Although current projections suggest the Navy will put down the funds for the ship in Fiscal Year 2028, it will certainly take years to build beyond then.

Donald Trump has ordered the US navy to ‘shoot to kill’ Iranian boats laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran continues to tighten its grip on the channel with the capture of commercial vessels.

The service is looking at how superior Ford-class carriers are to Nimitz-class carriers, said the recently ousted Navy Secretary John Phelan.

The U.S. Navy has been ordered to gun down any speedboats suspected of laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz during the ceasefire; it will also continue its blockade of Iranian ports “for as long as it takes,

The fleet of medium unmanned surface vessels in the Indo-Pacific is expected to grow to at least 30, with smaller USVs and unmanned aerial systems.

USS Spruance ran through procedure with the Iranian-flagged vessel before finally opening fire with its deck gun when the boat didn't comply.

The US Navy has intercepted an Iranian vessel, the M/V Sevan, in the Arabian Sea. This ship is part of Iran's 'shadow fleet' and was forced to return to Iranian waters. This action is part of a broader US naval blockade targeting Iranian energy exports.

The US Navy intercepted the sanctioned Iranian vessel Sevan in the Arabian Sea, ordering it back to Iran under escort as part of an expanded maritime blockade. The move follows fresh Treasury sanctions naming specific ships in Iran’s shadow oil fleet and ...

One reason the U.S. Navy was created in the late 1700s and early 1800s was to counter north African states’ attacks on shipping, during conflicts that became known as the Barbary wars. That situation shares some similarities with today’s Iran war;

Navy fighter jets test-fired a new long-range variant of the widely used JDAM bomb. Unlike other versions, this one is powered by a jet engine.

An April 1 test saw the munition deployed from an F/A-18 Super Hornet, fly approximately 200 miles in 34 minutes and strike within meters of its target.