• Naval Warfare Center Showcases Unmanned Refueling at Sea

    Navy Public Affairs
    POINT MUGU, Calif.  —The Navy has taken a major step toward enabling persistent unmanned operations by using a robotic towed connector to repeatedly capture, refuel and release an unmanned surface vessel (USV) at sea. In seven months, a Navy-industry team moved from concept to real-world testing using the T38, a…

  • Officials Provide Update on Operation Southern Spear 1 Year After its Launch

    DoD News
    U.S. officials spoke to the media yesterday regarding the progress of Operation Southern Spear — the large-scale U.S. military and counter-narco-terrorism campaign in the Western Hemisphere — one year after the operation launched in September 2025, saying the mission has been largely successful thus far. Of note, one official said…

  • The Marines’ Ground Arsenal in the 2020s and 2030s

    Peter Ong
    The U.S. Marine Corps hosted a media roundtable on its Ground Combat Element visions for 2040, the service’s outlook, arsenal investments and planning for the next 14 years. Seapower sent the USMC questions that were addressed and answered outside of the media roundtable. Ground Combat Element 2040 Vehicles “The Marine…

  • USS Cooperstown Returns to Naval Station Mayport Following Deployment

    Navy Public Affairs
    MAYPORT, Fla. — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) returned to Naval Station Mayport Aug. 31, 2026, following a four-month deployment to U.S. Fourth Fleet area of operations. Cooperstown departed Naval Station Norfolk May 16, 2026, to support USNORTHCOM’s border security objectives in line with the president’s…
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