Release From HII PASCAGOULA, Miss., Dec. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII’s (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Ted Stevens (DDG 128) to the U.S. Navy. This marks the second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer…
USS Annapolis Returns to Guam Following Indo-Pacific Deployment
From Lt. James Caliva, Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 NAVAL BASE GUAM (Dec. 19, 2025) — Los Angeles–class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) returned to its homeport at Naval Base Guam following a routine deployment in the Indo-Pacific, Dec. 19,…
Royal Navy Hosts Mine Countermeasures Conference 2025
By NAVCENT Public Affairs MANAMA, Bahrain — The Royal Navy hosted a mine countermeasures conference at the U.K. Naval Support Facility in Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 15. Royal Navy Commodore Ben Aldous, Commander, U.K. Maritime Component Command and deputy commander, Combined Maritime Forces,…
White House, Navy Announce Trump-Class Battleships
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Dec. 22, President Donald Trump and Secretary of the Navy John C. Phelan, alongside Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, announced their intent to construct a new class of American-designed battleships. The future USS Defiant (BBG 1)…
Austal USA Starts Construction on Fourth New Navy Utility Landing Craft
Release From Austal USA MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA celebrated the start of construction on the company’s fourth U.S. Navy Landing Craft Utility (LCU) at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility on December 18, 2025. Austal USA was awarded a $91.5…
USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee Returns to San Diego
Release From USS Higbee SAN DIEGO, CA – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) returned to its homeport of San Diego following a nine-month mission to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of…
Navy Announces New Small Surface Combatant
From SECNAV Public Affairs, Dec. 19, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Navy announced today its plan to introduce a new class of smaller combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The FF(X) will be a smaller,…
USS Hawaii Returns Home from Deployment
By Chief Petty Officer Omar Dominquez of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet, Dec.11, 2025 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (Dec.8, 2025) – Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Hawaii (SSN 776) returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam following a scheduled deployment, Dec. 8, 2025….
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests Mk 72 Solid Rocket Motor for U.S. Navy
ELKTON, Md. – Dec. 18, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) completed a successful static fire test of a prototype Mk 72 solid rocket motor (SRM) at its advanced propulsion production facility in Elkton, Maryland. This achievement highlights the…
U.S. Navy in Middle East Employs Attack Drone at Sea for First Time
From Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs, Dec. 18, 2025 Personnel assigned to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. 5th Fleet (NAVCENT/C5F) successfully launched a one-way attack drone from a ship at sea for the first time, Dec. 16. …
