Flip News — us-navy news https://flipnews.co.uk/topics/us-navy/ The latest Flip News stories on us-navy. en-GB Sun, 04 Oct 2026 21:23:27 GMT US sends 9,000 troops and third carrier toward Iran as tanker struck in Hormuz https://flipnews.co.uk/world/us-sends-9000-troops-tanker-attacked-hormuz/ https://flipnews.co.uk/world/us-sends-9000-troops-tanker-attacked-hormuz/ Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Pentagon is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt strike group and an amphibious group as President Trump weighs new strikes on Iran, while a tanker was hit by an "unknown projectile" in the Strait of Hormuz. Sarah Whitfield hormuz iran us-navy shipping world Arab News Boeing lands $20bn US Navy deal for sixth-generation F/A-XX fighter https://flipnews.co.uk/business/boeing-wins-navy-faxx-fighter-contract/ https://flipnews.co.uk/business/boeing-wins-navy-faxx-fighter-contract/ Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Pentagon has chosen Boeing to build the US Navy's next-generation stealth fighter, the F/A-XX, in a full-scale development contract worth more than $20 billion. Priya Raman boeing f-a-xx us-navy pentagon defence Reuters