Snap review of US naval shipbuilding
On 11 January it was announced that the Secretary of the US Navy, Carlos Del Toro, has directed newly-confirmed Assistant Secretary of the Navy...
Four uncrewed ships return from tests
The U.S. Navy completed its first deployment of four unmanned ships, which spent five months in the Pacific testing concepts for how to integrate...
Royal Fleet Auxilliary under threat
One of the most important pieces of news in the UK this week was the announcement that a major Model Railway exhibition that had...
Iranian Navy captures oil tanker
Iran’s navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized...
BAE wins Anzac class gun contract
BAE Systems was awarded a contract by the Commonwealth of Australia to upgrade existing Mk 45 Mod 2 naval gun systems on Anzac class...
UK Marines boss bemoans ships’ axing
A former head of the Royal Marines has warned the Government's rumoured plans to retire HMS Albion and her sister ship HMS Bulwark would...
Ukraine: Russia’s shrinking navy
Most of the world’s leading navies are getting bigger—a lot bigger—by one key metric: tonnage, Forbes reports.
But not the Russian navy. It’s struggling to...
75 combat-ready vessels is US aim
The U.S. Navy’s surface fleet, still short of its readiness goal of 75 combat-credible surface ships at any given time, is pursuing new ways...
Constellation-class delay
The first Constellation-class guided-missile frigate will deliver at least a year late due in large part to workforce shortfalls at the Wisconsin yard where...
US destroyer roll-out plan
The Navy is looking for a three-year overlap between the start of construction on its next-generation guided-missile destroyer DDG(X) and its current crop of...