The Aramid Shield: Snare Drones for Active Subsea Defense

Published May 24, 2026 7:23 PM by CIMSEC

[By Franciszek Kopczewski] In January and February 2025, Chinese-operated ships Shunxing 39 and Hong Tai 58 committed similar sabo...

Ukraine Claims Attack on Russian Frigate Admiral Essen

Published May 24, 2026 6:01 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's drone forces claim to have hit a Russian frigate at a pier in Novorossiysk, along with one of Russia's rare hovercraft-l...

Published May 24, 2026 4:26 PM by The Conversation

[By Brian Tang] The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season starts June 1, and while early outlooks suggest that a developing El Niño might...

Published May 24, 2026 2:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. and Iran have announced an outline of an agreement to extend their ceasefire and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The deal ha...

Published May 22, 2026 5:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

It was a case of who’s watching whom, according to reports from NATO Maritime Command. A Russian “intelligence collection” warship...

Published May 22, 2026 3:41 PM by The Maritime Executive

In the more than four years since Russia invaded Ukraine in an all-out war, Ukraine has become proficient in drone technology and...

Published May 21, 2026 7:12 PM by The Maritime Executive

The IMO has taken a new step forward towards comprehensive regulation of unmanned shipping, building upon years of debate and deta...

Published May 21, 2026 3:32 PM by The Strategist

[By Richard Gray] The reduced Collins-class submarine Life-of-Type Extension (LOTE) program, announced on 19 May, will cost more t...

Published May 21, 2026 4:24 AM by The Maritime Executive

After eight years of development, the U.S. Navy has given authorization for Boeing to begin production of its long-awaited unmanne...

Published May 20, 2026 6:54 PM by The Maritime Executive

The UK is critically dependent upon imported supplies for jet fuel, and the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has badly crimped the...