Germany Scraps F126 Program in Favor of Proven Frigate Design

Published Jun 24, 2026 4:47 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, the German government announced that it would be scrapping its F126 frigate program after a series of setbacks, citi...

Op-Ed: The Hormuz Crisis Will Not Replay Itself in the South China Sea

Published Jun 24, 2026 2:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

[By Hunter Marston] The ink has barely dried from the latest deal between the United States and Iran, and analysts have doubts abo...

Published Jun 24, 2026 9:34 AM by The Maritime Executive

A flotilla of ships destined to bulk out the FS Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group has joined up in the Arabian Sea, all part...

Published Jun 23, 2026 9:59 PM by The Maritime Executive

Ukraine's armed forces are known for use of unmanned boats to conduct attacks in the Black Sea, but Russia is catching up - in par...

Published Jun 23, 2026 8:22 PM by The Maritime Executive

The European Union and its individual member states are pulling in billions of dollars in carbon tax revenue from the maritime sec...

Published Jun 23, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. government is transferring ownership of four advanced drone boats to the Philippines, expanding the ability of the countr...

Published Jun 23, 2026 5:07 PM by The Maritime Executive

In a release accompanied by a photo of first-in-class carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, Huntington Ingalls Industries announced Tuesday...

Published Jun 22, 2026 2:15 PM by The Maritime Executive

Indicating that there was positive movement in the negotiations between the United States and Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Besse...

Published Jun 21, 2026 8:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Australian police forces have announced their largest cocaine bust ever, a sign of the country's high demand for the drug and the...

Published Jun 21, 2026 6:32 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the leaders of Iran and the United States last week sets the agenda for further ne...