The Armada is not entirely wrong when it says that the continued operation of a flying fixed-wing component on the carrier "Juan Carlos I" (and thus the carrier itself) can only be guaranteed by the purchase of a certain number of American Lockheed Martin F-35B 5th generation short/vertical take-off and landing (STOVL) jets. The...
A company from the US state of Vermont has been awarded a fixed-price contract worth around 460 million euros for the scrapping, recycling and disposal of the former USS "Enterprise" (CVN-65). The work in Mobile, Alabama, is due to be completed by November 2029. When it was commissioned in 1961, the historic "Enterprise" was the world's...
The MQ-28 Ghost Bat, developed by Boeing Defence Australia in the state of Queensland, is an unmanned combat aircraft (UCAV) that was created in close cooperation with the Australian Air Force. The drone is designed for autonomous use and is intended to operate as a so-called "Loyal Wingman" together with manned fighter jets in the future. After successful...
Tomorrow, Saturday 12 July 2025, the frigate "Hamburg" will leave Wilhelmshaven to take part in Standing Nato Maritime Group 1 (SNMG 1). After training cruises in the first half of the year, the crew under the command of frigate captain Alexander Timpf will now head to the North Sea, the Baltic Sea...
Largely unnoticed by the European media, the Chinese navy has experienced breathtaking growth in recent years, upsetting the balance of power in the Indo-Pacific region and posing a serious threat to American supremacy on the world's oceans. In purely numerical terms, the Chinese navy (People's Liberation Army - Navy,...
The deployment of the "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75), which began in autumn 2024, has not been under a good star so far. A serious incident occurred in the Red Sea in mid-December: an F/A-18F Super Hornet from its own fighter wing was accidentally hit by the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga cruiser from its own carrier strike group.
The British Carrier Strike Group (CSG 25) with the aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales and a multinational escort group set course for the Mediterranean at the end of April. This marks the start of an eight-month deployment under the name "Operation Highmast" - which will see the Royal Navy and allies deployed to the Mediterranean, the Middle East,...
The USS "Carl Vinson" (CVN 70) has been re-routed by the Pentagon and has joined the USS "Harry S. Truman" (CVN 75) to continue the fight against the Houthis in Yemen. After a two-month break, the fighting has flared up again as the Houthis have announced that they will resume their operations in the Red Sea....
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