By Matt Reisener America’s maritime industrial base (MIB) is in crisis. Decades of deindustrialization, inconsistent policy support, labor attrition and increasingly globalized supply chains have left the United States struggling to produce ships on time and on budget, all while strategic competition at sea intensifies. America’s MIB is…
L3Harris Announces Billion Dollar Expansion to Boost Solid Rocket Motor Production in Orange County, Virginia
From L3Harris ORANGE COUNTY, Va., April 15, 2026 — L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger and the Orange County Board of Supervisors have announced an agreement to further expand L3Harris’ solid rocket motor production capacity at its site in…
Secretary of War Announces Marine General, Navy Flag Officer Nominations
From the Department of War, April 15, 2026 ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced that President Donald J. Trump has made the following nominations: Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner Jr. for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general,…
RTX’s Raytheon completes first flight test for RAIVEN® sensing system
April 15, 2026 Next-generation intelligent sensor provides superior situational awareness ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has successfully completed the first flight test of its RAIVEN® Staring system, an air-cooled sensor suite that delivers greater situational awareness…
Airbus and Lakota Connector Partners Successfully Execute Fourth Autonomous Flight Test
WASHINGTON (April 15, 2026)—Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, in partnership with Shield AI, L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), and Parry Labs, completed its fourth autonomous flight test on the H145 Airbus helicopter and successfully integrated all four company’s technologies into a…
Navy Announces Commissioning Date, Location for the Future USS Cleveland
From U.S. Fleet Forces Command, 14 April 2026 The U.S. Navy will commission the future Freedom-variant Littoral Combat Ship USS Cleveland (LCS 31) on May 16, 2026, in Cleveland, Ohio. Cmdr. Bruce Hallett, commanding officer of the Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ship…
U.S. to Blockade Ships Entering or Exiting Iranian Ports
From U.S. Central Command, April 12, 2026 TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces will begin implementing a blockade of all maritime traffic entering and exiting Iranian ports on April 13 at 10 a.m. ET, in accordance with the President’s proclamation. The…
Philippine, U.S. Forces Kick Off Most Expansive Balikatan Exercise to Date
From the I Marine Expeditionary Force CAMP AGUINALDO, Quezon City, Philippines – The Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military will conduct the 41st iteration of Exercise Balikatan across the Philippine archipelago from April 20 to May 8. …
Textron Aviation Defense Awarded Five-Year Sustaining Engineering and Program Management Contract for Beechcraft T-6 Texan II Fleet
From Textron Aviation Defense Inc. WICHITA, Kan. (Apr. 13, 2026) – Textron Aviation Defense LLC, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, today announced that it has been awarded a five-year U.S. government contract valued at over $150,000,000 to provide Sustaining Engineering and Program Management…
Australia, Philippine, U.S. forces conduct multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity
From By Commander, U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs, April 12, 2026 SULU SEA — The combined forces of Australia, the Philippines and the United States conducted a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, April 9-12,…
