General Dynamics Bath Iron Works has completed conducting sea trials of the future US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Basilone. The destroyer is scheduled for delivery and commissioning before the end of this year. Once delivered, it will be homeported in Mayport,...
US Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro recently confirmed the names of two future US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers (DDGs). DDG 143 will honour Richard J. Danzig, the 71st Secretary of the Navy, and DDG 144 will be named after retired Admiral Michael J. Mullen, the former...
Ships and aircraft of the US-led international military coalition formed to safeguard commercial shipping in the Red Sea have successfully intercepted a complex attack from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen towards international shipping lanes where dozens of merchant vessels were transiting. The attack against southern Red Sea shipping by Iranian-designed, one-way attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), […]
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Aviation elements of the US Navy sank three small boats operated by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia after their crews failed to board a commercial ship in the southern Red Sea earlier this week, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed via social media. Helicopters from the aircraft...
The Egyptian Navy acquires a new warship and a patrol workboat is handed over to a lake protection agency on the US East Coast. Construction is meanwhile underway on future surface combatants for the US and Spanish navies. Egyptian Navy takes delivery of third Al-Aziz-class frigate German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has delivered the […]
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Four attacks occurred against three separate commercial vessels operating in international waters in the southern Red Sea on Monday, December 4, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a recent press release. The three vessels that were targeted by the attacks off Yemen are connected to 14...
The Indonesian Navy commissions two surface ships into service while the French Navy acquires its newest nuclear-powered submarine. A future US Navy destroyer is launched into the water for the first time as construction of the lead ship of a new class of frigate for the Spanish Navy enters the...
The Estonian Navy welcomes a hybrid patrol boat into service while the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest offshore patrol ship is nearing delivery. The US Navy names a future ..
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US military forces have successfully prevented two attempted commercial tanker seizures by Iranian naval vessels after the Iranians had opened fire in one of two incident ..
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The American and Australian navies acquire newbuild surface vessels while construction commences on a Russian minehunter and an Italian fleet support ship. Royal Australi ..
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