BELOIT, Wisconsin — Fairbanks Morse Defense, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has acquired AMMCON Corp., a Jacksonville, Florida-based fittings and assembled components manufacturer. The defense contractor’s acquisition continues its expansion and commitment to providing critical components to the…
Coast Guard to Commission New FRC in New London, Connecticut
NEW LONDON, Connecticut — The Coast Guard Cutter Melvin Bell (WPC-1155) is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony March 28 at 10 a.m. at the Coast Guard Academy in New London. The Coast Guard’s newest cutter was accepted by…
Red Sea Update
From U.S. Central Command March 23, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – From 2:50 to 4:30 a.m. (Sanaa time) March 23, the Iranian-backed Houthis launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) into the Red Sea in the vicinity of M/V Huang Pu, a Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned,…
U.S., Seychelles Conduct Bilateral Maritime Security engagements
March 24, 2024 By U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Public Affairs and U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Public Affairs NAPLES, Italy – Over the course of 7 days from March 14-21, 2024, United States Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) personnel worked…
Pratt & Whitney Receives Full Funding for Engine Core Upgrade in FY 2024 Defense Bill
EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut — Pratt & Whitney, an RTX business, has received full funding in the recently passed fiscal year 2024 Defense Appropriations bill for its F135 Engine Core Upgrade, which will modernize the F-35’s propulsion system to increase durability and fully-enable…
AUKUS Trilateral Statement
March 21, 2024 From The Honourable Richard Marles MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Australia; the Right Honourable Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence, United Kingdom; and Lloyd J. Austin III, Secretary of Defense, United States. “One…
U.S. Navy Achieves Significant Engine Testing Milestones for LUSV Program
By Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants, March 22, 2024 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessel (LUSV) program reached pivotal milestones earlier this year after several industry teams successfully completed extended reliability demonstrations of four different…
USCGC Legare Returns Home Following Living Marine Resources Patrol, Engagements With French Navy
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned home to Portsmouth, Thursday, after a seven-week patrol in the Coast Guard’s First District area of operations. In support of Operation Atlantic Venture, Legare steamed more than 6,300 nautical…
March 21 Daily Red Sea Update
USCENTCOM March 21, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – On March 21, between 8:50 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. (Sanaa time), a coalition aircraft successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned surface vessel (USV) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. …
MV Roy P. Benavidez Departs in Support of JLOTS Mission
From Military Sealift Command Public Affairs NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 21, 2024)—The Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez (T-AKR 306), a large, medium speed roaying heavy equipment and material needed to construct a temporary pier to support the flow of…
