ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy as exercised an option to order 48 more BQM-177A subsonic aerial targets, following a $29.2 million order in September for 35 in the first Full-Rate Production contract. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded Kratos Unmanned…
Navy Orders an Additional CMV-22B Osprey COD Aircraft
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered an additional CMV-22B Osprey carrier-onboard delivery aircraft, according to a Dec. 9 Defense Department contract announcement. The Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, was awarded a $170.4 contract modification by the…
Northrop Grumman to Bid on Navy’s Very Light-Weight Torpedo Program
ARLINGTON, Va. — Northrop Grumman plans to compete in the Navy’s Very Light-Weight Torpedo Program next year, company officials said. Dave Allan, the company’s director of Strategic Growth for Undersea Systems, told Seapower in a Dec. 8 teleconference the company expects the…
NAVAIR Commander: With Readiness Improved, a Shift to High-End Lethality
ARLINGTON, Va.— With the Navy and Marine Corps aircraft readiness in much better shape than recently of note, the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) is changing focus to improving the warfighting capabilities of its aircraft for a high-end fight. “We’re…
NAVSEA Commander: Evolutionary Approach to Ship Design More Successful
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy’s experience with fielding new warships in the last two decades has shown that an evolutionary approach to ship design is more likely to succeed than a revolutionary approach, the commander of Naval Sea Systems Command…
Coast Guard Cutter to Deploy to U.S. 5th Fleet; Escort New FRCs to Bahrain
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coast Guard plans to deploy one of its Bertholf-class national security cutters (NSCs) to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of responsibility to escort some new fast response cutters for basing in the Persian Gulf, the Coast Guard Commandant…
SECNAV: U.S. Atlantic Fleet to be Resurrected from U.S. Fleet Forces Command to ‘Align to Today’s Threat’
ARLINGTON, Va. — The secretary of the Navy has announced that the U.S Fleet Forces Command would be re-designated the U.S. Atlantic Fleet in acknowledgement of the realities of great power competition, particularly with Russia. Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite,…
SECNAV Selects USS Congress as Name of Second Constellation Frigate
ARLINGTON, Va. — The secretary of the Navy has announced the name he selected for the second Constellation-class guided-missile frigate. Navy Secretary Kenneth J. Braithwaite, testifying Dec. 2 before the Readiness and Management Support subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services…
Navy to Decommission, Scrap Fire-Damaged USS Bonhomme Richard
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy has decided to decommission and scrap the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which was severely damaged by a shipboard fire in San Diego in July. In a Nov. 30 teleconference with…
Navy Orders Two Hellfire SSMM Systems for LCS
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has ordered two more Surface-to-Surface Missile Modules (SSMMs) for integration into the Surface Warfare Mission Package of the littoral combat ships, bringing to four the number of SSMMs on order. The Naval Sea Systems…
