Monthly Archives: July 2026

RFA ” PEARLEAF ” Sailing to the breakers from Rosyth, April 1986

Australia awards $163M Anzac-class designer support contract

July 13, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić BAE Systems Australia – Maritime, working with BMT, has been awarded the Anzac Class Designer Support Contract (DSC) to sustain and enhance the Royal Australian Navy’s Anzac class fleet. The BAE Systems Australia – Maritime & BMT partnership, dubbed ‘DSC-West’, reflects the decades of dedicated warship sustainment capabilities at the Henderson maritime precinct in West Australia. https://444ae368ea56cc72bcee201133d0e01a.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-45/html/container.htmlContinue reading “Australia awards $163M Anzac-class designer support contract”

Navy christens Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Korean War hero

By Claire Barrett – Jul 14, 2026, 05:45 AM The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened the future USS George M. Neal (DDG 131), the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built by Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc. William Toti, performing the duties of the under secretary of the Navy, presided over the ceremony in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Toti assumedContinue reading “Navy christens Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Korean War hero”

USS San Antonio (LPD 17) joins USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28) in disaster relief efforts in La Guaira, Venezuela in after the recent earthquakes in the region. July 10, 2026 

Elements of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) and USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) Carrier Strike Groups, and USS Tripoli (LHA 7) Amphibious Ready Group operate together in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, June 30, 2026.