ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 24, 2025 ̶ Leonardo DRS, Inc. (NASDAQ: DRS) announced today that it has received a $45 million U.S. Navy Submarine Industrial Base (SIB) investment commitment through contracts with HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding. The investment is expected to…
GA-ASI Advances Unmanned Sub-Hunting with Test of New Air-Dropped Sensors
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Truman returns to sea following repairs
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Navy CNO Franchetti Fired
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Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak Returns Home Following 37-Day Law Enforcement Patrol in American Samoa
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The Navy’s Carrier Airwing Flies Further With Hercules’ New Tanker Approval
From Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Feb. 24, 2025 PATUXENT RIVER, Md. –- The Navy Reserve’s KC-130T Hercules fleet, upgraded with the NP200 propeller system, is cleared to aerially refuel a significantly wider range of aircraft across the carrier…
USS Stockdale Returns Home After Seven-Month Deployment To 5th Fleet And 7th Fleet
From MC1 Storm Henry, Feb. 22, 2025 NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale (DDG 106) returned to their homeport, Naval Base San Diego, after a seven-month deployment to U.S. 3rd, 5th Fleet and 7th…
General Atomics Awarded Contract from General Dynamics Electric Boat
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Northrop Grumman to Collaborate with Hanwha on the Republic of Korea’s Mine Countermeasures Program
From Northrop Grumman MELBOURNE, Fla. – Feb. 20, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Hanwha have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in connection with the Republic of Korea’s Mine Countermeasures Helicopter (KMCH) program. The agreement supports Northrop…
U.S. Navy Celebrates Second Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony in Nutekpor, Ghana
By MCC Justin Stumberg, U.S. 6th Fleet, Feb. 20, 2025 NUTEKPOR, Ghana – Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, in collaboration with U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and the U.S. Embassy, Accra hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Jan. 22, 2025, to commemorate the construction…
