The US Navy just commissioned the USS Idaho but its shipyards are delivering only 1.1 Virginia-class submarines per year instead of 2 and the fleet needs 70 hulls by 2045 to match China2026-04-29
France urgently redeploys high-tech flagship Dixmude to the Atlantic amid Jeanne d’Arc 2026 shake-up2026-04-09
The United States is bringing in a new “official” supplier for its Navy, a move aimed at keeping the Next-Generation Logistics Ship program from exceeding $5.89 billion2026-03-31
The United States loses the torpedo contract for the future Dutch Orka-class submarines to France and its F21 torpedo2026-03-23
France sends its only nuclear aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, to the Middle East as tensions with Iran raise the stakes at sea2026-03-22
The US Navy’s SSN(X) “Apex Predator” is slipping into the 2040s, and the delay could open a dangerous undersea gap2026-03-21
The French Navy’s tanker Jacques Chevallier sets a new record with nine refuelings in 24 hours2026-03-19
