SYDNEY – The Navy’s Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship, the future USS Canberra (LCS 30), will be commissioned, July 22 at the Royal Australian Naval Base Garden Island, in Sydney Harbor — a rare commissioning abroad for the U.S. Navy. Behind…
Navy Retires Its Last Special Operations Helicopter Squadron
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s only helicopter squadron dedicated to support of special operations forces has made its final flight. Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 85 (HSC-85), a reserve squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, California, made…
Navy’s I-Boss Aeschbach: Fleet Sees Greater Need for Information Warriors
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s operational climate is generating a growing need for the Navy Information Forces, challenging the capacity of the forces to meet that need. The Navy’s information warfare forces include personnel specializing in intelligence, electronic…
Canada Requests Up to 16 P-8A Maritime Patrol Aircraft
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The government of Canada has requested the sale of up to 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft and support equipment under the Foreign Military Sales program at an estimated cost of $5.9 billion, the Defense…
Navy Establishes Cyber Warfare Enlisted Rating
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s effort to expand its cyber warfare capabilities took another step with the establishment of the Cyber Warfare Technician (CWT) rating in its enlisted force. The CTWs will conduct both offensive and defensive cyber…
HII’s Ingalls Shipyard Has Capacity for More Navy Shipbuilding
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — HII’s Ingalls Shipyard is always looking for opportunities for more shipbuilding work and its yard has the capacity to take on more work, a senior company official said, including future awards of new classes of frigates…
Textron Puts Its Cottonmouth ARV to the Test for the Marine Corps
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — Textron has been demonstrating the capabilities of its Cottonmouth candidate for the U.S. Marine Corps’ Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) competition and has been granted funding to continue testing through calendar year 2023. The ARV is to…
Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office Approved in HASC Chairman’s NDAA Mark
***** ARLINGTON, Va.— A rapid capabilities office for U.S. naval aviation is included in the chairman’s mark for the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act in order to speed up development and delivery of critical technologies and systems to naval aviation…
Coast Guard Concludes 21 Years of Maritime Security Detachments to Gitmo
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coast Guard has closed its maritime security detachment in Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo), Cuba, concluding a 21-year presence of port security units that provided security to the naval base, the longest continuous deployment of the Coast…
CNO: ‘We Need to be in the Way’
***** ARLINGTON. Va. — The U.S. Navy needs a non-provocative but purposeful presence in the seas around China to deter challenges to international rules and the security interests of the United States, the chief of naval operations said. CNO Admiral…
