No Substance to Reports of Drone Sightings Over Diego Garcia

Published Aug 17, 2026 3:14 PM by The Maritime Executive

Reports on social media indicated that a drone had been sighted over the fuel tank farm on Diego Garcia last week. The Maritime Ex...

Australia Improves its Surveillance Capability Over the South China Sea

Published Aug 17, 2026 1:42 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Royal Australian Air Force’s 10 Squadron has commenced its first operational intelligence collection flights over the South Ch...

Published Aug 16, 2026 10:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

More than 80,000 people visit the battleship USS New Jersey each year, and her namesake state is investing $24 million in a redeve...

Published Aug 16, 2026 5:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

Russian authorities have arrested a Russian escort and accused her of killing a Russian Navy officer, ex-Ukrainian Navy defector R...

Published Aug 16, 2026 3:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Amidst the ongoing Iranian campaign to control and close the Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump promised Friday to make the...

Published Aug 14, 2026 9:48 PM by The Maritime Executive

The invasion of Ukraine has crystallized the rapid changes in warfare brought about primarily by advances in electronic applicatio...

Published Aug 14, 2026 8:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

Following claims of poor conditions aboard the long-deployed carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, the Navy asserts that it does not have a...

Published Aug 14, 2026 5:33 PM by The Lowy Interpreter

In the South China Sea, power is usually measured in ships, patrols and presence. In July, the Philippines opened a quieter front:...

Published Aug 13, 2026 10:21 PM by The Maritime Executive

Nine years after announcing his preference for steam catapults, President Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Navy to remove the ele...

Published Aug 13, 2026 7:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

German barge line HGK has put out a policy recommendation for a generational investment in new tonnage for the nation's inland fle...