The U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval Operations’ (CNO) Navigation Plan (NAVPLAN) 2022 calls for 373 manned ships and 150 unmanned ships for a total of 523 (estimated) ships by 2045. The NAVPLAN breaks down the classification types and roles of these U.S. Navy vessels into their desired numbers and allotments.
Naval News reached out to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) in July 2022 with various follow-up questions to published Naval News stories and also asked about the status of some future ships. NAVSEA replied with additional, if brief, information.
Taiwanese Armed Forces carried out live-fire part of the annual Han Kuang exercises (漢光演習) across Taiwan and its outlying islands between 26 and 29 July 2022.
South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) today launched the lead ship of the KDX-III Batch-II AEGIS destroyer project for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy: ROKS Jeongjo the Great.
Rear Admiral (RADM) Andrew Loiselle, U.S. Navy, Director, Air Warfare Division, sheds light on Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles (UCAVs)…
The French Navy Aquitaine-class FREMM frigate FS Languedoc (D 654) and Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class FREMM frigate ITS Alpino (F 594) joined the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75)…
The U.S. Navy launched the 28th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world’s largest international maritime exercise on June 29, 2022.
The USMC and U.S. Navy attack missiles are the NSM, the Maritime tactical Tomahawk, the CPS hypersonic missile, and the HIMARS…
The U.S. Navy christened its 72nd Arleigh Burke-Class destroyer, the USS John Basilone (DDG 122), during a ceremony on Saturday, June 18, at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine.
Interview with the Commander of the JMSDF training squadron, Rear Admiral Komuta.
