Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy faces challenges in building and designing warships, exemplified by past failures like the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) and Zumwalt-class ...

USS Blue Ridge, commissioned in 1970, is the U.S. Navy’s oldest operational warship—but it remains the high-tech flagship of ...

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In 2024, U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved the Aegis combat systems’ capabilities against cruise and ...

WASHINGTON — Three Wasp-class amphibious warships have suffered mechanical problems at sea in recent months — a pattern that some defense analysts said projects a message to other countries that the U ...

In the coming years, the U.S. Navy has plans to update its fleet with a new line of aircraft carriers to replace the aging Nimitz-class. Along with these, there are a series of other ships and ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy recently accepted the USS Beloit, a Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) built by Lockheed Martin. -The USS Beloit is the 29th LCS to join the Navy, designed ...

While the World Wars brought their share of devastation to the world, many can agree that they also introduced a host of impressive gadgets and machinery that redefined the modern world. From the ...

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USS Blue Ridge may be the U.S. Navy’s oldest operational warship, but it remains the brain of the Seventh Fleet in the Indo-Pacific. -Built as a purpose-designed command ship, it doesn’t launch jets ...