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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Boeing Super Hornet taking off from the deck of an aircraft carrier

US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it falls into Red Sea US Navy loses $60 million fighter jet after it falls into Red Sea

World War II jeep found at site of underwater shipwreck

NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck NOAA needs help identifying car found in WWII shipwreck

Bridge over water in Rio Vista, California

Billionaire utopian city launches new shipyard plan Billionaire utopian city launches new shipyard plan

Photograph of HMS Tuberose aka RMS Mauretania enters New York harbour in full dazzle, carrying returning troops after the end of the Great War. Dated 1918. (Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined The illusory reality of WWI dazzle camouflage, re-examined

By Mack DeGeurin

HMS Trooper submarine wreckage

WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission WWII submarine discovered 81 years after vanishing on a secret mission

USS Stewart bow shipwreck with barnacles and crabs

‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones ‘Ghost Ship of the Pacific’ rediscovered with underwater drones

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.

Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure Lung cancer in naval personnel linked to asbestos exposure

By Laura Baisas

Watch an uncrewed Navy ‘ghost boat’ fire live missiles

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

By Nicholas Slayton

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun

Watch a Japanese research ship fire an electromagnetic railgun 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

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

a giant bumper car

This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful This giant bumper car is street-legal and enormously delightful

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

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

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

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

nuclear submarine

Shipbuilders 3D-printed a part for a nuclear submarine Shipbuilders 3D-printed a part for a nuclear submarine

By Kelsey D. Atherton

navy triton drone

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

an F-35B fighter jet

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton

the black hornet drone

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

US submarine in Australia

Australia is eyeing uncrewed vessels to patrol the vast Pacific Ocean 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

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

By Kelsey D. Atherton