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Marcus Weisgerber • The Wall Street Journal

Navy Announces New Warship for Trump's 'Golden Fleet'

The new frigate, built by HII's Ingalls Shipbuilding, is designed to counter threats from China and other adversaries

12/20/25Read it on The Wall Street Journal
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James Holmes • 1945

Today’s Destroyers Are ‘Tin Cans’

Churchill called capital ships eggshells smiting one another with hammers, and Jutland, Pearl Harbor, and the Yamato proved him right....

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Carl Napoletano • RealClearDefense

How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness

Anyone paying attention to the news can agree we have to do everything we can to extend our naval advantage....

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Naval News Navy • Global Defense News

U.S. Navy’s First San Antonio Flight II USS Harrisburg Completes Sea Trials

As the lead vessel of the San Antonio-class Flight II variant, the 25,300-tonne amphibious transport dock incorporates over 200 modifications...

6h agoRead it on Global Defense News
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Defense

How Digital Twins Can Strengthen Naval Readiness Before a Crisis Begins

Carl Napoletano • RealClearDefense • November 10, 2026

We rightly regard the nuclear submarine as one of the most complex machines people have ever built. It operates in deep water for months at a time. It provides a self-sustaining habitat generating its own oxygen and water, navigating the depths without conventional GPS, while being quietly propelled by a nuclear power plant.

 

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Benjamin Johnson • Pensacola News Journal

Blue Angels Pilot Scott Laux Removed for Failing To Uphold Standards

Maj. Scott Laux, the opposing solo flying jet No. 6 and second-year member of the Blue Angels, was removed from the flight demonstration squadron and...

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CDR Salamander • CDR Salamander

Big Surface Combatants are so Hot Right Now

...all the cool kids are getting them......

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Bryan Clark • Hudson Institute

A U.S. Navy Fleet for 21st Century Deterrence and Combat

The United States Navy is contending with a new era of competition after more than 80 years as the world’s dominant maritime force....

3d agoRead it on Hudson Institute
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Heather Mongilio • USNI News

USS Stout Loses Power During Port Visit Due to ‘Engineering Casualty’

USS Stout (DDG-55) was in port in Augusta Bay, Italy, for a scheduled port visit on Oct. 25 when it experienced an engineering casualty, causing the...

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Diana Stancy • Breaking Defense

Navy Unfairly Evaluated Saildrone Musv Proposal, Court Finds

... the Navy must reevaluate Saildrone’s proposal within the next two months, and is barred from spending a large chunk of its MUSV budget until that...

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Naval News Staff • Naval News

HII and Thales Demonstrate UUV with End-to-End Autonomous MCM

Together, these technologies demonstrated a complete “Find, Fix, Finish” mission chain of mine countermeasure operations ......

5d agoRead it on Naval News