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...
Boost for AI’s use in submarine production
The US Navy and tech firm Palantir have announced an initial $448 million contract that will see the tech company proliferate its artificial intelligence...
The future of the US surface fleet
The abrupt curtailment of the Constellation-class frigate programme in November 2025, paired with mounting delays across American naval shipyards, has underscored the fragility of...
US Navy releases Harry S Truman Carrier Strike Group investigations
On 4 December 2025 the US Navy released investigations related to the four incidents at sea that occurred during Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike...
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’...
Russian threat to UK’s undersea assets
To Russia, the Yantar is an oceanic research vessel - to others, including the UK, it's a spy ship, and a worry for Britain's...
US Navy cans constellation-class frigate
The US Navy is walking away from the Constellation-class frigate program to focus on new classes of warships the service can build faster, Secretary...
Questioning the big UK carriers
By Andrew Latham*
The Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class carriers were written off not long ago as symbols of strategic confusion: too large for a modest...