HII lays keel of 78th Burke-class Destroyer for US Navy
The keel of future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), the 78th Arleigh Burke-class ship was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding, March 9.
The keel of future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), the 78th Arleigh Burke-class ship was ceremonially laid at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding, March 9.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (HST) conducts NATO’s enhanced Air Policing activities in direct support of Alliance security, as part of its scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations to defend U.S., Allied and Partner interests in Europe and Africa.

At the WEST 2022 Conference in San Diego, held mid-February, the U.S. Navy Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Michael Gilday said that he would like a future naval force of over 500 manned and unmanned ships.
The United Kingdom’s government today unveiled a refreshed National Shipbuilding Strategy “for a globally successful, innovative and sustainable shipbuilding enterprise”.
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) completed a live-fire exercise of its RIM-116 rolling airframe missile (RAM) while underway, Feb. 28.
MSubs and Sonardyne have signed a strategic partnership to advance the capabilities of long endurance, autonomous underwater platforms for the UK defence sector.
Hanwha Systems has secured a contract to supply combat systems for the Philippine Navy’s new 3,100-tonne corvette, which will be manufactured by HHI…
The Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force commissioned the submarine “Taigei,” (S513) the lead submarine of the Taigei-class, with a ceremony at the Kobe Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The UK’s newest aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wales, has left Portsmouth to lead a NATO task force to the Arctic for the biggest exercises in Norway for 30 years.

Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, unveiled plans for a new submarine base on the country’s east coast worth roughly $10 billion to support the Royal Australian Navy’s planned nuclear submarine fleet.