St. LOUIS — Boeing is preparing its MQ-25 T1 unmanned aerial refueling test asset to return to flight test later this year, this time with a U.S. Navy aerial refueling store, the company said in a July 23 email. The store…
Destroyer, P-8 Aircraft Team Up for Black Sea Exercise With Allies, Partners
ARLINGTON, Va. — A U.S. Navy destroyer and maritime patrol aircraft have teamed up in the Black Sea to provide the U.S participation in the 2020 Sea Breeze annual international naval exercise. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter, a unit of…
Adm. Davidson: 360-Degree Air Defense of Guam is Top Priority
ARLINGTON, Va. — The top U.S. military official in the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility has placed 360-degree defense of Guam from air and missile threats as his top priority. Adm. Phillip S. Davidson, commander, U.S. Indo Pacific Command, speaking in…
Navy Funds Development of New Sonobuoy to Track Quiet Submarines
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is developing a new sonobuoy to enhance is ability to track newer and quieter submarines, according to a July 20 Defense Department contract announcement. The Office of Naval Research has awarded Undersea Signal Systems Inc. of…
Navy Orders 6 More Enterprise Air-Search Radars
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy has ordered six more Enterprise Air Search Radars (EASRs) from Raytheon Missiles and Defense, the Defense Department said in a July 17 release. The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense of Marlborough, Massachusetts, a $125.9…
DoD to Send $22M to Rolls-Royce to Strengthen Shipbuilding Industrial Base
ARLINGTON, Va. — As part of the national response to COVID-19, the Defense Department entered into a $22 million agreement with Rolls-Royce to maintain, protect and expand critical domestic productive capacity for propellers essential to U.S. Navy shipbuilding programs, the department said in…
CNO Launches Inquiries Into Bonhomme Richard Blaze
ARLINGTON, Va. — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday announced a series of investigations into the disastrous fire that severely damaged the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego this week. Following a July 17 tour of the damage aboard the ship, Gilday held…
Navy Arctic Expert Suggests a Fleet to Encompass Arctic Domain
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. interests in the Arctic Ocean and its connections to the Atlantic and Pacific oceans might be better served as a dedicated fleet’s area of responsibility, rather that divided between the U.S. 2nd, 3rd and 6th Fleets, a Navy expert on the…
MCPON: Some Responses to Pandemic Will Remain as Good Processes
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy’s top enlisted leader said the COVID-19 pandemic is teaching the sea service that personnel need as much focus as machines as the Navy works its way to separate processes that work from those that need to be cast aside. Master…
All Known Fires Extinguished Aboard Bonhomme Richard
ARLINGTON, Va. — Firefighters have extinguished all known fires on the amphibious assault USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego, the Navy announced. “Our fire teams are investigating every space to verify the absence of fire,” Rear Adm. Philip E. Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike…