NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division hosted a keel authentication ceremony Dec. 11 for Virginia-class attack submarine Massachusetts (SSN 798), the company said in a release. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually, without an…
Navy 30-Year Shipbuilding Plan Shows 355 Ships in 2030s, Growing Numbers of Unmanned Vessels
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s 30-year shipbuilding plan, released Dec. 10, shows the planned battle force reaching a congressionally mandated level of 355 ships in the 2031-2033 time frame, including increasing numbers of smaller warships and a growing number of unmanned…
US Navy, Raytheon Conduct First Tomahawk Block V Tests
TUCSON, Ariz.— The U.S. Navy and Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, successfully completed two flight tests with the franchise’s newest cruise missile variant, the Tomahawk Block V, the company said in a Dec.10 release. During the tests,…
Marine Corps Begins Fielding Amphibious Combat Vehicle
Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.—The Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicle has achieved two new major milestones, the Program Executive Office – Land Systems said in a Dec. 10 release. On Nov. 13, the Marine Corps’ Capabilities Development Directorate approved…
U.S. Navy Adds Two Tech Bridges to Network
WASHINGTON — James “Hondo” Geurts, assistant secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition, announced the stand up of two additional Tech Bridges, one in Panama City, Florida, and one in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Dec. 9, his public affairs…
Navy Orders 48 BQM-177A Aerial Targets from Kratos
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy as exercised an option to order 48 more BQM-177A subsonic aerial targets, following a $29.2 million order in September for 35 in the first Full-Rate Production contract. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Kratos Unmanned…
Collins Aerospace Completes Modernization of legacy E-6B Block I aircraft
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Collins Aerospace Systems, a unit of Raytheon Technologies Corp., has successfully completed modernizing the E-6B Mercury Block I aircraft fleet, part of the Navy’s Airborne Command Post and Take Charge and Move Out (ABNCP/TACAMO) Weapon System…
Naval Research Laboratory Takes Science from the Lab to the Fleet
As the U.S. Navy’s corporate laboratory, the purpose of the Naval Research Lab in Washington, D.C., is to be cognizant of – and have world-class expertise in – the very basic sciences that are fundamental to all the technologies that…
Boeing, Navy Complete First MQ-25 Test Flight with Aerial Refueling Store
ST. LOUIS — Boeing and the U.S. Navy have for the first time flown the MQ-25 T1 test asset with an aerial refueling store (ARS), a significant milestone informing development of the unmanned aerial refueler, the company said in a…
Navy Orders an Additional CMV-22B Osprey COD Aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered an additional CMV-22B Osprey carrier-onboard delivery aircraft, according to a Dec. 9 Defense Department contract announcement. The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $170.4 contract modification by the…
