Royal Navy Drops a Drone Boat Out of a Plane

Published Jul 14, 2026 8:36 PM by The Maritime Executive

As naval forces begin to get used to the idea of unmanned surface vessels and put together a concept of operations for how to use...

Trump Drops Hormuz Protection Fee Saying Gulf States Will Invest in US

Published Jul 14, 2026 3:50 PM by The Maritime Executive

The United States is resuming its blockade of shipping related to Iran today, July 14, but in a reversal of course, Donald Trump n...

Published Jul 14, 2026 10:23 AM by The Maritime Executive

While the effect had already been almost completely achieved, the U.S. Navy attack on the submarine maintenance facility in the Ba...

Published Jul 13, 2026 10:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

TOTE Services, which pioneered the idea of a third-party construction manager for U.S. government shipbuilding programs, has won t...

Published Jul 12, 2026 9:04 PM by CIMSEC

[By Josh Richards and Joseph Hanacek] Foreign policy debates are often framed around a single question: what causes are worth figh...

Published Jul 12, 2026 8:53 PM by The Maritime Executive

Last December, in a sudden reversal of fortune, Emirati-backed forces of the Southern Transitional Council (STC) were forced to ce...

Published Jul 10, 2026 3:58 PM by The Maritime Executive

With no end in sight to the conflict in the Middle East, the Nimitz-class carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is now setting a daily recor...

Published Jul 10, 2026 10:51 AM by The Maritime Executive

Russian Pacific Fleet ships led by the missile cruiser RFS Varyag have commenced the at-sea phase of Exercise Joint Sea 2026 with...

Published Jul 9, 2026 7:57 PM by The Maritime Executive

Readers of The Maritime Executive will not be surprised by the collapse of the 60-day ceasefire during which negotiations between...

Published Jul 9, 2026 3:19 PM by The Maritime Executive

The German military is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in the development of a real-world laser weapons system for shipb...