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Financial reporting on shipyards, marine suppliers and shipping lines, covering order books, freight rates, consolidation and government support.
USNORTHCOM's counter-small UAS fly-away kit earned operational certification after an 11-person team engaged more than 100 drone targets during field trials at Minot Air Force Base from October 21-27, 2025.
The Senate confirmed Adm. Daryl Caudle as chief of naval operations on August 1, 2025, ending a roughly six-month vacancy in the Navy's top military job following the February removal of Adm. Lisa Franchetti.
Signed on December 18, 2025 as Public Law 119-60, the fiscal year 2026 defense authorization act carried roughly $900 billion in defense funding, including about $26 billion for Navy shipbuilding and workforce measures for the shipbuilding industrial base.
U.S. Fleet Forces announced on April 24, 2025 that USS New York (LPD-21) and USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) would lead the Navy's participation in Fleet Week New York 2025, held May 21-27.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan announced on December 9, 2025 a $448 million investment in a Shipbuilding Operating System intended to bring AI and autonomy tools to shipyards and suppliers across the industrial base.
The Virginia-class attack submarine Utah was christened on October 25, 2025 at General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut, reviving the name of the battleship sunk on December 7, 1941.