Following a successful first flight in April, Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced today that the MQ-25A Stingray received Milestone C approval to move into Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP)...

CLEVELAND (May 16, 2026) – The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest and last Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) in Cleveland...

MAYPORT, Fla. – The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) got underway from Naval Station Mayport May 16, 2026, to begin operations in support of its scheduled deployment. Cooperstown assumed duties previously executed by the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS...

U.S. Navy expeditionary forces are operating in the High North to deploy and test advanced Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) May 4-24, 2026, during an unmanned systems and explosive ordnance disposal EOD exercise with Norway, strengthening their bilateral posture in the Arctic...

NORFOLK, Va. — The future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), a flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, arrived at its Naval Station Norfolk homeport for the first time on May 15, 2026...

ATLANTIC OCEAN – The Brazilian and U.S. navies conducted a bilateral maritime engagement as part of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command (USNAVSOUTH)/U.S. 4th Fleet’s Southern Seas 2026 deployment in the Atlantic Ocean, May 12-13...

U.S. Sixth Fleet successfully integrated advanced unmanned surface vessels (USVs) during Exercise Obangame Express 2026 in Douala, Cameroon...

YOKOSUKA, Japan — U.S. Naval Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center (SRF-JRMC) completed a key maintenance period for the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), returning the ship to the fleet on time April 6...

SAN DIEGO – Leaders from across the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) enterprise gathered onboard Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego from May 5-7 for the 2026 NAVSUP Commander’s Conference to align strategic goals with the Chief of Naval Operations’ fighting instructions...

STENNIS SPACE CENTER, Miss. -- The Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School (NAVSCIATTS) was officially redesignated as the Special Boat Training Command (SBTC) March 23, 2026, marking a pivotal evolution for one of the U.S. Department of the Navy’s most enduring security...