******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The type commander of the Navy’s surface combatant fleet has set a goal of sustaining a fleet of 75 mission-capable (MC) ships. “We’ve come up with a North Star goal to drive all of our readiness…
IMSC Task Force Completes Maritime Exercise with Unmanned Systems, A.I.
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ******* MANAMA, Bahrain — The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) completed a three-day maritime exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 9, integrating unmanned systems and artificial intelligence during a naval drill…
Navy’s SPY-6 Radar to Reach Initial Operational Capability in 4th Quarter Fiscal 2024
************ ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s new SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar is scheduled to reach Initial Operational Capability (IOC) during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, a Raytheon official said. The radar, which first went to sea…
CAES Awarded LRIP2 Contract from Lockheed Martin to Support Navy’s AOEW System
Release from CAES ******* ARLINGTON, Va. — CAES has been awarded a Low-Rate Initial Production Phase 2 (LRIP-2) contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation to supply its Phased Array Antennas to support Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system, CAES…
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) to Converge in Washington
U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Tactics Instructors (WTIs) are converging in Washington for a conference January 9-12. The conference, known as a “Re-Blue,” is coordinated and hosted by the Naval Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), who leads the Surface…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Completes Expeditionary Patrol in Oceania
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia ******* SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) completed a 41-day 7100-nautical mile expeditionary patrol throughout Oceania on Dec. 23, U.S. Coast Guard…
7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Transit of Taiwan Strait
7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Transit of Taiwan Strait ******* TAIWAN STRAIT — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Jan. 5 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight…
General Dynamics Land Systems Delivers Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototype to U.S. Marine Corps
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, submitted its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps for evaluation in the service’s ongoing competition, the company said in a release. “We…
Congress Orders Report on Plan for Future of Navy’s Expeditionary EA-18G Squadrons
ARLINGTON, Va. — Congress rejected the U.S. Navy’s 2023 budget proposal to deactivate five electronic attack squadrons (VAQs) that operate the Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic attack jet in the defense policy bill recently signed into law by President Joe Biden. Instead,…
French Warship Seizes Illegal Drugs in North Arabian Sea
MANAMA, Bahrain — A French warship seized illegal drugs worth a total estimated U.S. street value of $24 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 27, Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs said in…
