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HII Marks Major Milestone with CVN-79 Sea Trials

HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials of the John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered...

From Troubled Destroyer to Hypersonic Hunter: USS Zumwalt Reborn

The USS Zumwalt, lead ship of the Navy’s Zumwalt-class destroyers, has been undergoing major refitting since August 2023 to replace its original deck guns...

Neutron Beams Help Safeguard US Navy Nuclear Submarines

Scientists are using powerful neutron beams to help safeguard US Navy nuclear submarines by uncovering hidden stresses and microscopic flaws in their steel pressure...

AI-Enabled Maritime Platforms Set to Change the Economics of Naval War

Magnet Defense LLC has completed its acquisition of Metal Shark, a leading US shipbuilder, creating a major supplier of AI-enabled unmanned surface vessels (USVs)...

USS Defiant: America’s Next-Generation Super-Battleship

The Trump administration has announced plans for the largest US surface combatant since World War II: the Trump-class battleship, beginning with two ships and...

China’s Arsenal Ship: Militarizing the World’s Largest Commercial Fleet

China, which owns the world’s largest commercial ship fleet and dominates global shipbuilding output, appears to have unveiled another provocative military concept this Christmas:...

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