NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY — USS Milwaukee (LCS 5) a Freedom variant littoral combat ship, returned to sea Jan. 3 after being in port as a result of a portion of the crew testing positive for COVID-19, Cmdr. Katherine L Meadows,…
UISS Conducts Successful Underwater Explosion Shock Test
ABERDEEN, Md. — The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants announced on Jan. 4 the successful completion of underwater explosion shock testing on the Unmanned Influence Sweep System, a component of the Navy’s suite of mine countermeasure technologies. The test…
Navy Awards BAE Systems $154 M for Engineering and Technical Integration Services
MCLEAN, Va. — BAE Systems has been awarded a five-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract worth up to $154 million to continue supporting the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Warfare Center Webster Outlying Field, the company said Jan 4. Under the…
USS Abraham Lincoln Deploys with First Marine Corps F-35C Squadron
SAN DIEGO — The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departed on a regularly scheduled deployment Jan. 3 as the centerpiece of a carrier strike group that included the Marine Corps’ first F-35C Lightning II squadron. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike…
NAVSEA Orders Two More Mark VI Patrol Boats for Ukraine
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered two more Mark VI patrol boats for the government of Ukraine, the Defense Department said. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded SAFE Boats International of Bremerton, Washington, a $25.6 million firm-fixed-price modification…
750 F-35s in Service as 2022 Begins, Lockheed Martin Says
FORT WORTH, Texas — Lockheed Martin completed another successful year as the F-35 program continued to expand its global footprint and enhance operational capabilities, the company said Jan. 3. In 2021, two new countries, Switzerland and Finland, selected the F-35 for their…
Navy Orders Additional TH-73A Helicopters to Train Naval Aviators
PHILADELPHIA — The newly established partnership between Leonardo and the U.S. Navy on the advanced training of next-generation helicopter pilots grew in December with the U.S. Department of Defense buying an additional 36 TH-73A rotorcraft, with initial spares, for $159.4…
U.S. Navy Ships Interdict Heroin Worth $4 Million in Arabian Sea
MANAMA, Bahrain — Two U.S. Navy ships seized 385 kilograms of heroin worth approximately $4 million from a stateless fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, Dec. 27, Naval Forces Central Command said Dec. 30. U.S. Coast Guard personnel embarked aboard…
Navy Orders 65 Production BQM-177A Aerial Target Drones from Kratos
SAN DIEGO — Kratos Defense & Security Solutions Inc. announced Dec. 28 that its division Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems has been awarded a $50.1 million contract modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract to exercise an option to procure 65…
U.S. Navy Seizes 1,400 Assault Rifles During Illicit Weapons Interdiction
MANAMA, Bahrain – U.S. 5th Fleet ships seized approximately 1,400 AK-47 assault rifles and 226,600 rounds of ammunition from a stateless fishing vessel during a flag verification boarding in accordance with customary international law in the North Arabian Sea, Dec….
