HUDSON, N.H. — BAE Systems has been awarded funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to integrate machine-learning (ML) technology into platforms that decipher radio frequency signals, the company said in a July 8 release. Its Controllable Hardware…
Navy Full Court Press on USS Gerald R. Ford Weapons Elevators
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy is leveraging the talent of an independent team of government and outside experts to assist in advanced electromagnetic, production and software technology aboard USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), said Research, Development and Acquisition Public…
Shipbuilding Apprentice School Celebrates 100 Years
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Apprentice School at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division celebrated its 100-year anniversary on Monday. The company held a ceremony to mark the day, July 1, 1919, when the school was established. During the…
U.S. 4th Fleet and Partner Nations Will Unite for Exercise Unitas
MAYPORT, Fla. — Chile will host maritime forces from 12 countries to participate in exercise Unitas LX (60) Pacific from June 24-July 3, the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command-U.S. 4th Fleet said in a July 1 release. Joining the U.S….
Coast Guard Interdicts 49 Haitian Migrants 21 Miles Northeast of Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted 49 Haitian migrants Saturday approximately 21 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a July 1 release. The crew of the Royal Netherlands Navy ship HNLMS Groningen (P-843)…
Coast Guard Repatriates 44 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley (WPC-1117) repatriated 44 Dominican migrants and transferred them to Dominican naval authorities June 28 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of two illegal migrant…
LCS Oakland Christened at Austal’s Mobile Shipyard
ARLINGTON, Va., and MOBILE, Ala.— The U.S. Navy christened its newest Independence-variant littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS Oakland (LCS 24), during a June 29 ceremony in Mobile, Alabama, the ship’s builder, Austal USA, said in a release of…
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous Returns Home After 62-Day Patrol
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC-625) returned home to St. Petersburg June 27 following a 62-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release of the same…
NAVSEA Releases Naval Power and Energy Systems Roadmap
WASHINGTON – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) released the Naval Power and Energy Systems Technology Development Roadmap, providing an evolutionary strategy to meet future weapon and sensor systems power requirements, June 26, the command said in a release of the…
U.S. Coast Guard Announces Homeport of Newest National Security Cutter
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard has selected Charleston, South Carolina, as the home of the service’s newest National Security Cutter, Coast Guard Headquarters announced in a June 26 release. “I am pleased to announce that Charleston, South Carolina, will be the…
