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US Navy’s Seahawk Unmanned Surface Vessel Is First to Deploy With a Carrier Strike Group
The Leidos-built Seahawk unmanned surface vessel deployed on October 8 with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, the first US carrier group…
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US Navy Awards Boeing $80M MQ-25A Stingray Contract to Upgrade Carrier Tanker Drone
The U.S. Navy has awarded Boeing a not-to-exceed $80 million IDIQ contract to fund MQ-25A Stingray configuration development, integration, and sustainment through…
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Norwegian Kongsberg Eyes Hundreds of Low-Cost HUGIN UUVs a Year as US Navy Goes Hybrid
Kongsberg is developing low-cost HUGIN UUV variants it expects to build by the hundreds each year and plans a US volume-production facility,…
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US Sends One of Its Last Wooden Minehunters to Philippine Maritime Cooperative Activity
On October 14, 2026, the US Avenger-class minehunter USS Warrior sailed with Philippine frigate BRP Miguel Malvar and coast guard vessel BRP…
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USS Theodore Roosevelt Takes George Washington’s Place in Japan Ahead of Keen Sword 27
USS Theodore Roosevelt and USS Chosin arrived at Yokosuka on October 16, 2026, taking George Washington’s berth before Keen Sword 27, which…
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US Navy Proves Drone Landing Without GPS on Moving Ship Using Onboard Cameras
NAWCAD has recovered a tactical drone aboard a pitching ship using only onboard cameras, motion sensors and software, with no GPS, pilot…
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USS Robert Smalls Returns to San Diego, Ending US Navy’s Last Cruiser Tour in Japan
USS Robert Smalls has reached its new San Diego homeport after a seven-month 7th Fleet deployment with two carrier strike groups, ending…
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US Firm Kratos Breaks Ground on SPY-1 Radar Sustainment Hub and Hypersonic Arc Jet
Kratos has started building two Indiana sites near NSWC Crane: a 183,000-square-foot SPY-1 radar sustainment complex for Aegis destroyers and Helios, a…
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US Navy Orders $15.1M in Aegis Radar Spare Parts From Raytheon Toward 75 Ready Ships
Naval Supply Systems Command has ordered $15.1 million in sole-source spares from Raytheon for the SPY-1 transmitter group, MK 99 fire control…
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US Navy Completes First F-35C Ford-Class Landing Aboard John F. Kennedy Aircraft Carrier
Two VX-23 test pilots brought F-35C Lightning II jets aboard the future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) on October 13, 2026,…