By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eva-Marie Ramsaran, Amphibious Squadron 8 Public Affairs 21 March 2024 NORFOLK, Virginia — More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations…
March 20 Red Sea Update
USCENTCOM, March 20, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – Between 10:10 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) on March 20, a coalition aircraft successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle, and U.S. Central Command successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned surface vessel,…
Coast Guard Commandant Delivers Annual State of the Coast Guard Address
Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, March 21, 2024 WASHINGTON — Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, delivered the annual State of the Coast Guard Address at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC Wednesday. Fagan expressed…
Navy to Send Beach Group, Sealift Ships to Support Gaza Relief
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is sending an expedition of beach cargo handling forces to assist in the establishment of a floating causeway and pier to handle delivery of relief supplies to Gaza. …
Navy Orders 17 Block III Super Hornets Plus Data Package
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has ordered 17 more Block III F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters for the fleet, with the contract action also providing for the initial phase of delivery of the aircraft’s…
Poland Joins Combined Maritime Forces in Middle East as 42nd Member
By Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs | March 20, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain — Combined Maritime Forces welcomed the Republic of Poland as the 42nd member of the world’s largest maritime security partnership, March 17. “We’re thrilled to welcome Poland as a…
GA-ASI Tests Sonobuoy Dispensing System with MQ-9B Seaguardian UAV
SAN DIEGO – 20 March 2024 – On Feb. 27, 2024, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), conducted a series of tests on GA-ASI’s Sonobuoy Dispensing System (SDS) using the MQ-9B…
Aircraft Carrier Suppliers Alarmed at Navy’s Planned Delay of CVN 82
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The coalition of suppliers of components, parts, and services for the construction of the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers (CVNs) is alarmed at the proposed two-year delay of authorization for CVN 82…
USCGC David Duren is the First of Three FRCs to be Homeported in Astoria, Oregon
LOCKPORT, Louisiana — Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered the USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 56th Fast Response…
Kratos Receives $57.6 Million Navy Contract for 70 BQM-177A Aerial Targets
March 18, 2024 SAN DIEGO, March 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTOS), a Technology Company in the Defense, National Security and Global Markets and industry-leading provider of high-performance, jet-powered unmanned aerial systems, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Division…
