Here’s TWZ’s weekly carrier tracker monitoring America’s flattop fleet, including deployed Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG), using publicly available open-source information. Check out last week’s report here. Less than one week remains of the 60-day timetable initially agreed upon in the memorandum of understanding signed by Washington and Tehran in

Last week, the U.S. Navy announced that future stretched Virginia class nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN) fitted with Virginia Payload Modules (VPM) will be recategorized as guided missile types (SSGN). In doing so, the service disclosed that two Block V Virginia class boats will lack a VPM, and the four large vertical launch tubes contained therein,

Drones of an unknown origin were reportedly sighted over the remote joint U.S.-U.K. Diego Garcia installation located deep in the Indian Ocean. As we have frequently reported, this island base has long been a highly strategic operating location for the U.S. military. Beyond its large airfield that has been an epicenter of bomber operations over

Chinese-made components in cameras aboard U.K. Royal Navy unmanned surface vessels (USVs) were found transmitting data to a device in China, according to a recent report in a British newspaper. The U.K. Ministry of Defense confirmed to TWZ that it had “identified an issue affecting a Kraken Unmanned Surface Vessel sub-system used by the Royal

On 27 July, Bell Textron announced it secured a U.S. Navy contract valued at approximately $300 million to upgrade up to 49 Marine Corps H-1 helicopters. As part of the “SPINE” program, Bell will begin modifying 28 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and 21 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters from mid-2027. Upgrades include new generators and electrical

Sikorsky details plans to bring optional piloting into production, expand the Black Hawk’s payload and range, and offer armed configurations to both existing and new-build aircraft. During the recent Farnborough International Airshow 2026, The Aviationist had the opportunity to discuss the future of one of Sikorsky’s most iconic aircraft, the Black Hawk, with Jason Wrigley,

The USMC received the last of its 359 MV-22B tilt-rotor aircraft, which will remain the mainstay of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) aerial logistics until 2055. The U.S. Marine Corps reached a major milestone on Jul. 28, 2026 with the delivery of its last MV-22B Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, completing its Program of Record

Just weeks after the shock news that the Wildcat AH1 would be withdrawn from service, Leonardo spoke at Farnborough International Airshow about its belief in the future of both the Wildcat and Merlin platforms.  Still ‘digesting’ the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) released on Jun. 30, 2026, Leonardo Helicopters UK Managing Director Nigel Colman says the

Leonardo confirmed at Farnborough International Airshow that funding for the Proteus uncrewed helicopter demonstrator had been renewed to carry over through to mid 2027. Speaking to the press during a briefing at Farnborough International Airshow 2026, Leonardo Helicopters UK Managing Director Nigel Colman confirmed that the Proteus helicopter program is continuing following questions over a

Australian Army has conducted its first AH-64E Apache live-fire training in Australia during Exercise Possum Guns in July 2026. This was the first time the new Apache helicopters fired live rounds on Australian soil using the Apache’s 30mm cannon, rocket pods and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles against targets. The Apache will replace the Army’s older Tiger