By Dr. Lee Willett LONDON — The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has been increasing its permanent presence in the Arctic in recent years, using rotational deployments. The impact of this rotational presence is being demonstrated again in the multinational exercise…
Navy, Coast Guard Begin Oceania Maritime Security Initiative Patrol
Release from Commander, U.S. Third Fleet Public Affairs ***** 24 March 2023 SAN DIEGO - The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard began their joint patrol in the Western Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative (OMSI) to reduce and eliminate…
7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea
Release from U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs ***** NEWS | March 23, 2023 7th Fleet Destroyer conducts Freedom of Navigation Operation in South China Sea By U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs PARACEL ISLANDS, South China Sea – On March 24 (local time)…
Navy demonstrates new crash crane in operational setting
Release from Naval Air Systems Command ***** Published: Mar 23, 2023 NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md.– The Navy’s Common Aviation Support Equipment program office (PMA-260) successfully completed the Crash and Salvage Crane (CSC) Maintainability Demonstration (MDEMO) at the…
U.S. Coast Guard works with counterparts in Saipan to sharpen maritime operations skills
Release from U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia ***** SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a subject matter exchange with boating safety and customs counterparts in Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on March 21, 2023,…
Raytheon Technologies awarded $320 million for StormBreaker smart weapon
Release from Raytheon Technologies ***** TUCSON, Ariz., (March 23, 2023) — The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon Technologies a $320 million contract to produce and deliver 1500 StormBreaker® smart weapons, which are air-to-surface, network enabled weapons that can engage moving…
NIWC Atlantic Provides IT Solutions to the USNS Comfort
Release from Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic. ***** CHARLESTON, S.C. — Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic employees toured the USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), one of only two hospital ships, in early March to gain better insight of the information…
PEO Ships and NSWC Philadelphia Mark Major Milestone with the Next Generation Guided-Missile Destroyer (DDG(X)) Land Based Test Site
Release from Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division ***** By Gary Ell Philadelphia – Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships and Naval Surface Warfare Center, Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) marked a major milestone with the new DDG(X) Land Based Test Site (LBTS)…
Curtiss-Wright Awarded Contract to Provide U.S. Marine Corps with Expeditionary Network Communications Technology
Release from Curtiss-Wright ***** DAVIDSON, N.C. – March 23, 2023 – Curtiss-Wright Corporation, (NYSE: CW) today announced that it has been awarded a follow-on contract by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to provide small form factor network router and switch modules…
Second New England-based Fast Response Cutter to be commissioned in Boston
Release from Coast Guard 1st District ***** BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Warren Deyampert (WPC-1151) is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Boston March 30. The Coast Guard’s newest cutter was accepted by the…
