Navy

Boats, ships, submarines, torpedos, underwater robots and much more: This is the military tech in the watery parts of our world.

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USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs
Technology

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

By Andrew Paul

A black and white photograph of the The HMAS Culgoa. The vessel was a Modified River Class Frigate, sometimes known as the Bay Class. The Australian naval vessel was launched in September 1945 and was decommissioned in April 1954.
Health

Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure

By Laura Baisas

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles
Technology

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

By Nicholas Slayton

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun
Technology

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade
Technology

The Marines used a ‘robotic goat’ to fire a rocket-propelled grenade

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a giant bumper car
Technology

This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful

By Rob Verger

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface
Technology

This weird-looking British ship will keep an eye out for sabotage beneath the surface

By Kelsey D. Atherton

What are carrier strike groups, the ships the US sent near Israel?
Technology

What are carrier strike groups, the ships the US sent near Israel?

By Kelsey D. Atherton

The F-35 fighter jet is getting a stealthier air-to-surface missile
Technology

The F-35 fighter jet is getting a stealthier air-to-surface missile

By Kelsey D. Atherton

nuclear submarine
Technology

Shipbuilders 3D-printed a part for a nuclear submarine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

navy triton drone
Technology

A gigantic Navy drone is ready to surveil the ocean from above

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an F-35B fighter jet
Technology

What’s in the US military’s historic lost and found: nukes, jets, and drones

By Kelsey D. Atherton

the black hornet drone
Technology

The US military’s tiniest drone feels like it flew straight out of a sci-fi film

By Rob Verger

US submarine in Australia
Technology

Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet
Technology

Lockheed Martin plans to make its most powerful military laser yet

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a c-17 aircraft at night
Technology

UFO-type sightings happen more often near military airspace

By Kelsey D. Atherton

US military aircraft could get jamming-resistant navigation systems
Technology

US military aircraft could get jamming-resistant navigation systems

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Denmark’s new modular patrol boats will tackle a changing Arctic
Technology

Denmark’s new modular patrol boats will tackle a changing Arctic

By Kelsey D. Atherton

Person underwater looking up at outer space to represent Blue Abyss training tank. Illustrated.
Technology

Inside Blue Abyss’ plan to build super-deep pools for astronauts and military bots

By Sarah Scoles

glider drops from navy helicopter
Technology

Watch the US Navy launch an ocean glider from a helicopter

By Kelsey D. Atherton