ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s top officer has self-quarantined himself after coming in contact with a family member who tested positive for COVID-19, the Defense Department announced. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday “had contact with a COVID-positive family member and, although testing negative,…
Submarine USS Boise Set for Long-Delayed Overhaul
ARLINGTON, Va. — The attack submarine USS Boise has arrived at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division in Newport News, Virginia, to prepare for its long-delayed overhaul, Naval Sea Systems Command said in a May 8 release. The Boise was shifted…
MCSC, ONR and CD&I Collaborating to Inform Armored Vehicle’s Path
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. — Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) is working toward the next phase of replacing the legacy Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) with a modern Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV), the command said in a release. Armored reconnaissance was the…
SECNAV Nominee Commits to Advancing Navy’s Arctic Presence
WASHINGTON — The nominee to become the next Navy secretary spoke at his confirmation hearing on May 7 of the Arctic’s importance to national defense and international commerce and of rising Chinese efforts to influence the region. He also committed his advocacy to increasing U.S. Navy presence in the region to counter both “Great Power Competitors” China and Russia. “The Chinese and the…
‘Culture Trumps Everything,’ SECNAV Nominee Says
WASHINGTON — The nominee to be the next Navy secretary said the sea service needs a course correction to restore the culture of leadership and accountability that has suffered in recent controversies, saying that “culture trumps everything.” “It saddens me to say: the Department of…
HII Awarded Advance Procurement Contract for Amphibious Assault Ship
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $187.46 million advance procurement contract from the U.S. Navy to provide long-lead-time material and advance procurement activities for amphibious assault ship LHA 9, the company said in a release. “This contract…
Navy Taps Draper to Support Future USVs
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The U.S. Navy’s future unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) family of systems will set a new standard for navigating in hazardous environments, operating with minimal human control and executing missions further from port than previously imagined, a company…
Burke Leads List as Navy Resumes Flag Officer Announcements
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Defense Department has announced some Navy flag officer nominations, resuming a practice that had been suspended for about a year for cybersecurity reasons. Such lists of names are routinely provided to Congress, but their public announcement had been suspended by previous Chief…
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Performs Keel-Laying for Offshore Patrol Cutter
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — Eastern Shipbuilding Group held a keel-laying ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s first-of-class offshore patrol cutter (OPC), the Argus, the company said in a release. The April 28 ceremony, at Eastern Shipbuilding’s Nelson Street facility in Panama City, was performed and recorded without an audience to comply with U.S. Centers for Disease…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk Returns from Counter-Drug Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk crew has returned to their homeport in Key West following a 65-day counter-drug patrol throughout the eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean, the Coast Guard said in a release. The Mohawk crew, with a deployed Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical…
