Maritime Security

New Russian missile corvette joins Baltic Fleet

Russia commissioned its eighth Project 22800 Karakurt-class missile corvette into the Baltic Fleet on May 8, 2026,...

Turkey unveils its first domestically built mini-submarine

Turkey unveiled its first domestically built mini-submarine at SAHA Expo 2026, a milestone that Istanbul Technical University-based...

U.S. Navy paid $37 million to build more Lionfish underwater drones

Huntington Ingalls Industries has secured nearly $37 million to keep its Lionfish underwater drone rolling off the...

Helsing tests HX-2 drone launch from boat off Plymouth coast

Helsing, a German AI defense company, has conducted the first launch of its HX-2 strike drone from...

U.S. and Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz

Iranian forces attacked three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 7 with...

Ukraine strikes Russian missile corvette in Caspian Sea

Ukraine's defense forces struck a Russian missile corvette in the Caspian Sea overnight on May 7, hitting...

New Zealand eyes Japanese frigate after Australia picked the same ship

New Zealand has identified Japan's Mogami-class frigate and Britain's Type 31 as the two candidates under consideration...

ASELSAN expands naval drone portfolio with two new autonomous systems

Turkey's ASELSAN unveiled two new unmanned naval systems at SAHA 2026 in Istanbul on May 5, expanding...

U.S., Japan and Philippines use mock Chinese ZBD-05 as live-fire target

During the U.S.-Philippines "Shoulder-to-Shoulder" exercise, allied forces used a simulated target ship near Bataan Island featuring a...

France resumes production of 1,000 km range naval cruise missile

France has restarted production of its naval cruise missile after a production halt that began in 2021,...

Peraton wins U.S. Navy deal to keep MK 18 underwater drones mission-ready

Peraton has landed a U.S. Navy contract worth up to $90.7 million to keep the MK 18...

U.S. Navy upgrades E-6B comms while its replacement takes shape

The U.S. Navy is upgrading the communications suite on the E-6B Mercury, an airborne nuclear relay aircraft,...

U.S. Navy sets up $650M competition for 474 military boats

The U.S. Navy just spread a contract worth up to $650 million across eight small American boatbuilders...

U.S. Marines say they need around 40 amphibious warfare ships

The U.S. Marine Corps needs roughly 40 amphibious warfare ships to sustain its goal of keeping three...

Australia’s Speartooth submarine drone enters U.S. service

An Australian-built submarine drone just crossed the Pacific. C2 Robotics commissioned and christened its Speartooth Large Uncrewed...

U.S. Special Forces sink a ship with Ukrainian-designed drone boats

Green Berets from 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) remotely launched and controlled unmanned surface vessels during Exercise...

U.S. military showed its top commanders ship-based drone defense system

Sierra Nevada Company's BRAWLR air defense system made a notable public appearance at Exercise FLEX 2026, when...

Raytheon gets $335M contract to build more SM-6 missiles

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $335 million contract modification on April 24, 2026, to keep Standard...
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