ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy will attempt to “lock in” a plan to procure 18 light amphibious warfare (LAW) ships in the Defense Department’s Program Objective Memorandum-2025 (POM-25), Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Marcus Annibale, director of expeditionary warfare (OPNAV N95),…
CNO Gilday: Shipbuilders Need to Deliver Vessels Faster
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The nation’s shipyards need to accelerate their delivery of ships to demonstrate they deserve the maxed-out funding they have received from Congress, Chief of Naval Operations Michael Gilday said Jan. 10 at the Surface Navy Association‘s…
MCPON on Recruiting: ‘Pond Has Less Fish in It,’ Service Needs ‘Good Stories’ About Navy
******* ARLINGTON, Va. — The Navy is working hard to address recruitment and retention but struggles with the fact that “the pond has less fish in it,” so more “good stories” need to be told about the Navy, said the…
SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad
Release from U.S. Navy, Secretary of the Navy ******* SECNAV Announces Sponsors for the Future USS Telesforo Trinidad WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced the sponsors for the future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Telesforo…
IMSC Task Force Completes Maritime Exercise with Unmanned Systems, A.I.
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ******* MANAMA, Bahrain — The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) completed a three-day maritime exercise in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 9, integrating unmanned systems and artificial intelligence during a naval drill…
CAES Awarded LRIP2 Contract from Lockheed Martin to Support Navy’s AOEW System
Release from CAES ******* ARLINGTON, Va. — CAES has been awarded a Low-Rate Initial Production Phase 2 (LRIP-2) contract from Lockheed Martin Corporation to supply its Phased Array Antennas to support Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare (AOEW) system, CAES…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Completes Expeditionary Patrol in Oceania
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir, U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia ******* SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) completed a 41-day 7100-nautical mile expeditionary patrol throughout Oceania on Dec. 23, U.S. Coast Guard…
7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Transit of Taiwan Strait
7th Fleet Destroyer Conducts Transit of Taiwan Strait ******* TAIWAN STRAIT — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93) conducted a routine Taiwan Strait transit Jan. 5 (local time) through waters where high-seas freedoms of navigation and overflight…
General Dynamics Land Systems Delivers Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle Prototype to U.S. Marine Corps
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. — General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, submitted its Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) prototype to the U.S. Marine Corps for evaluation in the service’s ongoing competition, the company said in a release. “We…
French Warship Seizes Illegal Drugs in North Arabian Sea
MANAMA, Bahrain — A French warship seized illegal drugs worth a total estimated U.S. street value of $24 million from a fishing vessel transiting international waters in the North Arabian Sea, Dec. 27, Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs said in…
