The capability remains under testing, with initial deployment planned for the Stingray and F/A-18 Super Hornet after evaluation is complete.
The U.S. Navy has delivered an initial digital test range to Australia’s Department of Defence to evaluate autonomous aircraft software before flight.
The U.S. Navy has completed the installation and integration of MQ-25A Stingray command-and-control systems aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), making it the second carrier equipped to fly the unmanned aircraft.
Leonardo DRS has been awarded $96 million in contracts to supply electronics for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System, continuing its longstanding role in the naval missile launcher program.
The U.S. Navy’s guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) sailed past the Golden Gate Bridge on October 4, 2026, arriving for San Francisco Fleet Week.
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) pulled into Phuket on Oct. 4 for a scheduled port visit, the strike group's first since it left Norfolk, Virginia, and Mayport, Florida, in March.
The U.S. Navy commissioned USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128) in Whittier, Alaska, bringing its second Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer into active service.
The U.S. Navy has completed a planned homeport exchange between two Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines to support fleet modernization and continuous strategic deterrence.
The scheduled port visit follows the destroyer’s participation in a U.S.-UK live-fire exercise that demonstrated an anti-surface variant of the Standard Missile 6.
The U.S. Navy has awarded RTX’s Raytheon a five-year contract valued at up to $24.4 billion to accelerate SM-6 missile production.
The U.S. Navy will commission USS Ted Stevens on October 3, adding another Flight III destroyer equipped with Raytheon’s SPY-6(V)1 radar to its active fleet.
Military aircraft flew more than 750 sorties during Gray Flag 2026 to uncover integration faults before deployed aviators encounter them.
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