The United States Navy has a new destroyer with a high-tech missile detection system. Here's what it is, and how the system ...

The destroyer fighting ship (not to be confused with the cruiser) is the workhorse of the modern U.S. Navy. The 75 destroyers in active service — which are mostly Arleigh Burke-class ships — are able ...

The Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke-class, guided-missile destroyer for the youngest living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for bravery in combat. The USS Kyle Carpenter will honor the ...

The Navy has voiced a goal of having 75 mission-capable warships that would be able to deploy at a moment’s notice anywhere in the world in support of combat operations. As its global operational ...

During the span of a decade from the early 70s to the early 80s, the US Navy built as many as 31 Spruance-class destroyers, a group of warships which served as the primary destroyer for the service in ...

The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier has made headlines for its planned retirement, but several other U.S. Navy ships are set to ...

All in all, the expansion of USV use is a promising experiment that could ameliorate the US Navy’s force-structure woes—while amplifying US fleets’ combat power in a hurry. Over at Defense One last ...

The U.S. Navy's guided-missile destroyer Sampson seized an estimated 3,439 pounds of cocaine July 10, 2025. (U.S. Pacific Command via AP) An Arleigh-Burke class destroyer recently sent to the southern ...