Trump ship: prestige over utility
By Tom Sharpe*
On December 22, 2025, at his Mar-a-Lago resort, President Trump unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” battleship as the centrepiece of his...
US Navy to get new small frigate
US Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced the service would pursue a new frigate based on HII’s Legend-class national security cutter, which was originally...
PLA-N wants nine carriers by 2035
China plans to field a force of nine aircraft carriers by 2035, according to a Defense Department report on Beijing’s military power released on...
Trump-class huge battleship announced
The centerpiece of the Trump administration’s revamp of the U.S. Navy is the largest surface combatant America will build since World War II. The...
$1bn contract for 18 army landing vessels
Austal Limited is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $1.029 billion Design and Build Contract for Landing Craft Medium (LCM) under...
US Navy announces new small surface combatant
On 19 December the US Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component...
Reasons for Indonesian carrier
By Pornomo Rovan Astri Yoga*
Indonesia’s debate over acquiring an aircraft carrier often covers cost, military role and image. Critics say such ships are offensive...
Sea trials for new Chinese amphibious ship
The People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) announced that on 16 November the Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan completed its first three-day ‘navigation test mission’...
Lessons from Truman’s four bad things
By Tom Sharpe*
Some say bad things happen in threes. It seems when it comes to the US Navy, they happen in fours. The report...
New US frigate class by 2028
The Navy hopes to have new frigates based on an American design “in the water” in 2028, a senior service official said today, an...