SPRINGVILLE, Utah — IMSAR’s NSP-5 radar system, configured for unmanned aircraft systems, is in production to deliver mission kits to the RQ-21A Blackjack UAS operated by the U.S. Marine Corps, the company said in a release. The payload project, named…
Certifiable Ground Control Station Controls First End-to-End Flight
SAN DIEGO — The Certifiable Ground Control Station (CGCS) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) was used to control the complete flight of an MQ-9B SkyGuardian — including takeoff and landing — on March 12, the company said in…
Coast Guard Interdicts 8 Cuban Migrants on Cay Sal
CAY SAL, Bahamas — The Coast Guard interdicted eight migrants on April 7 on Cay Sal attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders received a notification…
Coast Guard Interdicts 11 Cuban Migrants 24 miles East of Cay Sal
CAY SAL, Bahamas — The Coast Guard interdicted 11 migrants on April 5 who were 24 miles east of Cay Sal and attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Offloads More than 7.1 Tons of Cocaine in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Waesche offloaded in San Diego on April 5 more than 14,300 pounds of cocaine seized in international waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean from February to late March, the Coast…
Coast Guard Interdicts 10 Cuban Migrants 20 Miles South of Matecumbe Key
MATECUMBE KEY, Florida — The Coast Guard interdicted 10 migrants Monday 20 miles south of Matecumbe Key attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard 7th District said in an April 5 release. Coast Guard Sector Key West…
NAVSEA SIOP Office Leading $21 billion Naval Shipyard Modernization
WASHINGTON — A new Navy program office will centrally coordinate a plan to recapitalize its four public shipyards, the Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communication said in an April 3 release. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Shipyard…
HII Completes Acceptance Trials for National Security Cutter Midgett
PASCAGOULA, Miss. — National Security Cutter (NSC) Midgett (WMSL-757) has finished its acceptance trials, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) shipbuilding division announced. Midgett, the eighth NSC Ingalls has built for the U.S. Coast Guard, spent two days in the Gulf of…
State Department OKs Possible Sale of MH-60R Helicopters to India
WASHINGTON — The State Department has approved a possible sale to India of 24 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in an April 2 release, the day the DSCA…
Leonardo Submits TH-119 for Navy Training Helicopter Competition
PHILADELPHIA — Leonardo submitted to the U.S. Navy its proposal to manufacture and support up to 130 training helicopters, the company said in an April 2 release. Manufactured in Philadelphia and featuring a Pratt & Whitney PT-6 engine, the TH-119…
