From HII NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of W International SC, LLC and Vivid Empire SC,…
General Atomics Awarded Navy Contract to Advance Long Range Maneuvering Projectile
SAN DIEGO – Dec. 2, 2024 – General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy via Advanced Technology International (ATI) for its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile (LRMP) Common Round. GA-EMS…
CENTCOM Forces Defeat Houthi Attacks on U.S. Navy and U.S.-Flagged Ships in Gulf of Aden
From U.S. Central Command, Dec. 1, 2024 TAMPA, Fla – U.S. Navy destroyers USS Stockdale (DDG 106) and the USS O’Kane (DDG 77) successfully defeated a range of Houthi-launched weapons while transiting the Gulf of Aden, Nov. 30 – Dec….
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Offloads $182.8M In Counternarcotics At Port Everglades
From Coast Guard 7th District, Dec. 3, 2024 MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an assessed street value of approximately $182.8 million in Port Everglades, Monday. The crew worked alongside interagency and…
U.S. Navy Selects X-Bow Systems to Modernize and Automate Energetics Industrial Base
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…
