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Eisenhower carrier home after back-to-back deployments
Jul 19, 2021 (UPI)
The ship, with about 1,000 sailors and officers aboard, arrived at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., on Sunday, with hundreds of families greeting them. The ship was ...
Covid hits Britain's flagship after Cyprus port call
Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)
The first cases were identified on or around July 4 when the state-of-the-art aircraft carrier was docked at Limassol port on the island's south coast. Britain'...
Australia-US war games begin under China's watchful eye
Jul 14, 2021 (AFP)
More than 17,000 troops from the two allied nations will participate in Talisman Sabre, which is held every two years in Australia, from July 14 to 31. Defence ...
Defense Dept. readies two more large unmanned ships for Navy trials
Jul 14, 2021 (UPI)
The program, an element of the Defense Department's Strategic Capabilities office, currently has two unmanned surface ships, the USV Ranger and the USV Nomad. T...
USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams swaps crews in Spain
Jul 13, 2021 (UPI)
The "Gold Crew" -- which sailed around Africa from Djibouti, in the Gulf of Aden, to Senegal, on the Atlantic Ocean, from February to June -- is being replaced ...
Britain, United States extend deal for cooperative aircraft carrier operations
Jul 13, 2021 (UPI)
British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met Tuesday in Washington, D.C. to strike the deal. The meeting culminated with...
USS The Sullivans, accompanying British aircraft carrier, visits Cyprus
Jul 12, 2021 (UPI)
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer visited the port of Limassol for a scheduled visit last week for routine maintenance and to "experience the local sights and c...
USS Billings, Dominican Republic navy conduct exercise after port visit
Jul 12, 2021 (UPI)
The littoral combat ship, 378 feet long, conducted a passing exercise in the Caribbean Sea with two swiftships of the Armada de Republica Dominicana, the 110-fo...
Bath Iron Works seeks assurances of more Naval destroyer orders
Jul 09, 2021 (UPI)
Hicks visited Bath Iron Works in Maine, a General Dynamics subsidiary founded in 1884 whose primary customer is the U.S. Navy, and the Naval Sea Systems Command...
USS Wichita returns from maiden operations in Caribbean Sea
Jul 08, 2021 (UPI)
The ship, along with the "Sea Knights" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, deployed on Feb. 24, assisting in disrupting 2,367 kilograms of cocaine with an est...
USNS Trenton completes exercises with Tunisian navy
Jul 07, 2021 (UPI)
The U.S. ship is a Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel, used to support overseas operations, conduct humanitarian aid and disaster relief, and s...
U.S.-Ukraine led coalition conducts military operations in Black Sea
Jul 06, 2021 (UPI)
Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 is underway from June 28 to July 10 in Ukraine. The exercises are continuing despite an alleged breach of territory in late June in whi...
Egypt opens strategic Mediterranean naval base
Jul 03, 2021 (AFP)
"It is the latest Egyptian military base on the Mediterranean, and will be focused on securing the country's northern and western front," the Egyptian presidenc...
Prince William kicks off construction on British anti-submarine warship
Jun 29, 2021 (UPI)
The anti-submarine warship, Britain's third, is being constructed at the BAE Systems Shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, BAE said in a press release. BAE has been co...
Ukraine, US launch Black Sea drills after warship incident
Jun 28, 2021 (AFP)
The drills come just days after the British navy's HMS Defender passed near Russian-annexed Crimea in the Black Sea, with Moscow saying it fired warning shots a...
Littoral combat ship USS Savannah delivered to U.S. Navy
Jun 28, 2021 (UPI)
The arrival of the Independence-class variant, previously known as LCS 28, makes the littoral combat ship program the Navy's second-largest, behind construction...
U.S., Russia conduct separate naval exercises near Hawaii
Jun 28, 2021 (UPI)
The Vinson Carrier Strike Group, which includes the guided missile destroyers USS O'Kane, USS Howard., USS Chafee, USS Dewey and USS Michael Murphy, were joined...
Canadian Navy team wins U.S. Cyber Command 'Big Flag' exercise
Jun 28, 2021 (UPI)
It was announced on Friday, at the close of the event, that of 17 Cyber Protection Teams competing in the event known as "Big Flag," Team 15, of the Royal Canad...
First U.S. Navy Week since pandemic to be held next week in Kansas City
Jun 24, 2021 (UPI)
The event, to take place from June 28 - July 4, will conclude with Kansas City Air Show performances by the Navy's Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, wh...
Navy defends call for 1 destroyer in 2022 budget, tells Congress new contract coming
Jun 24, 2021 (UPI)
Several officials have cited cost as the reason the Navy sought only one DDG in the Fiscal Year 2022 budget instead of two planned in the current multi-year con...
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