NEWPORT NEWS, Va., July 2, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) was recently launched into the James River at the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. Shipbuilders transferred the submarine from…
GD Electric Boat Awarded $1.85B Contract Modification for Sub Long-Lead Material
From General Dynamics Electric Boat GROTON, Conn. (July 2, 2025) — Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today that it was awarded a $1.85 billion contract modification to a previously awarded contract supporting submarine production. This modification…
Continuing Promise 2025 Mission Update: Ecuador
by U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command / U.S. 4th Fleet Public Affairs, July 1, 2025 MAYPORT, Fla. – The USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is now scheduled to conduct its Continuing Promise 2025 mission stop in Manta, Ecuador from July 4-10,…
USCGC Vigorous Returns Home After 51-Day Counter-Migration Patrol in Windward Passage
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, July 1, 2025 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Tuesday, following a 51-day patrol in the Windward Passage. Vigorous deployed in…
HII and Hitachi Lock In Multi-Year REMUS 300 UUV Production Agreement
From HII POCASSET, Mass., July 1, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced the order from Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) for more than a dozen REMUS 300 small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUVs) under a program that will deliver the vehicles…
Coast Guard Reports Fewest Boating Fatalities in More Than 50 Years
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, July 1, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2024 Recreational Boating Statistics Report Tuesday. The report records the fewest boating fatalities since the Service began collecting statistics more than 50 years ago. …
At Combined Naval Event 2025, Navy Leaders Agree Autonomous is the Future
From Anna Eisenberg, Disruptive Capabilities Office, July 1, 2025 Current conflicts across the globe prove that the way we engage in war is changing daily – and that winning requires scalable, attritable systems that can adapt to evolving mission landscapes…
SECNAV Renames USNS Harvey Milk Oiler After Navy WWII Medal of Honor Recipient
From SECNAV Public Affairs, 27 June 2025 In alignment with the mandate from the President and the Secretary of Defense to restore the warrior ethos to the military, the Secretary of the Navy has renamed the John Lewis-class fleet replenishment…
HII, Hitachi Lock in Multi-Year REMUS 300 UUV Production Agreement
From HII POCASSET, Mass., July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced the order from Hitachi, Ltd. (Hitachi) for more than a dozen REMUS 300 small uncrewed undersea vehicles (SUUVs) under a program that will deliver the vehicles…
HII Christens Guided Missile Destroyer Jeremiah Denton
From HII PASCAGOULA, Miss., June 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HII (NYSE: HII) christened today the future USS Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129), the third Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division. The ship’s…
