GAO Critical of US Navy Saying Submarines Are Idle Due to Shipyard Logjam

Published Sep 4, 2026 7:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Too many of the U.S. Navy's attack submarines are sitting idle across shipyards awaiting maintenance and decommissioning, accordin...

UK Confirms Sale of HMS Bulwark to Brazilian Navy

Published Sep 4, 2026 6:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

A United Kingdom navy ship that was instrumental in the evacuation of civilians from Beirut in 2006 and active from 2005 to 2016 i...

Published Sep 4, 2026 2:31 PM by The Maritime Executive

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has presented a preliminary fiscal year 2027 defense budget request to the Diet, the Japane...

Published Sep 3, 2026 10:25 AM by The Maritime Executive

Fighting has intensified on most of the border between Houthi forces in Yemen and the areas held by the internationally recognized...

Published Sep 2, 2026 6:44 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russia is helping Iran develop a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile, according to a report in the Financial Times. If the develop...

Published Sep 2, 2026 4:46 PM by The Maritime Executive

In what must be one of the largest naval port visits for decades, Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3) headed up by USS Abraham Lincoln,...

Published Sep 2, 2026 1:04 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran and the United States are further escalating the contest for the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks on tankers. U.S. Central Co...

Published Sep 1, 2026 8:40 PM by Jack O'Connell

The Trump Administration's much-anticipated Maritime Action Plan (MAP) was released in February and immediately received the endor...

Published Sep 1, 2026 5:00 PM by The Maritime Executive

Recent reports that US Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle is looking for alternative ports from which to support the F...

Published Aug 31, 2026 4:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

Iran continues to make multiple claims about stopping vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz while insisting that the only passag...