Saab, FMV Launch LUUV
Less than one year after contract award, Saab, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) and the Swedish Armed Forces have successfully developed, built and launched a demonstrator for a Large…
USS Theodore Roosevelt Arrives in Yokosuka
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, and Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) arrived at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Oct. 16, 2026, ahead…
Philippine, US Naval MCA
The Armed Forces of the Philippines, and U.S. Navy conducted a Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, Oct. 14, 2026. This activity continues to showcase our…
Carderock’s Role in Atlantic Thunder 2026
By Alisha Tyer Long before the first weapon struck the decommissioned guided-missile frigate ex-USS Klakring (FFG 42) during Atlantic Thunder 2026, engineers from Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, were…
E-130J Phoenix II as US Navy’s New TACAMO
A new era of strategic airborne command and control capability for the U.S. Navy has officially begun with Lockheed Martin delivering a C-130J-30 Super Hercules aircraft destined to become the…
PCU Patrick Gallagher Arrives in Norfolk
The future USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127), an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived at its Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia home port for the first time Oct. 13, 2026. The arrival…
October 16 Australian Naval History
Australian Naval History on 16 October 1818 HMC brig LADY NELSON returned to Port Jackson, Sydney, after an unsuccessful search for survivors from the schooner WILLIAM COSSAR, in the Port…
Mahe-class ASW-SWC Mangrol Commissions
The Indian Navy commissioned INS Mangrol (P82), the third Mahe-class Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai, on 12 Oct 2026. The commissioning ceremony was presided…
Investment in X-BAT Reaches $400 Million
Shield AI announced that the U.S. Navy has executed a $150 million modification to its existing Other Transaction (OT) agreement with the company to advance X-BAT, an AI-piloted, vertical takeoff…
USN Drones Land on Moving Ships Video
The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) successfully proved an unmanned system can navigate missions and land aboard Navy ships without GPS or pilot control. https://d34w7g4gy10iej.cloudfront.net/video/2610/DOD_112056558/DOD_112056558-1280x720-3000k.mp4 “In contested areas…
