PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft was lased by People’s Republic of China (PRC) navy destroyer 161 on Feb. 17 while flying in airspace above international waters about 380 miles west of Guam, according to the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s…
Navy Accepts Delivery of USS Tripoli
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The U.S. Navy accepted delivery on Feb. 28 of the future USS Tripoli, the newest America-class amphibious assault ship, from Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, the Navy announced. Amphibious assault ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the amphibious ready…
Navy Crew Begins Training in Completed Spaces Aboard JFK
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries has reached an important milestone in the construction of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy as the first of 2,700 compartments were turned over to the ship’s crew, the company announced. The completed spaces…
Navy UISS Program Achieves Milestone C
HUNT VALLEY, Md. — Textron Systems Corp. announced that the U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Influence Sweep System (UISS) program, which is based on Textron’s Common Unmanned Surface Vehicle (CUSV), has achieved a Milestone C decision. The decision allows the program to…
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant Returns Home After 9-Week Caribbean Patrol
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned home on Feb. 27 to Naval Station Mayport after completing a nine-week patrol in the Caribbean Sea, according to the Coast Guard 7th District. The Valiant crew patrolled more than…
Marine Corps Orders More Amphibious Combat Vehicles From BAE Systems
STAFFORD, Va. — BAE Systems has received a $113.5 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps for an additional 26 Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) under the low-rate initial production (LRIP) phase of the program, the company said in a release. This award brings the total…
Aerojet Rocketdyne to Develop Advanced Propulsion for Navy’s Advanced Lightweight Torpedo
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a $63.2 million “other transaction authority” by the U.S. Navy to develop an advanced propulsion system for the Mk54 Mod 2 Advanced Lightweight Torpedo (ALWT), the company said in a release. “We have developed mission-critical propulsion and power…
Coast Guard Interdicts Illegal Foreign Fishers in Pacific
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard interdicted several foreign vessels whose crews were fishing inside the U.S. exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on two separate occasions in the first two months of 2020, according to the Coast Guard’s 14th District. “While we’ve seen incursions into the EEZs of partners and…
USS Delbert D. Black Completes Builder’s Trials
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — The future guided-missile destroyer USS Delbert D. Black successfully completed builder’s trials on Feb. 22 after spending three days underway in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the Navy’s Program Executive Office (PEO)-Ships. The trials were conducted by the shipbuilder, Huntington Ingalls Industries, Ingalls Shipbuilding Division. The…
12th Expeditionary Fast Transport Launched
MOBILE, Ala. — The U.S. Navy’s 12th expeditionary fast transport (EPF), the future USNS Newport (EPF 12), was launched at Austal USA’s shipyard on Feb. 20, according to the Navy’s Program Executive Office-Ships said. The launching of an EPF is a multistep process. The ship modules are…
