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World's largest navy by tonnage; Hormuz conflict, Baltic seabed surveillance, and AUKUS autonomous fleet expansion.
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#174 21 Aug
Mentioned in: A fresh carrier, and a worn-out crew
Iran Conflict 2026#174 20 Aug
Mentioned in: The corridor number that does not divide
Iran Conflict 2026#173 18 Aug
Mentioned in: US officials float a 10m barrel corridor
Iran Conflict 2026#172 17 Aug
Struck the Vela Nova on 11 August, the distinct prior incident this strike is compared against
Iran Conflict 2026: Mentioned in: Unclaimed Hormuz strike kills one crew member#174 17 Aug
Signed a $22.9bn contract with Raytheon
Iran Conflict 2026: Navy buys seven years of Tomahawks#174 14 Aug
Mentioned in: SM-3 deals announced without any numbers
Iran Conflict 2026#11 12 Aug
Mentioned in: Saildrone wins a $16.3m Caribbean order
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#170 11 Aug
Mentioned in: Ships with no Iranian tie quit Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#169 11 Aug
Fired two Hellfire missiles into a merchant ship's engine room
Iran Conflict 2026: Two Hellfires into a merchant ship#167 6 Aug
Mentioned in: CENTCOM turns more ships, breaks fewer
Iran Conflict 2026#166 4 Aug
Mentioned in: CENTCOM adds nine ships as Trump vows
Iran Conflict 2026#163 24 Jul
Mentioned in: Ukraine kills an Iranian sailor at sea
Iran Conflict 2026#158 21 Jul
Mentioned in: Hormuz crossings fall by two thirds
Iran Conflict 2026#157 18 Jul
Mentioned in: Bahrain says it thwarted a missile wave
Iran Conflict 2026#156 18 Jul
Mentioned in: CENTCOM denies tanker blasts in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#156 17 Jul
Mentioned in: Two Americans killed at Jordan air base
Iran Conflict 2026#156 17 Jul
Mentioned in: IRGC sets Kuwait's Shuaiba complex alight
Iran Conflict 2026#7 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Kongsberg lands Fugro and DOF deals
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#7 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Kongsberg to design a US Navy drone sub
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#154 14 Jul
Mentioned in: Blockade turns Hormuz threat to fact
Iran Conflict 2026#149 7 Jul
Mentioned in: CENTCOM hits 80 sites; Iran claims Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#148 6 Jul
Mentioned in: Iran says it struck the Omani route
Iran Conflict 2026#15 6 Jul
Mentioned in: Kratos pours concrete before the orders
Drones: Industry & Defence#23 3 Jul
Mentioned in: Escort capacity caps Hormuz LNG throughput
European Energy Markets#14 1 Jul
Mentioned in: Pentagon orders 120 drones in five weeks
Drones: Industry & Defence#144 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Second Marine unit reaches the Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#141 27 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran hits US bases in Kuwait, Bahrain
Iran Conflict 2026#141 27 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran claims sole control of Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#140 26 Jun
Mentioned in: US bombs Qeshm, first strike since deal
Iran Conflict 2026#138 25 Jun
Mentioned in: IRGC rejects the Oman Hormuz route
Iran Conflict 2026#5 24 Jun
Mentioned in: A £6.68m trial holds the subsea money
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#4 23 Jun
Mentioned in: Allied robot minehunters reach the Gulf
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#136 22 Jun
Mentioned in: What the Navy does while Trump posts
Iran Conflict 2026#134 20 Jun
Mentioned in: Oman's waters become the only lane
Iran Conflict 2026#134 20 Jun
Mentioned in: IRGC declares Hormuz shut a second time
Iran Conflict 2026#132 19 Jun
Mentioned in: India brings the last dead sailor home
Iran Conflict 2026#131 18 Jun
Mentioned in: India brings its sailors home, with no apology
Iran Conflict 2026#132 18 Jun
Mentioned in: Insurers and mines keep Hormuz shut
Iran Conflict 2026#132 18 Jun
Mentioned in: CENTCOM ends Iran blockade a day early
Iran Conflict 2026#130 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Modi raised dead sailors; Trump gave nil
Iran Conflict 2026#13 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Air Force hands robot fighter to upstarts
Drones: Industry & Defence#131 17 Jun
Mentioned in: Deal bans the Hormuz toll, licenses its replacement
Iran Conflict 2026#125 11 Jun
Mentioned in: US strike kills three Indian sailors
Iran Conflict 2026#123 9 Jun
Mentioned in: Drone boat rescued the downed Apache crew
Iran Conflict 2026#122 9 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump touts a deal he cannot sign
Iran Conflict 2026#3 8 Jun
Mentioned in: Europe bids for the AUKUS seabed
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#4 8 Jun
Operated Iver3 AUV off Liepaja as a core BALTOPS capability
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea: Undersea robots go core at BALTOPS#12 7 Jun
Mentioned in: Pentagon's drone buy lands a third short
Drones: Industry & Defence#3 6 Jun
Mentioned in: NATO sends robot fleet to the Arctic
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#117 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Bahrain runs low on Patriot interceptors
Iran Conflict 2026#115 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Blockade hits 121 ships, one holed
Iran Conflict 2026#2 30 May
Mentioned in: AUKUS names two American sea robots
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#113 30 May
Mentioned in: Hellfire disables a cargo ship's engine
Iran Conflict 2026#1 27 May
Mentioned in: Robot minehunter now sails for Hormuz
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#107 24 May
Mentioned in: Trump: blockade stays till deal signed
Iran Conflict 2026#5 20 May
Mentioned in: USS Nimitz arrives in the Caribbean
Cuba Dispatch#10 20 May
Mentioned in: UK sends GBP 115M to Hormuz drones
Drones: Industry & Defence#103 20 May
Mentioned in: Hormuz coalition: 8 days deployed, no rules published
Iran Conflict 2026#102 19 May
Mentioned in: CENTCOM logs 70 Hormuz vessel redirections
Iran Conflict 2026#1 19 May
Mentioned in: US prime digs into UK seabed war
Autonomous Systems: Land & Sea#101 18 May
Mentioned in: France pledges 80 per cent frigate readiness
Iran Conflict 2026#100 17 May
Mentioned in: Trump posts 'calm before the storm' as strike prep peaks
Iran Conflict 2026#1 11 May
Mentioned in: Brent-Dubai EFS over $6, TD3C at WS458
European Oil Markets#94 10 May
#92 8 May
Mentioned in: F/A-18 disables tankers via smokestack on 8 May
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: IRGC fires on US destroyers in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#91 7 May
Mentioned in: CENTCOM redirections rise to 52, pace slows
Iran Conflict 2026#3 5 May
Mentioned in: Universal drifts 1,000 nm off Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#89 4 May
Mentioned in: Truxtun and Mason run the gauntlet
Iran Conflict 2026#7 4 May
Mentioned in: Project Freedom moves TTF only 1.48%
European Energy Markets#89 4 May
Mentioned in: Brent's kinetic premium settles at $6.81
Iran Conflict 2026#89 4 May
Mentioned in: UKMTO raises Hormuz advisory to critical
Iran Conflict 2026#88 4 May
Mentioned in: Project Freedom enters Hormuz on 4 May
Iran Conflict 2026#87 2 May
Mentioned in: IRGC declares standby, quantifies surviving fleet
Iran Conflict 2026#85 30 Apr
Mentioned in: Khamenei claims 'new management' of Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#85 30 Apr
Mentioned in: CENTCOM blockade hits 44 vessels, 69m barrels
Iran Conflict 2026#83 28 Apr
Mentioned in: Hormuz transits climb to 13 on 28 April
Iran Conflict 2026#7 28 Apr
Committed $79.84 million in FY2027 plus $243.3 million through FY2031 to Joint Laser Weapon System
Drones: Industry & Defence: Army-Navy commit $676m to JLWS laser#81 27 Apr
Mentioned in: CENTCOM blockade widens past Hormuz strait
Iran Conflict 2026#81 27 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran-Oman draft toll outside US reach
Iran Conflict 2026#82 27 Apr
Brent $108 as CENTCOM seizes more tankers
Iran Conflict 2026#80 24 Apr
Mentioned in: Third US carrier reaches CENTCOM theatre
Iran Conflict 2026#78 23 Apr
Received shoot-kill order and continued intercept operations, reaching 31 cumulative redirections
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump orders Navy to shoot mine-layers#77 22 Apr
Mentioned in: Pentagon gives Congress Hormuz clock Trump has not
Iran Conflict 2026#77 22 Apr
Mentioned in: IRGC boards three ships inside Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#7 21 Apr
Mentioned in: RTX demos reusable Coyote against swarms
Drones: Industry & Defence#76 21 Apr
Mentioned in: CENTCOM silent on Tasnim Sea of Oman claim
Iran Conflict 2026#73 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Northwood summit drafts Hormuz ROE without US
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Tasnim claims IRGC drones hit US vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Tehran converges on 'table of surrender'
Iran Conflict 2026#76 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Seven VLCCs at Chabahar, three at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#74 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Northwood drafts Hormuz rules without Gulf signatures
Iran Conflict 2026#74 19 Apr
Mentioned in: US warship seizes Iranian cargo ship Touska
Iran Conflict 2026#77 19 Apr
Mentioned in: IRGC drones hit Oman's Salalah port
Iran Conflict 2026#6 17 Apr
Mentioned in: CSIS: Russia's AI drones run mostly on US chips
Drones: Industry & Defence#72 17 Apr
Mentioned in: Iran MP ties extension to Hormuz control
Iran Conflict 2026#6 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Platform Aerospace wins $12.9M Navy Vanilla UAS RDT&E award
Drones: Industry & Defence#71 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Windward data dismantles Cooper's halt claim
Iran Conflict 2026#69 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Paris and London convene forty nations
Iran Conflict 2026#68 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Twenty-seven days since Trump signed on Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#68 14 Apr
Mentioned in: Sanctioned tankers slip Hormuz on day one
Iran Conflict 2026#68 14 Apr
Mentioned in: France and Japan file flag-state protests
Iran Conflict 2026#6 15 Apr
#67 13 Apr
Mentioned in: CENTCOM rewrites blockade scope before enforcement begins
Iran Conflict 2026#68 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Bab el-Mandeb returns as second chokepoint
Iran Conflict 2026#67 13 Apr
Mentioned in: Hengaw counts 125,630 structures damaged across Iran
Iran Conflict 2026#67 12 Apr
ordered to enforce blockade
Iran Conflict 2026: Trump orders blockade on a tweet#67 12 Apr
Mentioned in: Trump's toll-payer order targets allied ships
Iran Conflict 2026#9 11 Apr
Mentioned in: Orion splashes down in Pacific, crew recovered aboard USS Murtha
Artemis II Moon Mission#8 11 Apr
Mentioned in: Orion due to splash down; crew recovery planned
Artemis II Moon Mission#66 11 Apr
Mentioned in: US warships transit Hormuz for mines
Iran Conflict 2026#65 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Hormuz trickle: five then seven vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#8 10 Apr
Mentioned in: Recovery weather clears; San Diego zone confirmed
Artemis II Moon Mission#2 10 Apr
SAVE Act Stalls as Thune Refuses Nuclear Option
US Midterms 2026#63 9 Apr
#9 10 Apr
#7 8 Apr
Mentioned in: Recovery Fleet in Position off San Diego
Artemis II Moon Mission#61 7 Apr
Mentioned in: US carriers slip out of strike range
Iran Conflict 2026#58 4 Apr
Mentioned in: Mine crisis blocks the path to Kharg
Iran Conflict 2026#2 4 Apr
Mentioned in: First LNG tanker crossed Hormuz since February
European Energy Markets#55 1 Apr
Mentioned in: 12,300 Targets Struck; Strait Still Closed
Iran Conflict 2026#4 25 Mar
Microwave and Laser Weapons Reach the Field
Drones: Industry & Defence#47 24 Mar
Mentioned in: Pentagon plans to seize Kharg Island
Iran Conflict 2026#46 22 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran threatens to mine the Persian Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#44 20 Mar
Mentioned in: 22 nations demand Hormuz reopened
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran strikes Kuwait refineries
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Seven allies pledge words, not warships
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Greek Patriot battery fires at Yanbu
Iran Conflict 2026#42 18 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump frees Venezuela oil; Hormuz shut
Iran Conflict 2026#41 17 Mar
Mentioned in: Bunker busters hit Hormuz coastal forts
Iran Conflict 2026#40 16 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump floats leaving NATO after rebuff
Iran Conflict 2026#40 16 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump rejects every Pentagon off-ramp
Iran Conflict 2026#38 15 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC: our best missiles are still unused
Iran Conflict 2026#38 15 Mar
Mentioned in: Every named ally refuses Hormuz escort
Iran Conflict 2026#35 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump: reopen Hormuz or I hit the oil
Iran Conflict 2026#35 14 Mar
Mentioned in: Navy calls Hormuz an Iranian kill box
Iran Conflict 2026#36 14 Mar
Mentioned in: One Greek owner runs Hormuz blockade
Iran Conflict 2026#34 13 Mar
Mentioned in: Phantom tanker briefly cracks $100
Iran Conflict 2026#33 11 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran deploys drone boats in Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#26 7 Mar
Mentioned in: US crude posts 35.6% weekly gain, record
Iran Conflict 2026#26 7 Mar
Mentioned in: Supertanker rates hit $424k/day, up 94%
Iran Conflict 2026#28 6 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC drone hits tanker defying Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#27 6 Mar
Mentioned in: China in Hormuz safe-passage talks
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: 136 navigation denial zones in Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#24 6 Mar
Mentioned in: Analysts warn of $100-120 oil
Iran Conflict 2026#23 6 Mar
Mentioned in: US destroys second Iranian drone carrier
Iran Conflict 2026#20 5 Mar
Mentioned in: P&I deadline passes; Strait sealed
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: No US-Iran contact confirmed
Iran Conflict 2026#21 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Araghchi confirms IRIS Dena loss
Iran Conflict 2026#21 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Mojtaba Khamenei announcement delayed
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: Macron orders Charles de Gaulle to Med
Iran Conflict 2026#22 5 Mar
Mentioned in: IRIS Bushehr approaches Sri Lanka
Iran Conflict 2026#20 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Goldman bets the war ends before summer
Iran Conflict 2026#20 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran strikes Fifth Fleet HQ in Bahrain
Iran Conflict 2026#19 4 Mar
Mentioned in: US torpedo sinks Iran warship IRIS Dena
Iran Conflict 2026#18 4 Mar
Mentioned in: US Navy lacks ships to convoy the Gulf
Iran Conflict 2026#18 4 Mar
Mentioned in: Iran warship IRIS Dena sunk, Sri Lanka
Iran Conflict 2026#19 4 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC: US destroyer hit in Indian Ocean
Iran Conflict 2026#19 4 Mar
Mentioned in: KOSPI down 12%; record single-day fall
Iran Conflict 2026#16 3 Mar
Mentioned in: US and Israel disown the Minab strike
Iran Conflict 2026#14 3 Mar
Mentioned in: Three P&I clubs pull Gulf war risk cover
Iran Conflict 2026#12 2 Mar
Mentioned in: IRGC fires at USS Abraham Lincoln
Iran Conflict 2026#10 2 Mar
Mentioned in: Kuwait Patriot fire kills three US jets
Iran Conflict 2026#8 2 Mar
Mentioned in: Kuwait Patriot fire kills three US jets
Iran Conflict 2026#7 2 Mar
Mentioned in: Second tanker hit; engine fire at Hormuz
Iran Conflict 2026#7 2 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump claims nine Iranian warships sunk
Iran Conflict 2026#7 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Hormuz down 70%; 150 tankers at anchor
Iran Conflict 2026#4 1 Mar
Mentioned in: Trump pledges force 'never seen before'
Iran Conflict 2026#4 28 Feb
