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The USS Ford was ordered to the Middle East after CNO expressed concerns about the ships and crew after months at sea.
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Top Admiral Previously Said He Would “Push Back” Against Extending USS Gerald R. Ford’s Deployment

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 13, 2026

As U.S.-Iran talks are set to take place in Oman tomorrow, the region prepares for war.
U.S. Navy

Middle East Preparing For War Ahead Of U.S.-Iran Negotiations

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 5, 2026

The U.S. Navy has shown no signs of reversing course on major changes to its pipeline for new Naval Aviators in its latest draft requirements for a replacement for its T-45 Goshawk jet trainers.
U.S. Navy

Navy’s T-45 Replacement Will Not Be Capable Of Making Carrier Landing Touch And Goes

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 4, 2026

Jordan, where U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles are base, says the U.S. cannot launch an attack from its country.
U.S. Navy

Washington-Tehran Talks Planned As U.S. Military Buildup Continues

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 3, 2026

The U.S. Navy's Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble used its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler and Surveillance (HELIOS) system to down four drones in a demonstration last year, Lockheed Martin has shared.
U.S. Navy

USS Preble Used HELIOS Laser To Zap Four Drones In Expanding Testing

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 3, 2026

The initial production representative MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone for the U.S. Navy has completed its first low-speed taxi test.
U.S. Navy

MQ-25 Stingray Has Begun Taxi Tests (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

The future USS John F. Kennedy, the second Ford class aircraft carrier for the U.S. Navy, has begun its initial sea trials.
U.S. Navy

Future USS John F. Kennedy, Second Ford Class Carrier, Has Set Sail For The First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black and an Air Force spy plane joined a growing for in the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran.
U.S. Navy

Destroyer, Electronic Surveillance Jet Joins U.S. Forces Massing In Middle East

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

Four decommissioned U.S. Navy Avenger class mine countermeasures ships have left Bahrain on what may be their final voyage aboard a larger heavy lift vessel.
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Avenger Class Mine Hunters Have Left The Middle East For Good

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 26, 2026

P-8 Poseidon flew over the college national championship to protect the president.
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Navy P-8 Poseidon Used For Rare Presidential Combat Air Patrol Mission

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jan 20, 2026

The House and Senate Appropriations Committees have negotiated a draft defense spending bill that includes nearly $900 million for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program.
U.S. Navy

F/A-XX Naval Fighter Rescued From Purgatory In New Defense Spending Bill

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

The U.S. Navy is putting major emphasis on containerized weapons and other systems to make up for limitations in the built-in capabilities of its forthcoming FF(X) frigates.
U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Frigate Program Makes Big Bet On Containers Loaded With Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 16, 2026

The Navy's top admiral says building modular components at different ship yards could speed up constructionEric Tegler of new FF(X) frigates
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Top Admiral Eyes Modular Construction To Speed New Frigate Construction

By Howard Altman, Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Jan 15, 2026

The U.S. Navy's top officer wants directed energy weapons to become the go-to choice for the crews of American warships when faced with close-in threats. He also said that more powerful megawatt-class lasers should not be seen as "beyond" the capabilities that could be found on the future Trump class "battleships."
U.S. Navy

Trump Class Battleships Could Get Megawatt Lasers: Navy’s Top Officer

By Joseph Trevithick, Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

Running rust on one of the Navy's logistical ships.
U.S. Navy

Navy Has A Plan To Attack Embarrassing Rust Caked On Its Warships

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 14, 2026

The U.S. Navy has confirmed to TWZ that construction of the first two Trump class "battleships" is not expected to start until the early 2030s.
U.S. Navy

Trump Class Battleship Construction Won’t Begin Until 2030s

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

President Donald Trump has rolled out plans for new Trump class warships for the U.S. Navy.
U.S. Navy

What We Know About The Trump Class “Battleship”

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 23, 2025

The U.S. Navy has confirmed to TWZ that the armament package for its first "flight" of its new FF(X) frigates will not include a built-in Vertical Launch System (VLS).
U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Frigate Will Not Have A Vertical Launch System For Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 22, 2025

The Navy is eyeing distributed construction to help speed up delivery of the FF(X) frigates.
U.S. Navy

This Will Be The Navy’s New FF(X) Frigate

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

A U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry AWACS aircraft appeared near the Venezuelan coast today
U.S. Navy

E-3 Sentry Joins U.S. Combat Aircraft Tracked Off Venezuelan Coast

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 19, 2025

The U.S. Navy says it is aiming to have the first of a new class of frigates based on an existing American design "in the water" by 2028 following the cancelation of the Constellation class program.
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Now Wants A New Frigate And Fast

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters, assigned to the 943d Rescue Group, conduct helicopter air-to-air refueling with an HC-130J Combat King II aircraft,
U.S. Navy

Combat Rescue Aircraft, Tankers Arrive In Caribbean As U.S. Military Buildup Accelerates

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 12, 2025

Crew Optional Designs Could Be Barred By Law From Navy’s Drone Ship Program
U.S. Navy

Crew Optional Designs Could Be Barred By Law From Navy’s Drone Ship Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 11, 2025

The U.S. Navy has recovered an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz that crashed within half an hour of each other in the South China Sea on Oct. 26.
U.S. Navy

Navy Recovers Crashed Super Hornet, Seahawk From Bottom Of South China Sea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

The U.S. Navy has chosen the LST-100 from Dutch shipbuilder Damen to be the basis of a new class of Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs.
U.S. Navy

This Will Be The Navy’s New Medium Landing Ship

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Dec 5, 2025

Ticonderoga class firing SM-2
U.S. Navy

How USS Gettysburg Ended Up Shooting Down A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet

By Howard Altman

Updated on Dec 5, 2025

The Navy released findings of investigation into four mishaps aboard the USS Truman supercarrier
U.S. Navy

F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down By Navy Cruiser Investigation Findings Released (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Dec 4, 2025

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker offloads fuel to a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet, assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 8, 2025. The KC-135 Stratotanker is the backbone of U.S. Air Forces Central's global reach aerial refueling capability and delivers critical support to joint and coalition aircraft in order to guarantee war-winning airpower throughout the CENTCOM AOR.
U.S. Navy

Super Hornet Seen With Rare SLAM-ER Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 3, 2025

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has arrived in the Caribbean as Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro rattles his sabre.
U.S. Navy

Maduro Literally Rattles His Saber As Hegseth Arrives In Caribbean

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 26, 2025

Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was ending the Constellation class frigate program.
U.S. Navy

Constellation Class Frigate Program Cancelled By Navy Secretary (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 25, 2025

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025. B-52s are world-wide deployable and deter foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, which threaten the safety, security and stability of the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Foster)
U.S. Navy

U.S. Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela Has Entered A New Phase

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 24, 2025

The USS Ford was ordered to the Middle East after CNO expressed concerns about the ships and crew after months at sea.
U.S. Navy

Carrier USS Ford Holding Off Of North Africa As Trump Reportedly Won’t Strike Venezuela

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 6, 2025

A high-ranking Russian official said Moscow recently delivered air defense systems to Venezuela.
U.S. Navy

Moscow Just Gave Venezuela Air Defenses, Not Ruling Out Strike Missiles: Russian Official

By Howard Altman

Posted on Nov 4, 2025

The USS Fort Lauderdale is returning to the Caribbean to rejoin the enhanced counter narcotics mission.
U.S. Navy

Amphibious Warship Returning To Caribbean, Report Claims U.S. Planning Strikes On Mexican Cartels

By Howard Altman

Updated on Nov 3, 2025

The Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg has been deployed to the Caribbean as part of the ongoing counter-narcotics opertion.
U.S. Navy

Navy Cruiser Joins Caribbean Flotilla As Reports Claim U.S. Is Readying Venezuela Strikes (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 31, 2025

Flying aboard the M-346 Master jet trainer that could replace the Navy's T-45.
U.S. Navy

We Fly Aboard The M-346 That Could Become The Navy’s Next Jet Trainer

By Jamie Hunter

Updated on Oct 30, 2025

Nimitz hornet and seakhawk crash
U.S. Navy

“Bad Fuel” May Have Caused Back-To-Back Nimitz Aircraft Crashes: Trump

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

The Navy has moved several warships deployed to the Caribbean out of the path of Hurricane Melissa.
U.S. Navy

Massive Hurricane Forces Movement Of Several Navy Ships Deployed To Caribbean

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

The Navy explained why damage was still seen on the USS Harry Truman months after a collision at sea.
U.S. Navy

Carrier USS Truman’s Collision Damage Won’t Be Repaired Until It Goes Through Complex Overhaul

By Howard Altman

Posted on Oct 10, 2025

The U.S. Department of Defense may finally be ready to choose which company will develop and build the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter. A report from Reuters today states that U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth personally gave the green light for the selection last Friday. However, this is not the first time that there have been reports that this decision was imminent, as you can read about here.
U.S. Navy

Navy F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection Imminent: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 7, 2025

Is Trump’s Call For Putting Battleships Back In The Navy’s Fleet Even Feasible?
U.S. Navy

Is Trump’s Call For Putting Battleships Back In The Navy’s Fleet Even Feasible?

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway, Howard Altman

Updated on Oct 1, 2025

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has summed top military leaders to an emergency meeting next week.
U.S. Navy

War Secretary’s Emergency Meeting A Mystery To Hundreds Of Top Officers Ordered To Attend

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 25, 2025

13 September 2025, Puerto Rico, Ceiba: US Marines park a Lockheed Martin F-35B fighter aircraft at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station. The transfer of US fighter aircraft to the outlying area is linked to the increasing tensions between the United States and Venezuela. Photo: Kendall Torres Cortés/dpa (Photo by Kendall Torres Cortés/picture alliance via Getty Images)
U.S. Navy

Historic Shuttered Navy Base Back In Action For Caribbean Counter-Drug Mission

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 15, 2025

An official familiar with operations confirmed to us that U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered 10 F-35 Joint Strike fighters to head to Puerto Rico to take part in ongoing counter-narcotics opertions(
U.S. Navy

F-35s Deploying To Caribbean Amid Growing Tensions With Venezuela (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Sep 5, 2025

The Pentagon says two Venezuelan jets flew close to the USS Jason Dunham.
U.S. Navy

Venezuelan F-16s Approach U.S. Navy Warship (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 5, 2025

Boeing has provided a new rendering for its F/A-XX proposal and it’s remarkably similar to concept artwork that has already been released for its F-47, selected for the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) ‘fighter’ initiative. While it’s important to not read too much into the final appearance of either of those aircraft, based on these concepts, the new rendering does, at least, correspond with Boeing’s previous suggestions that the F/A-XX and F-47 would incorporate some commonality.
U.S. Navy

Boeing’s New F/A-XX Next Gen Naval Fighter Concept Looks Familiar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 29, 2025

Individuals training to become U.S. Navy tactical jet pilots are no longer required to take off and land from aircraft carriers before being winged as Naval Aviators.
U.S. Navy

Carrier Qualifications Axed From Graduation Requirements For New Navy Fighter Pilots (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 28, 2025

Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Successor Sought By Navy
U.S. Navy

Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Successor Sought By Navy

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 27, 2025

U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Daniel Cheever, commonly referred to as the service's "Air Boss," is still "eagerly awaiting" a new F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based fighter despite the uncertainty now swirling around that program.
U.S. Navy

F/A-XX Next Generation Naval Fighter Selection Could Still Happen

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 25, 2025

Naval aviators need to be able to trust any future drone wingmen as much as their human counterparts, a U.S. Navy strike fighter tactics instructor has told TWZ.
U.S. Navy

Navy Fighter Pilots Need To Gain Trust In Pilotless Wingmen By Actually Flying With Them

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has shared new insights with TWZ into its proposal to replace the U.S. Navy’s T-45 Goshawk jet trainers.
U.S. Navy

Everything We Just Learned About SNC’s Freedom Jet Trainer Aiming To Replace Navy T-45s

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

The U.S. Navy says the impacts from a fire that burned for approximately 12 hours aboard the USS New Orleans earlier this week are limited to forward areas of the ship, though a full assessment of the damage is still ongoing.
U.S. Navy

New Details On Status Of USS New Orleans After Fire

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2025

The Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has rolled out a new pitch for a successor to the Navy's T-45 Goshawk jet trainers.
U.S. Navy

SNC’s Freedom Jet Enters Race To Replace Navy’s T-45 Goshawk Trainer

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 21, 2025

Destroyers heading to Venezuela
U.S. Navy

U.S. Navy Destroyers, Submarine, Amphibious Ships Being Sent Toward Venezuela

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 21, 2025

The U.S. Navy's San Antonio class amphibious warfare ship USS New Orleans suffered a fire today while it was anchored off White Beach in Uruma City on the Japanese island of Okinawa.
U.S. Navy

Fire Aboard USS New Orleans Burned For 12 Hours Before Being Extinguished (Updated)

Howard Altman Howard Altman

Updated on Aug 20, 2025

Our Best Look At DARPA’s Defiant Uncrewed Surface Ship
U.S. Navy

Our Best Look At DARPA’s Defiant Uncrewed Surface Ship

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 13, 2025

Northrop Grumman has released a new rendering of a possible configuration for its submission for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet. The program has long been even more secretive than the U.S. Air Force’s Next Generation Air Dominance jet, with only a handful of concept artworks previously released. In the meantime, the future of the Navy program is being increasingly questioned, with the service and Pentagon officials apparently at loggerheads about how best to proceed with it.
U.S. Navy

F/A-XX Next Generation Naval Fighter Concept Art Emerges From Northrop Grumman

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 7, 2025

Massive $3.5B AIM-120 order placed.
U.S. Navy

Biggest AIM-120 Missile Order Ever Just Signed By Pentagon

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 3, 2025

The Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced a draft defense spending bill that would reverse the Pentagon's plan to freeze the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program.
U.S. Navy

Congress Moves To Save Gutted F/A-XX 6th Generation Naval Fighter Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 31, 2025

The Navy's new plans for a family of uncrewed surface vessels (USV), focused more on modular, containerized payloads than specific hull designs, are coming into sharper focus.
U.S. Navy

Navy Unmasks Its Vision For Fleet Of Uncrewed Modular Surface Attack Craft

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 31, 2025

The U.S. Navy is scrapping a P-8A Poseidon that ended up in Hawaii’s Kaneohe Bay back in 2023, marking the first total loss of one of these aircraft.
U.S. Navy

Navy Scraps P-8 Poseidon That Ran Off The Runway In Hawaii Two Years Ago

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

Ground testing has begun on the production representative MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone for the U.S. Navy, which comes ahead of an expected first flight before the end of this year.
U.S. Navy

MQ-25 Stingray Carrier-Based Uncrewed Tanker Ground Testing Now Underway

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

The USS Connecticut, one of the U.S. Navy's prized Seawolf class nuclear attack submarines, is set to finally return to service late next year.
U.S. Navy

Submarine USS Connecticut Severely Damaged In Pacific Crash To Return To Service In 2026

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

An annual U.S. Navy wishlist sent to Congress reportedly includes $1.4 billion that would help keep its dreams of a next-generation carrier-based combat jet alive.
U.S. Navy

Navy Puts Gutted F/A-XX Next Generation Fighter Program In Wishlist To Congress: Reports

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 10, 2025