The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are aggressively changing course and refocusing their resources and training to prepare the fleet and expeditionary forces for a “Great Power Competition” with China and Russia. But a growing number of Navy officers and…
Osprey’s Readiness Struggles: 4 Out of 10 MV-22s Aren’t Available for Combat — But Initiatives Are Underway to Improve the Unique Aircraft’s Dependability
Ever since the V-22 Osprey entered service for the first time in 2007 — nearly two decades after its first flight — the tilt-rotor aircraft has been in heavy use by the U.S. Marine Corps and has seen action in…
Geurts: Navy Cloud Migration Showcases Agility, Innovation
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy Department’s recent completion of migration of some networks to a server cloud is seen as an example the kind of procurement agility and innovation the Navy is looking for in its programs servicewide. “The Navy…
Knifefish UUV Enters Low-Rate Initial Production
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has awarded a contract to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) for the Knifefish Surface Mine Countermeasure Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (UUV), a key mission module for the littoral combat ship’s Mine Countermeasures Mission Package. Naval Sea…
USNS Puerto Rico Successfully Completes Integrated Sea Trials
MOBILE, Ala. — USNS Puerto Rico successfully completed the first integrated sea trials for an expeditionary fast transport ship on Aug. 22, the Program Executive Office Ships said in a release. The ship returned to the Austal USA shipyard following…
Teledyne Awarded $22 Million Navy Contract for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Teledyne Technologies Inc.’ s subsidiary, Teledyne Instruments Inc., has been awarded an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center to supply autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and related monitoring and communications acoustic systems,…
CPI Aero Subsidiary Receives New Orders for Navy E-2D Inflight Refueling Probe Assemblies
EDGEWOOD, N.Y. — CPI Aerostructures Inc.’s Welding Metallurgy Inc. subsidiary (WMI) has been awarded $1.23 million in new requirements for aerial refueling probe assemblies from Northrop Grumman for new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft, CPI said in an Aug. 26 release….
General Dynamics Awarded $1.6 Billion Contract to Build Additional ESBs
SAN DIEGO — General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy worth up to $1.6 billion for the construction of the sixth and seventh ships of the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) program…
Coast Guard Commissions Two Newest National Security Cutters in Honolulu
HONOLULU — The U.S Coast Guard’s two newest national security cutters were commissioned Aug. 24 during a ceremony presided over by Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard Pacific area said in a release. The Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL…
Fortem Proposes DroneHunter UAS as Ship-Defense System
WASHINGTON — Fortem Technologies has developed a counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) that could be used to protect ships as well as sites on land from localized drone threats. Fortem displayed its DroneHunter UAS in Washington at the Defense. Protection. Security….
