SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Navy conducted four scheduled missile test flights of unarmed Trident II (D5) missiles from USS Nebraska (SSBN 739), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, off the coast of Southern California, U.S. Navy Strategic Systems Programs Public…
Navy Secretary Names Newest Expeditionary Fast Transport Ship USNS Cody
WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer announced the newest expeditionary fast transport (EPF) ship will be named USNS Cody (T-EPF 14), the secretary’s public affairs officer said in a release. The future USNS Cody is the first ship named…
Raytheon OKs Next Phase of Next-Generation Jammer Mid-Band Program
EDGEWOOD, N.Y. — Raytheon Co. has authorized CPI Aerostructures Inc. to begin production of pod structures and air-management system (AMS) components for the system demonstration and test article (SDTA) phase of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) program, CPI Aero…
Leonardo DRS Wins $382 Million U.S. Navy Hardware Solutions Contract
ARLINGTON, Va. — Leonardo DRS Inc. has won a U.S. Navy contract for the development, integration and production of hardware solutions for various Navy platforms, the company said in a Sept. 4 release. The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has…
USS Wasp Departs 7th Fleet Area of Operations
OKINAWA, Japan — The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) departed U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations as part of a scheduled homeport shift on Sept. 4, the ship’s public affairs office said in a release. Wasp, which replaced…
Germany to Equip New Coastal Patrol Vessels with BAE Deck Guns
KARLSKOGA, Sweden – BAE Systems has been selected by the vessel contractor to provide the German federal police force, Bundespolizei, with three 57 mm naval guns for its three new 86-meter offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) built by Fassmer shipyard. The…
Coast Guard Repatriates 12 Dominican Migrants Following Interdiction
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez (WPC-1114) repatriated 12 migrants to the Dominican Republic Navy patrol boat Proción (GC-103) Sept. 1 near Samaná, Dominican Republic, following the interdiction of an illegal migrant voyage in Mona…
Huntington Ingalls Completes Initial Sea Trials of Virginia-Class Sub Delaware
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division successfully completed the initial sea trials on the newest Virginia-class submarine, Delaware (SSN 791), the company said in a release. The submarine, in the final stages of construction, spent…
Army Awards Hypersonic Weapon System Contracts
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — The U.S. Army awarded two contracts this week as it advances the fielding of a prototype hypersonic weapon by fiscal 2023, the U.S. Army said in an Aug. 30 release. The Army Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)…
Cutter Robert Ward Returns from first Eastern Pacific Patrol with 2,800 Pounds of Intercepted Cocaine
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC-1130) returned Aug. 29 from their first patrol of the drug transit zones of the eastern Pacific Ocean with about 2,800 pounds of seized cocaine, the Coast…
