The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group have been ordered to the U.S. Southern Command area to support the Trump administration’s ongoing counter-narcotics operations, the Pentagon confirmed Friday.
NATO has confirmed the successful completion of Neptune Strike 25-3, a long-planned enhanced vigilance activity demonstrating the integration of high-end maritime strike capabilities with air-land operations.
The first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), deployed in the U.S. European Command area of responsibility, arrived in Oslo, Norway.
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The USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRF CSG) led a joint maritime force with NATO Allies Norway, Germany and France, alongside Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), in routine operations in the High North between 23 August and 8 September 2025.
Five aviation companies are under contract to develop armed unmanned aircraft and control systems for deployment on the United States Navy’s fleet of 11 aircraft carriers, according to USNI News.
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The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has completed Exercise Northern Edge 2025 in the North Pacific Ocean, a large-scale U.S. Indo-Pacific Command training programme with significant economic implications.
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 5, arrived in Guam for a scheduled port visit on 17 August.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG 81) arrived in Marseille, France, on 4 August 2025 for a scheduled port visit.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the United States’ newest and world’s largest aircraft carrier, transited the Strait of Gibraltar on 19 July 2025.
Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has left Portsmouth to begin sea trials following the completion of the first phase of her planned maintenance programme.
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The United States Navy has confirmed that the future aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) will now be delivered in March 2027, marking a two-year delay from the originally planned July 2025 delivery.
Nearly 4,500 U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group departed Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Weapons Station Yorktown on 24 June.
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