Topic: NAVY
Lockheed Martin to launch new Littoral Combat Ship for US Navy
Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin announced Monday that it will launch the future USS Cleveland (LCS 31) on Saturday. The Lockheed Martin-led industry team will launch the...
US Navy commissions its new Littoral Combat Ship
The U.S. Navy commissioned the newest Littoral Combat Ship USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32), on 1 April. LCS 32 is the 32nd ship of the type and 16th...
US Navy awards contract for construction of LPD 32
The U.S. Navy awarded HII a $1.3 billion modification to a previously awarded contract for procuring the detail design and construction of amphibious transport dock LPD 32. HII...
US Navy buys new radars to modernize Flight IIA destroyers
U.S. Aerospace giant Raytheon announced Wednesday that it was awarded a $619 million Navy contract for SPY-6 family of radars. Raytheon said in a release that contract includes...
British Royal Navy seizes Iran’s ballistic missile components
British Royal Navy seized "anti-tank guided missiles" and missile components from an Iranian boat that was bound for Yemen, military officials announced Thursday. The operation, which occurred on...
Boeing’s P-8 maritime patrol aircraft just hit a major milestone
Aerospace giant Boeing announced on Tuesday that the global P-8 Poseidon fleet has reached an outstanding milestone of 500,000 flight hours. "The global P-8 Poseidon fleet — that's...
US Navy awards contract to Lockheed Martin for heavyweight torpedoes
Lockheed Martin Corp. was awarded $16,8 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract in support of the Mark 48 heavyweight torpedo efforts. In a Feb. 24 contract announcement, the Navy said that...
HII builds new submarine-construction facility
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), America’s largest military shipbuilding company and a provider of manufacturing, broke ground on a new facility that will support nuclear submarine construction at...