Navy acquisition reforms upended a $2.1 billion contract competition. When it was over, several companies with ties to the Trump administration had made the cut.

The U.S. Navy's expensive effort to install hypersonic missiles on three Zumwalt-class destroyers is two years behind schedule.

The following is the Department of the Navy’s Strategy to Weaponize Data and Artificial Intelligence, published June 15, 2026. From the Report This strategy, signed by Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao,

The GAO determined that the Navy is already roughly two years behind schedule on modernizing the Zumwalt-class destroyers as part of the more than $50 billion hypersonic effort.

The Office of Naval Research leadership wants its researchers to focus on military-specific projects that don't overlap with the private sector.

The Navy identified the sailor who went missing after a helicopter made an emergency landing in the Arabian Sea on July 1, prompting a massive days-long search in the region. Three of the helicopter crew members were rescued soon after the incident.

Last month, the US Navy's Corsair sea drones made by Saronic rescued downed US airmen. More recently, they were used in an explosive attack on Iran.

The US Navy is launching a massive initiative to replace human patrols with AI. Discover the new program bringing autonomous drone swarms to the sea.

Cmdr. Gabriel Edwards was declared missing after what the Navy said was an emergency water landing during a routine patrol.

On July 14, the U.S. Navy asked companies to submit concepts for carrier-based, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) with at least 1,000-nm mission radius and a special interest in vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) capability.

Columbia native Mikhaya Evans serves aboard USS Harry S. Truman and recently earned an early promotion and command recognition.