CNN
US Navy axes frigate program in another blow to efforts to keep up with China’s fleet
The US Navy’s beleaguered shipbuilding program took a major hit on Tuesday as Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was cancelling plans to buy Constellation-class frigates, once heralded as a key ...
Jane's Information Group
US Navy cancels work on final four frigates under contract
The USN terminated work on four Constellation-class frigates, shown here in a rendering. (US Navy) The US Navy (USN) is making a “strategic shift away from the Constellation-class frigate programme”, ...
Defense News
US Navy nixes Constellation frigate program after two ships half-built
ROME — The US Navy is cancelling its Constellation frigate program following months of cost overruns and delays but plans to keep two vessels that are already being built in Wisconsin. “We’re ...
Stars and Stripes
US Navy tries to lift jet, helicopter from bottom of South China Sea
The Navy has deployed a salvage ship to the South China Sea to attempt to raise a sunken fighter and a helicopter that crashed off the USS Nimitz in back-to-back incidents in October. The USNS Salvor, ...
Newsweek
Major Milestone for US Navy’s Future Nuclear-Armed Submarine
The United States has reached a milestone in building the Navy's first next-generation submarine equipped with nuclear missiles as it races to modernize its air-, land- and sea-based strategic forces ...
Reuters
US, China held maritime security talks in Hawaii, Chinese navy says
BEIJING, Nov 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. and Chinese militaries this week held "frank and constructive" maritime security talks, the Chinese navy said on Saturday, as the two superpowers gradually restore ...
Bloomberg L.P.
RTX Joint Venture Wins Contract to Make Iron Dome Missiles in US
RTX Corp. and Israeli defense firm Rafael have won a $1.25 billion contract to build surface-to-air missiles for Israel’s Iron Dome air-defense system at a new plant in Arkansas, the joint venture ...
CNN
US Navy trying to pull crashed aircraft from bottom of South China Sea
The US Navy is trying to recover two aircraft from the bottom of the South China Sea that US experts say could yield sensitive information to China if Beijing were to get to them first. The aircraft – ...
New York Post
Ukraine launches US-made ATACMS missiles into Russia for the first time
Ukraine launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles into Russian territory this week — the first confirmed strikes of their kind — after Washington quietly allowed Kyiv to use the long-range weapons for ...
The Hill
Ukraine fired US-made ATACMS missiles at southern Russian city: Kremlin
Ukraine’s military has fired four U.S.-made guided Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) armaments at the southern Russian city of Voronezh, according to Moscow’s defense ministry. Russia on Wednesday ...
Yahoo
Ukraine attacks Russia using US-made long-range ATACMS for the first time
Ukraine launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles into Russian territory this week — the first confirmed strikes of their kind — after Washington quietly allowed Kyiv to use the long-range weapons for ...
USNI
New Navy Unmanned Acquisition Office Could Oversee up to 66 Programs, Consolidate 6 PEOs
A US Navy Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) maneuvers in the Atlantic Ocean during UNITAS 2025 on Sept. 23, 2025. US Navy photo ARLINGTON, Va. — A new office consolidating the development ...