MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reactivated during a ceremony this morning aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina. HMLA-269, known as “The…
Shield AI’s V-BAT Tapped for $198M Coast Guard Contract
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the company a $198,106,876 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed-price contract to provide Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services. This service…
USS Mason Returns to Mayport From Combat Deployment
USS Mason Returns to Mayport from Combat Deloyment By ENS Emily Moore, USS Mason Public Affairs, July 2, 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) returned to Naval Station Mayport, July 2, 2024,…
July 1 CENTCOM Update
From U.S. Central Command July 1, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi radar site in a Houthi controlled area of Yemen. It was determined the radar site presented an imminent…
RIMPAC 2024 Kicks Off in Hawaii
28 June 2024 From Lt.Cmdr. Robert Reinheimer HONOLULU, Hawaii - The opening ceremony and press conference kicked off the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, today. Approximately 29 nations, 40…
Naval Sea Systems Command Celebrates 50 Years
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications July 1, 2024 WASHINGTON – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), responsible for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and inactivation of ships, submarines, and combat systems for the U.S. Navy, celebrated its 50th…
USS Constitution to go Underway in Honor of Independence Day
From the Department of the Navy, 28 June 2024 BOSTON – USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway from Charlestown Navy Yard, Massachusetts, on Thursday, July 4, at 10 a.m. USS Constitution will be closed in the morning and reopen…
June 30 U.S. Central Command Update
From U.S. Central Command June 30, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces conducted a self-defense engagement, destroying three Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) in the Red Sea. It was determined the USVs presented…
Expeditionary Fast Transport to Support SOUTHCOM’s Continuing Promise Goodwill Deployment
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — A Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport, USNS Burlington (T-EPF 10), is scheduled to deploy next week on a voyage to five countries in the Caribbean and Central and South America to provide…
Coast Guard Commissions First Pacific Northwest-Based Fast Response Cutter
From U.S. Coast Guard 13th District, June 28, 2024 ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard commissioned its 56th Fast Response Cutter and first one to be stationed in the Pacific Northwest during a ceremony held in Astoria, Ore., Thursday. Coast Guard…
