The Gerald R. Ford Strike Group Entered Fourth Fleet on November 11, 2025
The Navy announced on November 11, 2025, that USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and its strike group had repositioned from Europe to the U.S. Fourth Fleet area in the Caribbean.
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NATO's Baltic Sentry Mission Began Patrolling for Anchor-Dragging Cable Cutters in January 2025
After seven Baltic cable cuts between November 2024 and January 2025, NATO stood up Baltic Sentry with frigates, patrol aircraft, and naval drones to guard undersea infrastructure.
USCGC Healy Confronted Chinese Research Vessels in the U.S. Arctic in September 2025
On September 2, 2025, the Coast Guard sent its polar icebreaker to query the Chinese research vessel JIDI about 265 miles northwest of Utqiagvik, part of a summer of challenges to Chinese survey activity.
Formidable Shield 2025: Allied Navies Fired Against Ballistic and Drone Targets for Three Weeks
The May 2025 live-fire exercise, led by U.S. 6th Fleet and STRIKFORNATO, tested allied air and missile defense from May 3 to May 23, 2025.
Navy Backed Its Mine-Hunting Drones With a $100 Million Upgrade Award in April 2025
NAVSEA's April 2025 award to Textron Systems funds software and payload integration on the MCM USV, the unmanned craft at the center of the Navy's mine countermeasure transition.
The Navy's FY2026 Budget Put Unmanned Surface Vessels in the Shipbuilding Line
The June 2025 request carried roughly 27.2 billion dollars for seventeen battle force ships, with the Large Unmanned Surface Vessel program at the center of the unmanned debate.