NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. —The Navy is pressing full bore to ensure that its new guided-missile frigate joins the fleet on time, the ship’s program manager said. “We’re pushing hard with our industry partners to deliver that ship in 2026,” said…
Navy Studying Arming P-8A Aircraft with the AARGM-ER Missile
************* NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — The Navy is conducting an integration study for arming its P-8A maritime patrol aircraft with the AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile – Extended Range (AARGM-ER), a Navy program official said. Capt. Alex Dutko, program manager…
Textron Developing New Unmanned MAGNUSS Minesweeping Technology
*************** ARLINGTON, Va. — The technology to sweep sea mines without endangering Sailors has made another advance with a recent contract award to Textron Systems Corporation for the development of the Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep (MAGNUSS)…
Q&A with Naval Supply Systems Command
Seapower magazine interviews Vice Commander Kurt J. Wendelken What are the roles of the Naval Supply Systems Command? How is the era of great power competition affecting NAVSUP’s roles and responsibilities? Why does the Navy’s supply chain need the transformation…
Navy Orders Third Lot of Next-Generation Jammer Pods
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has placed an order with Raytheon for the third lot of ALQ-249 Next-Generation Jammer-Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) pods. The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a $650 million fixed-price incentive (firm target) and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to…
Congressman Questions Navy’s Delay in Super Hornet Contract
***** WASHINGTON — The delay in the Navy’s award of a contract for the service’s final procurement of 20 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet strike fighters is exacerbating the service’s strike fighter shortage, a congressman said, and is reducing the Navy’s future…
Navy Decommissions Last Coastal Patrol Ships
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy has decommissioned its last two Cyclone-class patrol coastal ships in March 28 ceremonies at Naval Support Activity, Bahrain, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs said in a release. The USS Monsoon (PC…
Senate Seapower Chair: Committee Will Drill Down on Navy’s Amphib Issue
***** WASHINGTON — The new chairman of the Senate’s Seapower subcommittee said he plans to drill down on the issue of the Navy’s requirement for 31 large and medium amphibious warships and why the 2024 budget does not apparently support…
AUKUS Deal Buoys Submarine Suppliers
*********** ARLINGTON, Va. — The suppliers of components and materials to the nation’s submarine shipyards praised the AUKUS agreement’s plan for building three or potentially five Virginia-class attack submarines (SSNs). The AUKUS agreement between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the…
Navy Concludes EOC Westpac Deployment of MQ-4C Triton UAV
************** ARLINGTON, Va.— The U.S. Navy is concluding the first deployment of a detachment of MQ-4C Triton high-altitude, long-endurance maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting (MISR&T) unmanned aerial vehicles, ending the Early Operational Capability deployment of the Triton, paving the…
