JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Boeing has delivered the first Super Hornet test aircraft for the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angel flight demonstration squadron, the company said in a June 3 release. The unpainted aircraft now enters the flight test and evaluation phase…
Navy’s Advanced Aerial Sensor Deployed on P-8As to Western Pacific
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s Advanced Aerial Sensor (AAS) has been deployed to the western Pacific, according to a release from the squadron that deployed the AAS on its P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol reconnaissance aircraft. Patrol Squadron 45 (VP-45), based out of Naval Air…
Babcock Awarded Missile Tube Contract Extension by Electric Boat
LONDON — Babcock International has been awarded a multimillion-pound contract extension to manufacture a further 18 tactical Missile Tube Assemblies (MTAs) for General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB), Babcock said in a June 2 release. It is part of the Common…
SAIC to Test Heavyweight, Lightweight Torpedoes for Navy
RESTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy awarded SAIC Corp. a contract worth about $60 million to continue providing mission engineering support by testing heavyweight and lightweight torpedoes for Naval Sea Systems Command, SAIC said in a release. In support of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport (NUWC),…
Cutter Confidence Seizes 1,090 Pounds of Cocaine From Smuggling Vessel
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A Coast Guard cutter in mid-May seized about 1,090 pounds of suspected cocaine with an estimated value of $18.7 million from a go-fast vessel in international waters of the Pacific Ocean off Central America, the Coast Guard 7th District said…
Navy Announces New Flag Officer Assignments
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy secretary and chief of naval operations on June 2 announced these assignments: Rear Adm. James S. Bynum is serving as director, warfare development, N72, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Bynum was director, Assessment Division, N81, Office of the Chief of…
Raytheon Reaches Major Testing Milestone on First SPY-6 Radar Array
ANDOVER, Mass. — Raytheon’s Missiles & Defense unit has finished near-field range testing of the first AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar array, signaling its readiness to be packed and shipped for installation on a future U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the USS Jack H. Lucas, the company said in a release. The 14-foot by 14-foot modular array will…
BAE Systems Completes First Tactical Configuration Ground-Launched Test of APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets
BAE Systems announced June 2 that it had completed test shots of its APKWS laser-guided rockets from a tactical configuration ground-based weapon system for the first time. The proof-of-concept testing demonstrated the APKWS rockets’ ability to deliver standoff precision-strike capabilities…
Ford Air Wing Ready to Arm Up for Training From Carrier
ARLINGTON, Va. — The carrier air wing assigned to the USS Gerald R. Ford is working up on its flight deck and conducting air operations with inert ordnance, the wing commander said. Speaking June 1 to reporters by teleconference while…
Lockheed Delivers First KC-130J to Marine Reserve Squadron VMGR-452
MARIETTA, Ga. — Lockheed Martin recently delivered the first KC-130J Super Hercules tanker assigned to VMGR-452, the Marine Forces Reserve squadron at Stewart Air National Guard Base, New York, the company announced. A U.S. Marine Corps crew ferried the aircraft…
