Navy News
U.S. President Trump Confirms Virginia-Class Submarine Transfer to Australia Under AUKUS Pact
Washington D.C., United States, October 21, 2025 - Speaking from Washington on October 20, 2025, President Donald Trump confirmed that the United S...
Italy to begin study for its first potential nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in 2026
As reported by Ciro Nappi on October 20, 2025, the Italian Navy is preparing to begin design studies in 2026 for a new aircraft carrier which could...
French Navy takes first FDI frigate Amiral Ronarc’h enhancing 360 air and missile defense
France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces and Naval Group confirmed that Amiral Ronarc’h, hull number D660, was handed over in Brest on 17 October 2025...
ALERT: China unveils Z-20J shipborne assault helicopter to rival US Navy’s MH-60S Seahawk
At the 2025 China Helicopter Exposition in Tianjin, China’s defense industry officially introduced the Z-20J, a navalized variant of its domestical...
Germany to Base Warships Plus Submarines and Recon Aircraft in Iceland for Arctic Security
On 20 October 2025, Germany and Iceland moved to significantly deepen their security cooperation in the Arctic and North Atlantic, a step framed by...
StormRider Naval Drone Completes Sea Trials and Fields Warmate TL for Baltic defense
Poland’s WB Group confirmed that StormRider, an optionally manned unmanned surface vessel developed with in-house firms Radmor and Arex, has wrappe...
U.S. forces hit drug-carrying semi-submersible in Caribbean aerial precision strike
According to information published by Donald Trump on Truth Social, on October 18, 2025, White House video shows an aerial precision strike against...
NATO exercise validates POLARIS with undetectable laser link between two Portuguese frigates
A NATO sea trial has quietly shifted the comms playbook. During REPMUS 2025, Astrolight’s POLARIS free-space optical terminals linked NRP Dom Franc...
Historic U.S. Marine Amphibious Drill Marks Corps’ 250th Birthday and Modern Warfare Shift
On 17 October 2025, at USMC Base Camp Pendleton, California, the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), the Marine Corps’ largest deployable warfigh...
Martlet Missile makes Wildcat Helicopter a frontline and fast boat killer for British Navy
The British Royal Navy has confirmed Martlet is fully ready for operations on the Wildcat HMA2, a decision informed by an autumn sequence of live f...
British HMS Prince of Wales and Indian INS Vikrant aircraft carriers lead first UK India carrier exercise
London, UK, October 19, 2025 - According to a Royal Navy announcement on October 15, 2025, the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales led a C...
French Navy frigate Forbin makes first Aster 30 missile interception of AASM guided bomb
In a milestone for European naval defense, the French Navy announced on October 17, 2025, that its Horizon-class frigate Forbin successfully interc...
UK Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke shadows Russian submarine near French coast amid rising tensions
London, UK, October 17, 2025 - According to information released by the British Royal Navy on October 14, 2025, the UK Navy frigate HMS Iron Duke l...
U.S. Special Forces mass near Venezuela as helicopters and B-52s operate across the Caribbean
The Washington Post published on October 16, 2025, that U.S. Special Operations helicopters operated within roughly 90 miles of Venezuela’s coastli...
Sweden awards Saab $1,0B contract for two A26 submarines to strengthen NATO deterrence
Swedish company Saab confirmed on October 13, 2025, that Sweden’s procurement agency FMV placed an additional order worth roughly SEK 9.6 billion t...
US Navy's new Atlas floating drydock to launch America’s largest nuclear submarines
On October 10, 2025, Bollinger Shipyards and General Dynamics Electric Boat christened the floating dry dock Atlas in Tampa, Florida, which was cre...
Japan launches sixth Taigei-class submarine JS Sogei amid Indo-Pacific tensions
The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force announced on its official X account, completed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, on October 14, 2025, that the si...
Helsing expands into subsea defense with Blue Ocean acquisition and UK resilience factory
Helsing announced on October 8, 2025, that the European defense AI company moved to acquire Blue Ocean, an Australian and UK-based specialist in au...
Sweden shadows Russian Kilo-class submarine in Baltic amid NATO reinforced naval vigilance
The Swedish Navy announced on October 15, 2025, that a Russian submarine transited into the Baltic Sea via the Great Belt and was met in the Katteg...
China to commission new Type 054AG frigate 519 increasing presence in Western Pacific
On October 14, 2025, a picture shared by SomePLAOSINT revealed that China’s Type 054AG frigate 519 has finished hull markings, confirming preparati...
German Navy tests new naval IRIS-T SLM air defense on F125 frigate during Andøya 2025
Diehl Defence announced on October 15, 2025, that the company has fired a navalized demonstrator of its IRIS-T SLM air defense system during the Ge...
How Qatar's DIMDEX 2026 exhibition will turn warship displays into real defense partnerships
At a diplomatic briefing held at the Qatar Emiri Naval Forces base in Umm Al Houl on October 13, 2025, the DIMDEX 2026 Organising Committee outline...
AUSA 2025: Marauder Modular USV Reshapes Distributed Maritime Logistics
At the AUSA annual meeting in Washington, Saronic is pitching a workhorse rather than a showpiece, the Marauder, a 150-foot modular USV that accept...
France launches fabrication of Europe’s largest nuclear aircraft carrier with first K22 reactor units
On September 25, 2025, Naval Group’s Cherbourg shipyard began welding the first steel plate for the confinement enclosures of the PA-NG (Porte-Avio...
UK HMS Agamemnon submarine completes its first underwater dive at BAE Barrow yard
The UK Ministry of Defence announced on October 13, 2025, that HMS Agamemnon, the sixth Astute-class attack submarine, has successfully completed h...