From Naval Air Systems Command, Dec. 16, 2025 NAS Patuxent River, Md. — The Maritime Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft program office (PMA-290) achieved an airborne connectivity landmark when the P-8A Poseidon Increment 3 Block 2 (I3B2) aircraft successfully connected to the Minotaur Family of Systems…
Nimitz Returns to Homeport
From USS Nimitz Public Affairs, Dec. 17, 2025 The Nimitz class carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) returned to its homeport of Bremerton following nine months underway in the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th Fleets, Dec. 16. Nimitz departed Bremerton as the flagship…
Northrop Grumman Enhances USMC Amphibious Combat Vehicles with Bushmaster Chain Guns
Release from Northrop Grumman MESA, Ariz. – Dec. 16, 2025 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has entered full-rate production to deliver Mk44 Stretch Bushmaster® Chain Guns® for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs). The Mk44S will…
Atlantic Council Launches Task Force to Bolster US Maritime Industrial Base
Task Force brings together leaders across government, industry, labor, and academia to advance a bold vision for US naval shipbuilding and maintenance Release From the Atlantic Council WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 16, 2025 – The Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and its Forward Defense program announced today the launch of the Revitalizing US Shipbuilding Task Force in collaboration with the…
Marines Unveil First Full-Rate Production of Marine Air Defense Integrated System
By Adolphina Vander Velde, Program Executive Officer Land Systems TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. — In September, the Marine Corps unveiled the first full-rate production version of the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS), marking a major milestone in expeditionary air defense and rapid…
SEA Deliver KraitArray ASW Sensing Technology for Liquid Robotics Wave Glider
Release From SEA SEA has been awarded a multi-million-pound contract to supply its advanced KraitArray undersea sensing technology to Liquid Robotics, a Boeing Company, for integration into the company’s Wave Glider uncrewed surface vehicle (USV). The agreement will see SEA provide 22 KraitArrays to support…
Insitu Upgrades Integrator VTOL Launch and Recovery System
BINGEN, Wash., December 17, 2025 – Insitu, A Boeing Company, in collaboration with Hood Tech, releases the latest capability upgrades for the revolutionary Flying Launch and Recovery System (FLARES) for long-endurance Integrator UAS. These updates further enhance the resilience of the…
Future USS Idaho Delivered to U.S. Navy
By Team Submarine Public Affairs, Dec. 15, 2025 GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the Submarine Force’s newest fast attack submarine, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), from General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 15, marking the second…
Rite-Solutions Included in First Missile Defense Agency SHIELD Contract Award
From Rite-Solutions MIDDLETOWN, R.I. (December 12, 2025)—Rite-Solutions was awarded the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) contract on December 5th. The 10-year, $151 billion MDA SHIELD contract is a multiple-award, Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract aimed at developing…
HII Marks Oklahoma Construction Milestone at Newport News Shipbuilding
From HII NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has reached a significant construction milestone for Virginia-class submarine Oklahoma (SSN 802). Oklahoma is now “pressure hull complete,” which…
