Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Maritime Security

Future USS Oakland completes acceptance trials under COVID-19 challenging circumstances

The Navyā€™s newest Independence-class littoral combat ship, the future USS Oakland (LCS 24), successfully concluded acceptance trials here May 22 following a series of...

U.S. Navy is planning to receive next generation torpedo

The U.S. Navy is planning to receive the next generation of a torpedo, known as Very Lightweight Torpedo (VLWT). Currently, Northrop Grumman has successfully manufactured...

German submarine operates under NATO command in the Eastern Baltic Sea

German submarine U33 has just concluded a several-week-long assurance measure deployment under NATO in the Eastern Baltic Sea. It arrived back to the naval...

U.S. Navy provides high-energy laser weapon system test details

The U.S. Navy released a statement and detailed the ongoing test of the newest high-energy laser weapon system on board of Amphibious transport dock...

U.S. Marine Corps conducts mass air training mission

Marine Aircraft Group 24 (MAG-24), a U.S. Marine Corps aviation unit based at Marine Corps Air Facility Kaneohe Bay, conducts a mass air training...

USS Theodore Roosevelt returns to sea after months of being moored in Guam

The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returned to sea after a coronavirus outbreak sidelined the massive warship for nearly two months after...

Raytheon awarded $10 million for new towed minehunting sonar

Raytheon Co., one of the world's largest defense contractors, has received a $10,5 million contract modification to exercise options for maintenance and support for...

Taiwan reportedly nears deal to buy US-made mobile coastal defense system

Taiwanā€™s Ministry of National Defense is close to a deal to purchase the mobile coastal defense system with Boeing Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles,...

Capt. William Reed completes 5,000 flight hours in an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

On 19 May, Capt. William Reed, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 Commander has completed his 5,000th flight hour in an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, according...

U.S. Marine Corps releases details of largest infantry weapons modernization effort

As the U.S. Marine Corps continues to increase the lethality of the infantry squad, Marine Corps Systems Commandā€™s Program Manager for Infantry Weapons has...

Boeing marks a milestone: delivery 100th P-8A Poseidon to U.S. Navy

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing marked a milestone with the delivery of its 100th P-8A maritime patrol aircraft to the U.S. Navy. "This countdown to 100...

Lockheed Martin awarded $900 million for MH-60R helicopters

Pentagonā€™s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $904,8 contract modification from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of and...

25-year-old ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine returns to service

The U.S. Navy released a statement on Wednesday saying that the Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Maine (SSBN 741) officially returned to strategic service. Maineā€™s keel...

U.S. aerospace giant secures $1,9 billion contract for SLAM-ER missiles for Saudi Arabia

U.S. aerospace giant Boeing Co. has secured a $1,9 billion Stand-off Land Attack Missile ā€“ Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) contract from the U.S. Naval Air...

Lockheed Martin delivers 500th F-35 Center Wing from Marietta facility

The Lockheed Martin facility inĀ Marietta delivered 500th F-35 Center Wing, marking a major milestone. According to the F-35.com, the milestone Center Wing, or CW, will...

U.S. Navy fast-attack submarine departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for sea trials

The U.S. Pacific Fleet has reported that Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Missouri (SSN 780) departs Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after completing a scheduled extended...

U.S. Navy commences MQ-8C flight testing with new search radar

The U.S. Navy commenced flight testing of the newest unmanned helicopter, Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout, equipped with the Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 advanced search radar. The...

Mark VI patrol boats participates in live fire exercise with MH-60S helicopter

The U.S. Naval Forces Central Command has reported that 85-foot-long Mark VI patrol boats assigned to Commander, Task Force (CTF) 56 participated in a...

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