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U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen returns from deployment
The U.S. Navy reported that its guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen (DDG 92) returned to its homeport of Everett, following an independent deployment to the...
U.S. Navy seeking information for airborne laser mine-hunting system
The U.S. Navy is seeking information from industry for a new, airborne laser mine-hunting system to detect, classify and localize floating and near-surface moored...
U.S. Marines conduct aerial refueling in Belize
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) announced that CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command conducted aerial...
U.S. Navy cruiser USS Chancellorsville celebrates 30th anniversary of commissioning
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) celebrated her 30th year of service while forward-deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations,...
U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group conducts bilateral exercise with Japanese Maritime Forces
The U.S. Navy Ronald Reagan Strike Group and JMSDF Escort Division 12 conducted a bilateral exercise at sea in support of regional security and...
Lockheed Martin receives $40 million Trident II contract modification
Lockheed Martin Space Systems, one of the four major business divisions of Lockheed Martin, has received a $40,3 million contract modification for production of...
Bell-Boeing gets $146 million to upgrade MV-22 aircraft
The U.S Department of Defense announced on Monday that Bell-Boeing, a joint venture between Boeing and Bell Helicopter, received a $146 contract modification for...
U.S. Marine HIMARS loads on Army landing craft for the first time
U.S. Marines with 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and U.S. Soldiers with 97th Transportation Company, 10th Support Group, successfully embarked and disembarked a...
U.S. Navy’s 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship completes successful acceptance trials
The future littoral combat ship USS Kansas City (LCS 22), the 11th Independence-variant littoral combat ship to enter the fleet, successfully concluded acceptance trials...
U.S. Navy newest littoral combat ship USS Detroit departs on maiden deployment
The U.S. Navy has reported that the Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Detroit (LCS 7) departed its homeport of Mayport, Florida, for the U.S....
U.S. Air Force pilots fly F-35B aboard amphibious assault ship for the first time
U.S. Air Force Captains Spencer G. Weide and Justin J. Newman Pilots made history as the first operational Air Force pilots to fly the...
U.S. Navy unveils its new shipboard air traffic radar for the first time
The U.S. Navy demonstrated its new Shipboard Air Traffic Radar, AN/SPN-50, for the first time Oct. 23 at Webster Field in St. Inigoes, Maryland.
According...
U.S. Navy releases incredible video of 100,000-tonne ship high-speed turns
The U.S. Navy released the incredible video on how 100,000-tonne aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) conducted high-speed turns during sea trials.
USS...
U.S. Navy oldest serving Los Angeles-class submarine arrives in Bremerton for decommissioning
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN 717) arriving in Bremerton, Washington, and is scheduled to begin the inactivation and decommissioning process at...
U.S. Marine Corps awards contract to BAE Systems for additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles
BAE Systems has announced that it has received a $120 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for additional Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under...
U.S. Navy newest amphibious assault ship successfully completes acceptance trials
The U.S. Navy’s largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls, has announced the successful completion of acceptance trials aboard the amphibious assault ship Tripoli (LHA 7).
The second ship in...
USS Charleston will undergo dry docking in Seattle over 2019-2020
Austal USA shipyard in Mobile, Alabama has announced that the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Charleston (LCS 18) will undergo dry docking in Seattle over...
1st Marine Aircraft Wing rapidly deployed more than 25 aircraft
The United States Marine Corps reported that 1st Marine Aircraft Wing rapidly deployed more than 25 aircraft to austere, expeditionary locations and then returned those...