The Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth has successfully completed operational sea training, and is now officially trained and safe to conduct carrier strike operations. The announcement was made on 18… Continue reading "HMS Queen Elizabeth Successfully Completes Operational Sea Training"
The US Navy announced on Friday that it was upholding the relief of Captain Brett Crozier, former captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The announcement is a reversal of the… Continue reading "Navy Upholds Removal of, Former USS Theodore Roosevelt Captain, Brett Crozier"
Despite challenges imposed by the Coronavirus pandemic, the Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office (PMA-213) started the installation of two precision approach and landing systems (PALS) on Italian Navy’s… Continue reading "Overcoming Coronavirus: US PMA-213 Remotely Assists Landing Systems Installation on Italian Carrier ITS Cavour"
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly formally resigned on Tuesday, following massive uproar from lawmakers and the public after audio and a transcript of a 15 minute speech he… Continue reading "Acting Navy Secretary Modly Resigns Following Speech Row"
As BAE Systems announced on 3rd April, 2020, BAE Systems will drydock and perform nearly 18 months of modernization work aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LDH 4). According… Continue reading "BAE Systems Will Upgrade USS Boxer"
Japan has joined the growing number of countries investing in hypersonic missile systems. The Japanese defense ministry plans to develop hypersonic missiles and new warheads and deploy the first systems in… Continue reading "Japan Pursues Hypersonic Missiles for Remote Island Defense"
Leonardo Helicopters and Britain’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) are scheduled to conduct trials next month of Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) with a British Army AH1 Lynx Wildcat controlling an… Continue reading "UK Manned-Unmanned Teaming for Lynx Wildcat"
On January 20, Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas B. Modly officially named CVN 81 – USS Doris Miller, after the first African-American recipient of the Navy Cross. The naming… Continue reading "CVN 81 Named After Doris Miller, WWII Hero"
Social media posts out of Murmansk on 12 December revealed that the Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia’s sole aircraft carrier, had caught fire. This was later confirmed by official news coverage. The… Continue reading "Fire Aboard Admiral Kuznetsov"
On the morning of 10 December, HMS Prince of Wales was commissioned at HM Naval Base Portsmouth. The raising of the White Ensign marked the formal entry into service of… Continue reading "Britain’s Second Carrier HMS Prince of Wales Commissioned"