Tom Cruise doesn't have anything to do with it, but the Navy flight school featured in the "Top Gun" movies really exists.

On the sidelines of the main ceremony, the Sri Lanka Navy honoured the nation, according a 25-Gun Salute onboard Sri Lanka Naval Ship (SLNS) Sayura at 12.00 noon. According a Gun Salute is considered ...

MK 45 mod 4 naval gun. BAE Systems picture. The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems over $70 million to upgrade Mk 45 5-inch naval gun systems and ancillary equipment. On Sept. 30, BAE Systems received ...

For much of modern naval history, the role of a destroyer has been ... This objective was accomplished with a variety of guns, with the largest generally being five inches­—thus far smaller ...

A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown has been formally had charges “preferred” against them in ...

If the Perrys of Newport had been professional wrestlers, they would have been the tag team champs of the 19th century. It is ...

One of the Naval Service’s most modern ships has been forced to go on patrol without a functioning main weapons system at a time of heightened tensions in European Union waters. The failing is ...

The destroyer Rafael Peralta fires its Mark 45 5-inch light-weight gun during a live-fire exercise while operating in the Philippine Sea in January 2023. (MC1 Greg Johnson/U.S. Navy) The U.S. Navy ...

History is filled with wars, that’s just a natural part of the human condition. It is in the annals of history that we find ...

and decisions to make about whether the traditional 5-inch gun still makes sense, versus something like the lasers the Navy has been developing for years. “Second, every time you watch an ...