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These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Sept. 28, 2026, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations,…
Carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) quietly departed Sunday from San Diego to sail across the Pacific for what is expected to be an extended Middle East deployment, USNI News has learned. The carrier, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9, departed witho…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Both U.S. and foreign designs for the next small-surface combatant are under consideration after the cancellation of the Constellation-class guided-missile frigate, the new head of the Navy’s shipbuilding enterprise said this week. A for…
WASHINGTON NAVY YARD – Navy shore infrastructure will be in failing condition by 2037 if the sea service continues to use its current funding schedule, the new deputy chief of naval operations told USNI News on Thursday. As the newly created deputy chief of n…
Chinese warships and cutters blocked a Philippine resupply mission to Second Thomas Shoal on Thursday in the most significant development at the disputed South China Sea feature. The People’s Liberation Army Navy and China Coast Guard attempted to “hinder” th…
The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In U.S. 7th Fleet Area of Operations The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is underway following a two-day stop in Guam last weekend. The st…
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Not quite two months on the job, a submariner turned head of the Navy’s vast maintenance operation promised his office would create a more nimble organization that would better balance risk to speed ships back to the fleet. Program Acqui…
The U.S Navy recently demonstrated that an autonomous aircraft can receive a mission plan and execute that mission as part of the Collaborative Autonomy Mission Planning (CAMP) tool, the service announced Tuesday. CAMP is meant to integrate autonomous aircraf…
The following is the Sept. 23, 2026, Congressional Research Service report, Bahrain: Issues for U.S. Policy. From the Report The Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island nation connected by a causeway to Saudi Arabia (15.5 miles away) and once claimed by Iran (12…
NEW IBERIA, Louisiana – Surrounded by rows of sugar cane fields on Bayou Teche, generations of shipbuilders are wrenching on the U.S. Navy’s latest push toward a future drone fleet. Work boat builders and repair facilities dot U.S. Route 90 in southern Louisi…
This post has been updated to include that BAE Jacksonville received a $70 million maintenance availability for the Littoral Combat Ship USS Wichita (LCS-13). VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran is morphing how the Navy fixes and supplie…
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – An ex-Taiwan Coast Guard Administration patrol vessel is now under a Philippine flag in the most significant maritime security development between Taipei and Manila in recent years. The decommissioned Kinmen, one of four 500-ton Taipei-c…
North Korea test launched a new weapon over the weekend that appears to be a hypersonic missile, according to photos released Tuesday by state media Korean Central News Agency. North Korea’s Missile Administration Bureau tested a new weapon on Sunday, demonst…
Navy public works maintenance teams will now be under Commander, Navy Installations Command instead of the Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, the sea service announced Tuesday. The move puts approximately 10,000 civilian and military personnel unde…
The U.S. and U.K. test launched a torpedo from a Royal Navy extra-large unmanned underwater vehicle earlier this month as a proof of concept trial for AUKUS Pillar 2, the U.S. Navy announced on Tuesday. On Sept. 13, the Royal Navy’s experimental XLUUV XV Exca…
The following is the U.K.’s Defense Nuclear Enterprise 2026 Annual Update to Parliament, released Sept. 15, 2026. From the Report Introduction The UK’s nuclear deterrent, delivered since 1969 by the Royal Navy through Operation RELENTLESS, remains at the hear…
A U.S. destroyer refueled an Unmanned Surface Vessel earlier this month in the Pacific as part of the Navy’s latest development effort to hone at-sea drone sustainment, the sea service announced Monday. USS Chafee (DDG-90) conducted an at-sea fueling of Seaha…
U.S. forces with Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere struck a go-fast vessel allegedly carrying illicit narcotics on Friday, killing four people aboard. The strike – the 70th since President Donald Trump announced the campaign one year ago – brings the total…
The head of the Royal Navy called for Britain to expand its maritime capabilities and strengthen the U.K.-led Joint Expeditionary Force coalition in preparation for a potential conflict with Russia in the North Atlantic during a speech last week. “The reason…
These are the approximate positions of the U.S. Navy’s deployed carrier strike groups and amphibious ready groups throughout the world as of Sept. 21, 2026, based on Navy and public data. In cases in which a CSG or ARG is conducting disaggregated operations,…
The U.S. Army contracted the first batch of Precision Strike Missiles designed to strike moving maritime targets last week. Lockheed Martin was awarded $1.2 billion by the ground branch for work on the early operational capability munitions of PrSM Increment…
Carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), the embarked Carrier Air Wing 9 and the guided-missile destroyer USS Frank Petersen (DDG-121) pulled into Guam on Saturday, according to a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. Lincoln exited the South China Sea this week via th…
Non-Iranian linked transits through the Strait of Hormuz climbed to 97 last week, according to preliminary data from London-based Lloyd’s List Intelligence. While the final number will be adjusted as analysts at Lloyd’s are able to confirm dark transits, righ…
The following is a summary of major ship movements and exercises in the Western Pacific over the last week. In the Philippine Sea The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as it makes it…
Chinese and Philippine maritime forces were involved in a ramming incident on Friday off Manila’s western island province. The incident is the latest high-profile skirmish between China and the Philippines in their long-running territorial dispute over mariti…
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is using virtual counseling to help meet the mental health needs of its sailors, a panel of suicide prevention experts told reporters Thursday. There are currently 54 virtual counselors available, hired by Commander, Navy Installatio…
The U.S. Navy wants to deploy containerized low-cost interceptors to defeat cruise missiles and attack drones, according to a request for white papers released Wednesday. Dubbed the Naval Affordable Interceptor, the concept seeks to field a container launcher…
The Marine Corps trialled using an Unmanned Surface Vessel as part of its Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization System last month. The USV trials were carried out by Program Manager Combat Support Systems (PM CSS) of Portfolio Acquisition Executive Marin…
The following is the Sept. 11, 2026, Congressional Research Service defense primer, Control and Command of the U.S. Military. From the Report Congress has exercised oversight and a measure of control over the U.S. military, including by, inter alia, legislati…
Hunt Military Communities entered into a deal with the Pentagon and Navy to create a $1.7 billion development that will bring more unaccompanied housing for junior sailors in the Hampton Roads, Va., area, the sea service announced Wednesday. The development,…
One of Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System crashed into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, the service announced. The reconnaissance drone crashed in an area approximately 50 kilometers – 31 miles – north of the Tottori Prefectu…
