WASHINGTON — Navy Strategic Systems Programs (SSP) successfully conducted a test of the First Stage Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) on May 27 in Promontory, Utah, as part of the development of the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) offensive hypersonic strike…
Cutter Active Returns From Counter-Drug Patrol, $106M in Cocaine Seized
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to their homeport May 27 in Port Angeles after a 58-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in…
Navy’s RQ-4A BAMS-D Surveillance UAV Passes 40K Flight Hours
SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman’s autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) system surpassed 40,000 flight hours during a routine mission in the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of operations April 13, the company said in a May…
Future LCS Savannah Completes Successful Acceptance Trials
MOBILE, Ala. — The future USS Savannah (LCS 28) successfully concluded acceptance trials in the Gulf of Mexico May 14 after a series of in-port and underway demonstrations, the Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants Public Affairs said in…
Coast Guard Repatriates 21 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter William Trump crew repatriated 21 Cubans to Cuba May 24 at approximately 10 a.m. after they were interdicted off Key West’s coast, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a May 25 release. A good…
5th Fleet Bolstered by Arrival of Two Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived at their new homeport onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 25, the U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs said in a release. The FRCs…
Cutter Steadfast Returns to Homeport After Interdicting $33 Million in Cocaine
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to its Astoria, Oregon, homeport May 21 after completing a 10,000-mile, 49-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a May 26…
New Flag Officer Assignments Announced
ARLINGTON, Va.—The acting secretary of the Navy and chief of naval operations announced on May 26 today the following flag assignments: Rear Adm. (lower half) William E. Chase III, selected for promotion to rear admiral, will be assigned deputy commander,…
MARAD Designates Mid Atlantic Maritime Academy as Center of Excellence
NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced on May 23 the designation of Mid Atlantic Maritime Academy (“MAMA”) as one of 27 Centers of Excellence for Domestic Maritime Workforce Training and Education (CoE). The CoE designation recognizes community colleges…
U.K. Carrier Strike Group Sets Sail on 7-Month First Deployment
LONDON — Nine ships, 32 aircraft, and 3,700 personnel set sail May 22 on the U.K. Carrier Strike Group’s first operational deployment, the U.K. Ministry of Defence said in a release. The seven-month global deployment will extend through the Mediterranean…
