Michael Sharpe President Trump has given the U.S. Navy 120 days to come back with a plan for a fifth public Navy Yard. That sounds straightforward. It isn’t. The…
Austal USA Delivers LCU 1710 to US Navy
Austal USA delivered LCU 1710 August 14, marking the first LCU 1700-class vessel ever delivered to the U.S. Navy. This is also a historic milestone for the company as this…
USCG in Multinational PANAMAX Exercise
U.S. Coast Guard deployable specialized forces personnel and the U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutter Robert Ward (WPC 1130) crew concluded participation in the PANAMAX 2026 exercise in-port and offshore of…
Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr.
The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), an Expeditionary Sea Base, from General Dynamics NASSCO in San Diego, Aug. 25. The delivery of ESB…
19th MMCA in WPS with US, Australia, Successful
Naval and air units from the Philippines, United States, and Australia successfully conducted on Aug. 19 to 25, the 19th multilateral maritime cooperative activity (MMCA) in the West Philippine Sea.…
USS Massachusetts Ready for Tasking
The Navy has completed shakedown trials on the USS Massachusetts (SSN 798) and the submarine is ready for Fleet tasking. As a result of the superb material condition and combat…
RTX Accelerates Tomahawk Production
Acting Secretary of the Nav, Hung Cao announced August 17 that the Department of the Navy awarded a contract to Raytheon, an RTX business, valued at $22.9 billion, to accelerate…
Undocking of USS North Carolina in Pearl Harbor
Story and photo by Camelia Streff Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS North Carolina (SSN 777), Aug. 12, 2026,…