Jerome Brahy

On August 24, 2026, BAE Systems Australia officially laid the keel for the first Hunter-class frigate, NUSHIP Hunter, at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in South Australia. Joining two major lower-hull blocks marked the commencement of full structural integration for the Royal Australian Navy's next-generation anti-submarine warfare platform.

The U.S. Navy is considering renaming its fourth Gerald R. Ford-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, CVN-81, with USS Donald Trump emerging as a potential alternative to the current designation, USS Doris Miller, according to CNN. The potential name change coincides with a directive from the White House to produce a plan replacing the ship's planned Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Weapons Elevators with legacy steam catapults and hydraulic elevators.

Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence confirmed that Russian forces executed the first operational combat launch of the upgraded 9M723-2 ballistic missile, known under the development code Iskander-1000, during a strike on Kyiv. Part of the updated Bora-M complex, the weapon integrates an enlarged solid-propellant motor to expand maximum strike range from 390 km to 550 km while retaining the core 9M723-1 airframe, guidance, and warhead architecture.