From Lt.j.g. Martin Carey, July 3, 2025 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The U.S. Navy marked the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter during a ceremony July 3, as Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2…
U.S., ROK Navies Conduct CONSOL Training
by Grady T. Fontana, July 2, 2025 CHINHAE, South Korea – Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) commercial charter oiler MT Allied Pacific conducted a simulated consolidated cargo replenishment at sea (CONSOL), at Chinhae, June 16-19, 2025. CONSOL capability is when a specially outfitted…
Coast Guard offloads more than $20 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Caribbean Sea
From Coast Guard 7th District, July 2, 2025 MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland’s crew offloaded approximately 2,220 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $20.1 million, Wednesday, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. The seized contraband…
Fincantieri Marine Group Appoints George Moutafis as CEO
From Fincantieri Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), the U.S. subsidiary of Fincantieri – one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups and a global leader in the construction of highly complex vessels – announces the appointment of George A. Moutafis as Chief Executive…
HII Launches Virginia-class Submarine Arkansas at Newport News Shipbuilding
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 2, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Shipbuilders transferred the submarine from…
GD Electric Boat Awarded $1.85B Contract Modification for Sub Long-Lead Material
From General Dynamics Electric Boat GROTON, Conn. (July 2, 2025) — Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today that it was awarded a $1.85 billion contract modification to a previously awarded contract supporting submarine production. This modification…
Continuing Promise 2025 Mission Update: Ecuador
by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, July 1, 2025 MAYPORT, Fla. – The USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is now scheduled to conduct its Continuing Promise 2025 mission stop in Manta, Ecuador from July 4-10,…
USCGC Vigorous Returns Home After 51-Day Counter-Migration Patrol in Windward Passage
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, July 1, 2025 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Tuesday, following a 51-day patrol in the Windward Passage. Vigorous deployed in…
HII and Hitachi Lock In Multi-Year REMUS 300 UUV Production Agreement
From HII POCASSET, Mass., July 1, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced the order from Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) for more than a dozen REMUS 300 small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUVs) under a program that will deliver the vehicles…
Securing the Backbone: The Defense Industrial Base
By Ryan Caughill, President, Western New York Council, Navy League of the United States. “You can’t fight tomorrow’s war with yesterday’s plans.” In the summer of 2018, I completed my internship at Moog Inc., one of the United States’ premier…
