Initial $60 Million Award to Expand Solid Rocket Motor Production Capacity INDIAN HEAD, MD, Dec. 3, 2024 — X-Bow Systems Inc (X-Bow), a leading non-traditional producer of advanced solid rocket motors (SRMs) and defense technologies, and Naval Surface Warfare Center…
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Selects SeaGuardians from GA-ASI
From General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. SAN DIEGO – Dec. 3, 2024 – The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has selected the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems for its Long Endurance Unmanned Aerial…
Ready to Dive: ROV Pioneer Shares Seafaring Stories in New Book
Curt Newport spent his career as a member of an elite club — as an underwater salvage expert, he has participated in more than 150 undersea operations, ranging from the recovery of astronaut Gus Grissom’s Liberty Bell 7 suborbital spacecraft…
First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine Arrives in Guam
From Lt. James Caliva, Nov. 26, 2024 NAVAL BASE GUAM (Nov. 26, 2024) – The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrived to its new homeport of Naval Base Guam, Nov. 26, as part of the U.S. Navy’s strategic…
Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Departs Seattle for Deployment Bound for Antarctica
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Nov. 26, 2024 SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Friday, beginning their deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze (ODF)…
USCGC Munro Returns From Counter-Drug Patrol, $440M Worth of Cocaine Interdicted
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Nov. 26, 2024 ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned home to Alameda, Monday following a two-month counter-drug patrol in international waters off the coasts of…
USS Indianapolis returns from four-fleet deployment
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT — The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) returned to Naval Station Mayport, Fla. following a deployment to the U.S. 5th Fleet, 6th Fleet, and 2nd Fleet areas of operations, Nov. 26. Indianapolis deployed in…
Truman Strike Group Concludes High-North Operations with Strait of Gibraltar Transit
From Story by Lt.Cmdr. Courtney Callaghan, Lt. Brandon Dedmon and Lt. Camila Healey, Nov. 27, 2024 MEDITERRANEAN SEA – The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), including Italian Navy Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Carabiniere (F 593), and the Spanish Navy…
USS Beloit Commissioned
From Lt. Ayifa Brooks, Nov. 25, 2024 MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “I take great pride in representing Wisconsin’s manufacturing economy and…
USS Boxer and 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit Return Home After Indo-Pacific Deployment
From U.S. Third Fleet Public Affairs, Nov. 25 2024 SAN DIEGO – Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) and embarked elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) returned to homeport in San Diego…
