Monthly Archives: August 2026

BAE Systems nets $150M contract for USS Boxer modernization

Fatima Bahtic BAE Systems has been awarded a $149.75 million contract to carry out maintenance, modernization and repair work on the US Navy’s amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4). The contract covers the labor, equipment, testing, facilities and quality assurance required to support the Chief of Naval Operations availability, including critical modernization, maintenance andContinue reading “BAE Systems nets $150M contract for USS Boxer modernization”

Sad end for WW1 anti-submarine ship HMS President as historic vessel faces scrapyard

Tim Cooper – 13th August 2026 at 10:03am HMS President, one of only three Royal Navy vessels still afloat that served in the First World War, is facing the scrapyard. The historic Q-ship has been towed to a breakers yard at Erith, on the River Thames, after years of attempts to save her from fallingContinue reading “Sad end for WW1 anti-submarine ship HMS President as historic vessel faces scrapyard”

Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East

HMS Dragon and RFA Lyme Bay have arrived in Mombasa for maintenance, resupply and crew rest after several months deployed in the Middle East. The visit takes the two ships temporarily away from preparations for a potential multinational operation in the Strait of Hormuz. HMS Dragon sailed from the UK on 10 March, in theContinue reading “Royal Navy ships take respite in Kenya after months in Middle East”

The Future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) heading out to begin acceptance sea trials sea trials today, August 12, 2026. The ship successfully completed builder’s sea trials back in February of 2026.

USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) is the second Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy. She was launched on 29 October 2019, and christened on 7 December 2019. She is currently scheduled to be delivered to the Navy in March 2027. Naming On 7 December 2007, the 66th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Arizona congressman Harry Mitchell proposed namingContinue reading “The Future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) heading out to begin acceptance sea trials sea trials today, August 12, 2026. The ship successfully completed builder’s sea trials back in February of 2026.”

HMS Vanguard (23) – HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended.

She was the largest and fastest of the Royal Navy‘s battleships,[3] and the only ship of her class. Vanguard was the last battleship in history to be built.[4] The Royal Navy anticipated being outnumbered by the combined German and Japanese battleships in the early 1940s, and had therefore started building the Lion-class battleships. However, the time-consuming construction of the triple-16-inch (406 mm) turrets for the Lion class wouldContinue reading “HMS Vanguard (23) – HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during the Second World War and commissioned after the war ended.”