• Navy Awards First Production Contract for MQ-25A Stingray

    Navy Public Affairs
    The U.S. Navy awarded a Fixed Price Incentive contract to The Boeing Company, for the MQ-25A Stingray Lot 1 Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP), valued at $562,000,000. The contract provides the funds for three LRIP Lot 1 MQ-25As and additional funding for the advanced acquisition of long lead components to…

  • Coast Guard Delivers Air Station Sacramento’s First HC‑130J

    U.S. Coast Guard
    SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Coast Guard commemorated the delivery of the first HC‑130J Super Hercules aircraft to Air Station Sacramento during a ceremony Thursday. The HC‑130J provides heavy air transport and long‑range maritime patrol capability. The aircraft’s missionized configuration delivers intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities that enable the Coast Guard to save lives, control, secure, and…

  • HII is Awarded Long-Lead Time Materials Contract for CVN 82

    Press Release
    NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — HII has announced that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy to start procurement of long-lead time materials (LLTM) for the construction of planned aircraft carrier CVN 82 at its Newport News Shipbuilding division. The $336 million undefinitized contract award will initiate advanced procurement…

  • GrayMatter Develops Advanced Robotics for Future-Proof Shipbuilding

    Richard R. Burgess
    ARLINGTON, Va. — A California-based robotics company plans to build a shipyard and equip existing ones with advanced robotics to improve the flow of work and reduce the time and cost shipbuilding. GrayMatter Robotics, based in Carson, California, specializes in physical artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, said Ariyan Kabir, co-founder and…

  • Leidos autonomy earns its place at RIMPAC and with carrier strike group

    Press Release
    RESTON, Va. — Leidos maritime autonomy recently reached two significant milestones supporting U.S. Navy operations, with Sea Hunter at Rim of the Pacific 2026 (RIMPAC) and Seahawk operating with the USS Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group. Why it matters: The milestones reinforce the growing role of autonomous vessels and mark…
More Stories
TRENDING STORIES