CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The U.S. Navy Office of Naval Research (ONR) has awarded ElectraWatch, an Austal USA company, a highly competitive Manufacturing Science Program contract to identify new material processing pathways that use additive manufacturing for Copper-Nickel (CuNi) heat exchanger designs. ElectraWatch was one…
Thales Expands its ALFS Repair Capabilities in the United States
CLARKSBURG, Md. — Thales Defense & Security Inc. has serviced more than 1,300 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) subsystems over the past eight years, a key milestone in the primary sustainment activities for ALFS, the company announced Oct. 28. For more than 20…
Connecting the Dots: Gulf-Based Naval Overwatch Helps Secure ‘A to B’ Commercial Shipping Transits
The Northern Indian Ocean region hosts some of the world’s most critical maritime trade routes. Sea lines of communication (SLOCs) crisscross the region, connecting East and West and linking key energy supplies from the Persian Gulf. The SLOCs pass through…
Cutter Kimball Returns to Homeport after Patrol in Bering Sea and Arctic
JUNEAU, Alaska — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returned to homeport in Honolulu, Hawaii Oct. 27 following a 66-day patrol in the Bering and Chukchi Seas, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a release. The crew traveled nearly…
Navy Budget Admiral: Topline a Challenge for New Ship Programs
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is facing a bow wave of fiscal challenges as it launches or proceeds new major ship, aircraft and shipyard programs as it seeks to build the fleet the nation needs, the Navy’s budget director said. “The…
Future USS Fort Lauderdale Completes Builder’s Trials
WASHINGTON — The future USS Fort Lauderdale (LPD 28), the Navy’s 12th San Antonio class-amphibious transport dock ship, conducted builder’s sea trials Oct. 26, Team Ships Public Affairs said Oct. 27. Builder’s trials consist of a series of in-port and at-sea demonstrations…
Rapid HIMARS Deployment to Remote Location Demonstrates Distributed Lethality
GOTLAND, Sweden — Sweden and the United States conducted a recent exercise to deploy a mobile rocket launcher to a remote location and quickly engage targets. Both Swedish and American C-130 Hercules aircraft demonstrated the ability to land on roads…
NAVCENT Task Force Completes First Unmanned Integration Exercise at Sea
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY, Bahrain — U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) completed exercise New Horizon, the first at-sea evolution for its new unmanned task force, the command’s public affairs said Oct. 26. During the two-day training exercise, Task Force 59…
CORAS to Support U.S. Navy’s Shipboard Systems with AI/ML
TYSONS, Va. — CORAS, an enterprise decision management software company in Tysons, Virginia, has won a prototype project agreement under the other transaction authority with the U.S. Navy’s Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic for the Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP)….
U.S. Navy Destroyer Detaches from U.K. Carrier Strike Group
LONDON — The USS The Sullivans, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, has departed the U.K. Carrier Strike Group after a five-month contribution to the global deployment, the U.K Ministry of Defence said Oct. 26. Having worked with the Carrier Strike Group…
