• White House Demands Steam, Hydraulics for Future Carrier

    Seapower Staff
    The White House announced Aug. 13 that President Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum directing the secretary of war to replace Advanced Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch Systems and Advanced Weapons Elevators with “traditional steam and hydraulic systems” on a future Ford-class aircraft carrier. The move would commence with CVN 81,…

  • Boeing to Increase SM-3 Hardware Production Under New Pentagon Agreements

    Press Release
    HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Boeing has signed new seven-year framework agreements with the U.S. Department of War (DoW) and Raytheon, an RTX business, to increase production of critical hardware for the Standard Missile-3® (SM-3), including avionics and ejector assemblies that support precise intercepts of missile threats outside Earth’s atmosphere. Under the agreements,…

  • USCGC Douglas Denman returns to Ketchikan, Alaska, Following California Coastal Patrol

    Press Release
    JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman (WPC 1149) returned to its homeport at Coast Guard Base Ketchikan, Saturday, following a 41-day patrol operating in the California coastal region.  The crew of the Douglas Denman deployed in support of Operation Border Trident, Coast Guard Southwest District’s standing operation to counter illicit maritime activity along the Southwest maritime boundary line.   Operation Border Trident is a Coast Guard-led interagency approach to detection, monitoring,…

  • CENTCOM Launches First Multinational Attack Drone Task Force

    Press Release
    TAMPA, Fla. — On Aug. 13, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) announced efforts to establish the first-ever multi-domain, multinational attack drone task force. The unit, called Task Force Falcon Strike, will employ one-way attack drones consisting of unmanned systems from above, on, and below the sea operated by military support staff from…

  • HII Awarded $2.2 Billion to Advance U.S. ISR Capabilities for the Western Hemisphere

    Press Release
    MCLEAN, Va. — HII announced Aug. 11 that its Mission Technologies division has been awarded a $2.2 billion task order to deliver advanced Surveillance, Tracking, Intelligence, Network Services, Global Reconnaissance, Analysis, and Interceptions (STRINGRAI) in support of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM). STRINGRAI will enhance SOUTHCOM’s ability to detect, monitor,…
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