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Huntington Ingalls awarded $67M contract modification for USS Columbus submarine upgrade
The U.S. Navy's largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls, has been awarded a $67 million U.S. Navy contract modification for USS Columbus (SSN 762) submarine upgrade.
The...
MH-60S Seahawk helicopter receives first redesigned gunner seats
The U.S. Navy's primary submarine hunter and anti-surface warfare helicopter, the MH-60R Sea Hawk has received the first two redesigned gunner seats, according to...
Huntington Ingalls awarded $30 million contract for aircraft carriers support
The Navy’s largest shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $30,8 million contract for engineering, technical, design agent, and hull planning yard support for...
General Dynamics adds new Naval Strike Missile system to USS Gabrielle Giffords
General Dynamics Mission Systems, a business unit of American defense and aerospace company General Dynamics, has announced that it enhanced the Independence-variant littoral combat...
U.S. Navy awards BAE Systems with $2,6 billion contract for precision-guided rockets
The U.S. Navy has awarded BAE Systems with $2,6 billion in contracts for the procurement of modern precision-guided rocket.
The contract award from Naval Air...
U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer launches missiles during SWATT
The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) launched missiles during a Missile Exercise (MSLEX) as part of Surface Warfare...
U.S. Super Hornet fighter fleet readiness jumped to 80 percent
The U.S. Naval Air Forces announced on Sept. 25 that the Super Hornet fighter fleet meets 80 percent mission-capable rates.
The Naval Aviation has achieved...
U.S. Engineers tests driverless Amphibious Assault Vehicle
U.S. Engineers hold tests of an autonomous variant of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle, according to a Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton news release.
The Naval...
U.S. Marines conducts air raid operation in Alaska
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines conducted an air raid operations during Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) in Adak, Alaska, on Sept. 20,...
U.S. Marines conduct trans-Pacific flight in MV-22 tilt-rotor aircraft
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin completed a trans-Pacific flight in MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for the fourth time, transiting from Darwin,...
U.S. Navy holds keel-laying ceremony for new littoral combat ship
The U.S. Navy held a keel-laying and authentication ceremony for the future USS Savannah (LCS 28) at Austal’s state-of-the-art ship manufacturing facility in Mobile,...
Raytheon receives $80 million MK 54 torpedo contract modification
U.S. defense giant Raytheon has received an $80 million U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command contract modification for the production of the Mark 54 Lightweight...
U.S. Navy tests new anti-mine unmanned surface vehicle
The U.S. Navy has been testing the new anti-mine unmanned surface vehicle called Unmanned Influence Sweep System, or UISS, aboard Military Sealift Command's expeditionary...
U.S. Navy awards BAE Systems with $170 million contract for repair on two guided-missile destroyers
The U.S. defense contractor BAE Systems has announced that it received $170.7 million in contracts from the U.S. Navy to perform simultaneous maintenance and...
New Joint Light Tactical Vehicles arrives at 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa
The new Oshkosh Joint Light Tactical Vehicles arrived at 3rd Marine Division on Okinawa, Japan.
With armor, an engine, and durability greater than that of...
U.S. Navy sponsoring development of a cloud-computing environment
The U.S. Navy is working to develop a technologically advanced cloud-computing environment for enhancing the agility and responsiveness of naval warfighters, according to an...
USS Normandy departs for deployment
The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60) departed for its deployment, according to a Navy news release.
USS Normandy Normandy and ships from Destroyer...
U.S. Navy receives first E-2D Hawkeye with aerial refueling capability
The U.S. Navy Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120 (VAW-120), also known as “Greyhawks”, receive the first improved version of E-2D Advanced Hawkey airborne early...